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Anti-LGBTQ Christian Preachers Host ‘Make America Straight Again’ Event

14 Jun 2019
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Alison Lesley

Revival Baptist Church is hosting the event during Gay Pride Week June 14-16. This event coincides with the anniversary of the Pulse shooting and will feature a pastor who is quite outspoken about...

17 Feb 2017
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Alison Lesley

Statistics show nearly 200% rise in anti-Muslim hate groups in the U.S. 2016 witnessed a significant rise in the number of anti-Muslim hate groups in America. Hate groups in 2016 nearly tripled from...

Fire at Orlando Nightclub Shooter’s Mosque on Eid al-Adha

13 Sep 2016
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Derek Welch

Video released of arson suspect setting Orlando shooter's mosque on fire The mosque at the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce was damaged by fire early in the morning on September 12, and the St. Lucie...

Rubio Asks Conservative Christians to Love and Accept LGBT Community

16 Aug 2016
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Gary Nguyen

Marco Rubio asks evangelical leaders not to judge the LGBT, but some are saying he's being a hypocrite. LGBT activists across America lashed out at Republican Senator Marco Rubio for his remarks against...

D.C. Muslims Feed Homeless Before Ramadan Fast

05 Jul 2016
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Derek Welch

D.C. citizens fasted in solidarity against anti-Muslim discrimination and helped the community by inviting the homeless to iftar. Prominent Muslim personalities and institutions are doing everything...

22 Jun 2016
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C Barnett

Protestors gather outside Sacramento's anti-gay Verity Baptist Church to reject their hate speech. The Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento, California, and its pastor Roger Jimenez had been virtually...

20 Jun 2016
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C Barnett

The word "homosexual" is absent in the Koran. In the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, there has been speculation about the attack motives of Omar Mateen, the gunman....

18 Jun 2016
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C Barnett

Orlando shooter's father denies he had any ties to radical Islam. On Sunday, June 12, the United States experienced the worst incident of mass shooting in its history. This tragic event intensified...

14 Jun 2016
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Gary Nguyen

"Sadly it is religion, that often breeds contempt for gays" -Bishop Robert Lynch Robert Nugent Lynch, the current Bishop of St. Petersburg, Florida, last Monday (June 13th), a day after the Orlando...

Horrified Pope Francis Condemns Orlando Shooter

14 Jun 2016
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Gary Nguyen

Pope lashes out over access to weapons in the United States. Sunda June 12, the United States witnessed the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in its entire history. The assailant, Omar Mateen,...