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Kentucky high court rules for print shop owner

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FOURTH OF JULY: Let us pray

SBC Executive Committee President Ronnie Floyd: "Our nation is in dire need of a new, fresh touch of God. Sin is abounding in a glaring and chilling manner. We need to pray, and we need to pray now."
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‘Love One Another’ 2019 Nat’l Day of Prayer theme

“The Bible says we are to pray for all those in authority,” said Pathway Editor Don Hinkle, a member of the Missouri National Day of Prayer Committee. “It also says by doing so that it will lead us to live tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity because it is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior. I hope Missouri Southern Baptists will join us at the State Capitol May 2 for this important observance and if unable to come to Jefferson City, that they will prayerfully consider hosting a similar event at the county courthouses.”
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A world without Roe

As I picked up the July 10 issue of USA TODAY, I couldn’t help but notice the headline of a front-page “story” titled, “A world without Roe v. Wade.” Later in the evening, POTUS was to name his nominee to replace retiring SCOTUS Justice Anthony Kennedy. We now know that person to be 5th Circuit U.S. Appeals Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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Midwestern’s Allen among SBC leaders embracing Kavanaugh nomination

Jason Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, signed onto a statement issued late Monday that backed Trump’s nominee. The SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission sponsored the document.
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Victory: Cake baker’s 7-2 SCOTUS win affirms religious liberty

A high court majority that included conservatives and liberals ruled the Colorado Civil Rights Commission violated the religious free exercise clause of the First Amendment by penalizing Jack Phillips for declining to design and decorate a cake for the wedding of two men. The commission demonstrated “religious hostility” toward Phillips in its action, the justices said.
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Nebraska, Tennessee defund Planned Parenthood

Nebraska and Tennessee this month joined more than a dozen states that have cut funding for abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, a pro-life campaign that has seen mixed results.
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Abstinence ed could benefit from HHS tweaks

Tweaks to a federal grant program that allots $260 million to family planning have drawn praise from advocates of abstinence-based sex education and criticism from Planned Parenthood.
Missouri

Congress passes online, anti-trafficking bill

Congress has given overwhelming approval to legislation designed to thwart sex trafficking by holding accountable online sites that facilitate the crime.
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Mississippi adopts earliest protection for unborn

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on March 19 signed into law the earliest protection in the nation for unborn babies.
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California bill threatens Bible-based therapy

A proposed law in California could outlaw helping people with unwanted same-sex attraction or gender-identity confusion.
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Tenn. may require schools to post ‘In God We Trust’

Public schools in Tennessee soon could be required to post “In God We Trust” in a “prominent location” if the governor signs a bill that cleared the state legislature this week.

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