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White Supremacists Disrupt Arkansas Holocaust Remembrance Event

13 May 2019
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WRN Editorial Staff

The white supremacist group was protesting ADL Residents of the town of Russellville in Arkansas are used to seeing Holocaust Remembrance Day every year. The event used to be a peaceful one, with...

Civil Rights Groups Intensify Calls to Stop Online Hate Speech

30 Oct 2018
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Kelly Frazier

Activists want to end the spread of hate online. The latest call was undertaken hours after it was revealed the suspect in the Tree of Life Synagogue slayings spread hate speech on the website Gab.com....

FFRF Condemns the Appointment Of Tony Perkins To U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

17 May 2018
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Alison Lesley

Perkins Is Known For His Rabid Anti-LGBTQ Views The organization claims to defend universal right on matters of belief or religion outside the United States. Perkins was recommended by Mitch McConnell,...

Kim Davis, Who Refused to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Is in Romania to Help Fight Same-Sex Marriage

12 Oct 2017
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Derek Welch

Romanians face a referendum on gay marriage Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who became infamous for a brief period of time for her persistent refusal to issue needed legal marriage licenses...

89-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Who Attended Anti-Hate Rally in NYC: “Escaped the Nazis Once. You Will Not Defeat Me Now”

17 Aug 2017
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Elisa Meyer

For Rubin, it is impossible for her to understand the reemergence of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups at the present time. Marianne Rubin, a holocaust survivor, held a sign that proclaimed “I...

Alabama Passes Law Allowing Adoption Agencies to Discriminate Based On Faith

27 Apr 2017
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Corey Barnett

Bill in Alabama can deny gay couples from adopting children. as a new bill protecting the interests of faith-based organizations will be signed. The bill allows faith-based orphanages to reject couples...

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...

Christians Suing San Francisco to Remove Public Urinals

21 Apr 2016
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Derek Welch

A civil complaint was filed by the San Francisco Chinese Christian Union for the removal of Dolores Park's urinals. A San Francisco religious group is to remove the recently-installed pissoirs from...

What We Know About the Texas Muhammad Cartoon Attack

04 May 2015
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Alison Lesley

Yesterday evening, two men attacked a Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas, shooting a guard. The attackers died after the police returned fire. The shooting started when the two attackers arrived and shot...