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Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Chicago Archbishop, right, takes his seat with Mons. Charles Scicluna, Malta Archbishop, and the Rev. Hans Zollner, left, ahead of a press conference on a Vatican summit on preventing clergy sex abuse, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Organizers of Pope Francis' summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a dozen survivor-activists who have come to Rome to protest the Catholic Church's response to date and demand an end to decades of cover-up by church leaders. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Catholics sex abuse summit sidesteps role of gay priests

Ukrainian soldiers drive APCs near Urzuf, south coast of Azov sea, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. Ukraine put its military forces on high combat alert and announced martial law this week after Russian border guards fired on and seized three Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine bars entry to Russian males, upping ante in conflict

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In this April 19, 2019, file photo, a gay pride rainbow flag flies along with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ** FILE **

Methodist Church closer to official split over LGBTQ issues

This Aug. 4, 2015, file photo, flowers bloom in front of the Salt Lake Temple, at Temple Square, in Salt Lake City. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is reminding members that coffee is prohibited no matter how fancy the name, that vaping is banned despite the alluring flavors and that marijuana is outlawed unless prescribed by a competent doctor. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mormon church warning: Beware of those fancy coffee drinks

In this Saturday, June 23, 2018 photo, Green Army men interact with guests at Toy Story Land in Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Arkansas girl jump-starts campaign for female plastic toy soldiers

Baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop after a U.S. Supreme Court issued a limited ruling in his favor after he refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, June 4, 2018. He is suing Colorado after officials ruled against him in another alleged discrimination case in which his shop refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) ** FILE **

Trump administration incurs LGBTQ wrath in bid to expand religious protections for contractors

In this April 22, 2015, file photo, a recruiter, left, shakes hands with a job seeker during a National Career Fairs job fair in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Labor Dept. proposal allows 'religious exemption' for businesses with federal contracts

In this Feb. 13, 2017, file photo, tourists point at the Treasury, in the kingdom's Petra archaeological park, southern Jordan. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil, File)

Jordan halts film that refers to historical Jewish presence

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker speaks during a press conference in the governor's office at the Illinois State Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2019, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP) ** FILE **

LGBTQ history curriculum required for Illinois public schools

Muslims walk past Indian paramilitary soldiers after offering prayers during Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, in Jammu, India, Monday, Aug.12, 2019. An uneasy calm prevailed in Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday as people celebrated a major Islamic festival during a severe crackdown after India moved to strip the disputed region of its constitutional autonomy and imposed an indefinite curfew. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Troops let Muslims walk to mosques in Indian-ruled Kashmir

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California's proposed ethnic studies curriculum decried as anti-Semitic, left-wing 'propaganda'

Christ Teens, a religious group, says it has been placing signs near South Carolina schools proclaiming the areas as "school prayer zones."

'School prayer zone' signs appear near South Carolina public schools

Bribe or donation? Parent's defense questions the difference

A statue of Pope John Paul II stands outside the island's main cathedral, Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica, during a Mass in Hagatna, Guam, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Those old enough to remember often cite the pontiff's visit to the island in 1981 as the most thrilling event of their lifetimes, memorialized by the bronze statue of the now-sainted pope designed to slowly rotate on a concrete pedestal. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Survivors allege clergy sex abuse on Catholic island of Guam

A man walks past Rapid Action Force (RAF) soldiers standing guard in Jammu, India, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. The restrictions on public movement throughout Kashmir have forced people to stay indoors and closed shops and even clinics. All communications and the internet have been cut off. Prime Minister Modi said late Thursday the situation in the region would return to normal gradually. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Curfew eased partially in Kashmir for Friday prayers

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio discusses abortion with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Aug. 7, 2019. (Image: Fox News screenshot)

Bill de Blasio calls abortion 'sacred choice,' restriction inquiries by Sean Hannity a 'smokescreen'

Indian Paramilitary soldiers drag barbwire as they prepare to impose curfew in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. Authorities in Hindu-majority India clamped a complete shutdown on Kashmir as they scrapped the Muslim-majority state's special status, including exclusive hereditary rights and a separate constitution, and divided it into two territories. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

India arrests more than 500 in Kashmir as Pakistan cuts railway

In this Tuesday, May 15, 2018, file photo, scientist Fabrice De Bond picks up a vial containing frozen donor sperm samples in a lab at Melbourne IVF in Melbourne, Australia. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ** FILE **

'Devastated': Mix-ups at fertility center breed litigation for emotional distress

Clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson speaks to the Oxford Union during a May 2018 Q&A session. The full event was uploaded to YouTube on June 24, 2018. (Image: YouTube, Oxford Union screenshot) ** FILE **

Jordan B. Peterson suggests Catholic church value 'justice' over 'mercy'

Stewart Eisenberg, an attorney with the legal team of Abused in Scouting, speaks at a news conference held to announce that the team has identified more than 300 alleged child sex abusers in the Boy Scouts of America, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

'Boy Scouts don't protect children': Lawsuit claims 'pedophilia epidemic' in ranks

In this Wednesday, March 4, 2015, file photo, Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick speaks during a memorial service in South Bend, Ind. Pope Francis has accepted U.S. prelate Theodore McCarrick's offer to resign from the College of Cardinals following allegations of sexual abuse, including one involving an 11-year-old boy, and ordered him to conduct a &quot;life of prayer and penance&quot; in a home to be designated by the pontiff until a church trial is held, the Vatican said Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's letters to victims show signs of grooming

Indian activists and others shout slogans during a protest against Indian government revoking Kashmir's special constitutional status in Bangalore, India, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. India's government has revoked disputed Kashmir's special status with a presidential order as thousands of newly deployed troops arrived and internet and phone services were cut in the restive Himalayan region where most people oppose Indian rule. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Kashmir on edge, locked down, as India looks to split state

