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The latest Snapchat filter is touted to be racist as it seems to depict a racial stereotype that is accented by slit eyes and contorted facial features, starkly pointing in the direction of an Asian descent.

Amid backlash from Christians and conservative groups, California State Senator Ricardo Lara announced that he will be dropping a provision from a bill that would limit religious exemptions for schools and open faith-based universities to lawsuits from homosexual and transgender students.

African-American residents in Baltimore are routinely subjected to unconstitutional stops, arrests and excessive force by the Baltimore Police Department, a scathing federal report released on Tuesday said.

Prominent evangelical leaders Russell Moore, Jim Daly and Rick Warren have joined a coalition of pastors, college officials and others from different religions in condemning a California bill that would limit religious exemptions for schools and open faith-based universities to lawsuits from homosexual and transgender students.

Moments before he was brutally slain at the altar of his parish by an ISIS sympathizer, the Rev. Jacques Hamel cried out the heartbreaking words, "Go away, Satan!".

Evangelist Franklin Graham has warned Christian parents that the North Carolina public school system is attempting to "brainwash" their children into embracing the pro-LGBT transgender agenda using a seemingly innocent "Gender Unicorn".

Dozens of Evangelical leaders in Texas and across the nation have sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons calling for the scheduled execution of Jeff Wood to be stopped. Wood has been on death row 18-years for being the getaway driver in a deadly convenience store robbery even though he did not kill anyone.

A Palestinian representative of U.S.-based Christian charity World Vision denies Israeli allegations that he funneled millions of dollars in aid money to the Islamist militant group Hamas, his lawyer said on Sunday.

Rodrigo Duterte, new president of the Philippines, is making good on his campaign pledge to implement a surge of extrajudicial killings of suspected drug dealers, users and criminals. Starting the day after he was elected on May 10, 2016, through Aug. 4, according to a local account, there have been 571 killings, mostly executions by police and vigilante groups.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has signed a pledge from an anti-porn group "Enough Is Enough," vowing to he will fight the proliferation of erotic materials and pornography if elected.

Senate Bill 1146 being considered by California legislators, if passed, would remove a venerable exemption from anti-discrimination laws for religious institutions, potentially exposing state colleges to civil rights' lawsuits from students and employees. Some university officials say the exemption allows them to develop campus policies that are in-line with their faith, and that this new measure is an attack on their free exercise of religion. Bill supporters say it would be the first law of its kind in the nation and would create a safe space for LGBTQ students and staff.

The Catholic archbishop of Dublin has removed trainee priests from Ireland's largest seminary over allegations of widespread use of the gay sex app Grindr and the failure of the authorities to properly investigate it.

Franklin Graham has urged Christians to pray the eyes of a Satanic Temple leader would be "opened to the truth of the Gospel and his own personal need of a Savior" after he announced plans to roll out After School Satan Clubs at select public elementary schools across the nation this year.

After coming under fire for rejecting an ad because it included the word "Christian," a Knoxville newspaper claimed the controversy stemmed from a computer error and that it does not have a bias "against Christianity or any other religion."

In a major win for religious freedom, a Canadian court on Tuesday ruled that a Christian university that requires its staff and students to abstain from sex outside of marriage and homosexual behavior cannot be banned from having its law school accredited.

A Muslim doctor lost his home and his practice in Pakistan and is now living as an asylum-seeker in the United States after receiving death threats for helping save the life of a Christian patient.

A Christian woman in Bradford gave a Muslim butcher a check for £1,000 (1,538.50 US dollars) and shared with him the love of Jesus Christ after he suffered serious injuries when his shop was robbed.

In a complete about-face, the superintendent of an Alabama school district has changed his mind about banning the popular hymn "Amazing Grace" from a local high school marching band's halftime show.

The brother of Pakistani model and social media star, Qandeel Baloch, said he's proud to have killed his 26-year-old sister, because "girls are born to stay home" and he was embarrassed by her social media posts. Baloch's brother, Waseem Azeem, 25, filmed a confession video, in which he expressed no remorse. Waseem said killing his sister brought honor to his family and earned him a place "in heaven."

Russell Moore, president of Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said it's straight-forward for how local church pastors can address political or social issues with their flocks.

In one particularly heartwarming segment of "Born This Way", one of the show's stars, John, shares with his friends how doctors offered his mother the option of an abortion when they informed her that her baby would be a boy with Down syndrome.

Allowing public school students to visit Ken Ham's "Ark Encounter," the life-size recreation of Noah's Ark in Kentucky, is unconstitutional and may warrant legal action, the atheist group Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), has warned.

A California bill targeting religious colleges and universities that hold to Biblical teachings on sexuality and marriage has sparked outrage among Christian and Hispanic advocacy groups, who released a joint letter on Tuesday denouncing the legislation.

New lessons for elementary, middle and high school students that recognize the contributions of minorities including "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans," were approved by the California Board of Education members Thursday. The updates are part of a broader overhaul of California's history and social science curriculum.

Christian actress Candace Cameron Bure and LGBT advocate Raven-Symoné once again went head to head on Tuesday's episode of "The View", this time over the use of the phrase "God Bless America."