Lack of pro-life Democrats in 2020 race saddens advocates

President Trump, addressing the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, said he supports "red flag" laws to make it easier for authorities and families to take away guns from people deemed dangerous. (Associated Press)

Trump calls for crackdown on 'grisly' video games, denounces white nationalism

A teenager wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, center left, stands in front of an elderly Native American singing and playing a drum in Washington, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky is looking into this and other videos from a rally in Washington. (Survival Media Agency via AP) **FILE**

Covington Catholic teens sue Elizabeth Warren, media figures

In this June 22, 2018, file photo, women wait in line to ride go carts at a road safety event for female drivers launched at the Riyadh Park Mall in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia has issued new laws that grant women greater freedoms by allowing any citizen to apply for a passport and travel freely, ending a long-standing and controversial guardianship policy that had required male consent for a woman to travel or carry a passport. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male consent

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 14, 2013, an embryologist works on a petri dish at the Create Health fertility clinic in south London. Since the first test-tube baby was born more than three decades ago, in vitro fertilization has become a sophisticated process with pricey incubators, specialized techniques and extensive screening. Now, scientists are going back to basics and testing a simpler and cheaper method intended mainly for use in developing countries. (AP Photo/Sang Tan) ** FILE **

Advocates aim to overturn New York state ban on surrogacy

Mario Lopez arrives at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Mario Lopez under fire for trans kids comments: 'I just think about the repercussions later on'

The Washington National Cathedral is viewed from the stairs leading up from its underground parking garage. Woodrow Wilson and his wife, Edith, are interred inside the cathedral, as are Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

Washington National Cathedral condemns Trump's rhetoric as 'dangerous'

Bandwagon builds for LGBTQ diversity on children's TV

D.C. Mayor's Office on Men, Fathers and Boys aims to create positive male role models

In this July 18, 2019, file photo, a migrant father and daughter sit on the sidewalk after getting off a bus that brought them all the way from Nuevo Laredo to Monterrey, Mexico. The group was placed on the bus by Mexican migration authorities, arriving in this northern Mexican city late at night and left them to fend for themselves with no support on housing, work or schooling for children, who appear to make up about half the group. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

ACLU says illegal family separations still occurring at border

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In this image from video provided by Senate TV, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine., speaks on the Senate floor about her vote on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kananaugh, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 in the Capitol in Washington. Sen Shelly Capito, R-W.Va., sits rear left and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., sits right. (Senate TV via AP)

Susan Collins' finest hour

Religious Oppression in China Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

How the Chinese government stifles religious faith

Illustration on the continued need for impartial justice by ALexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why Lady Justice must be blind

Illustration on which side is more responsible for national polarization by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The roots of hyper-polarization

Illustration on the attractiveness of Socialism by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The unthinking and the unobservant

Illustration on anti-Christian bias by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Protecting all Americans from anti-religious hostility

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This Oct. 1, 2017, file photo shows Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington shaking hands with churchgoers at St. Mathews Cathedral after the Red Mass in Washington. Wuerl is defending himself ahead of a forthcoming grand jury report investigating child sexual abuse in six of Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses. He says the report will be critical of some of his actions as Pittsburgh's bishop. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Pennsylvania report identifies more than 1,000 children molested by priests

A woman holds her hands in prayer as she watches Pope Francis on a monitor as people await his arrival on Sept. 26, 2015, in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)

God still the co-pilot: U.S. remains the most religious among all Western nations

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The Bible remains a 'powerful, transformative tool' in American culture: Poll

Barronelle Stutzman (left), a florist in Washington state, said she considered a plaintiff in her Supreme Court case to be a friend. Justices ordered lower courts to take a new look at Ms. Stutzman's case because of her religious objection to same-sex marriage. (Associated Press/File)

Supreme Court vacates florist's same-sex wedding case

The White House is seen at dusk in Washington on Nov. 19, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump hosts first Iftar dinner in observance of Ramadan

Baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he could refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because his religious beliefs did not violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law Monday, June 4, 2018, in Lakewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Colorado baker who won Supreme Court case says he's 'thrilled' with outcome

Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips decorates a cake inside his store in Lakewood, Colo., on March 10, 2014. Phillips, who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, argued that his religious beliefs should protect him from sanctions against his business. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Supreme Court sides with Christian baker in same-sex wedding cake case

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Judge: 'In God We Trust' on money isn't religion endorsement

First lady Melania Trump speaks on her initiatives during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, May 7, 2018, in Washington. The first lady gave her multipronged effort to promote the well-being of children a minimalist new motto: "BE BEST." The first lady formally launched her long-awaited initiative after more than a year of reading to children, learning about babies born addicted to drugs and hosting a White House conversation on cyberbullying. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Melania Trump unveils 'Be Best' agenda to promote children's well-being

President Donald Trump walks out to speak during a "National Day of Prayer" event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 3, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signs executive order establishing faith-based office at White House

Boy Scouts plan name change, now with girls soon joining the ranks

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards waves after speaking during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Richards steps down Tuesday, May 1, from the helm of Planned Parenthood, a position she has held for 12 years, and her parting message to fellow women is: Get involved, and don't wait. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Cecile Richards' exit leaves abortion provider Planned Parenthood in disarray

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 14, 2013, an embryologist works on a petri dish at the Create Health fertility clinic in south London. Since the first test-tube baby was born more than three decades ago, in vitro fertilization has become a sophisticated process with pricey incubators, specialized techniques and extensive screening. Now, scientists are going back to basics and testing a simpler and cheaper method intended mainly for use in developing countries. (AP Photo/Sang Tan) ** FILE **

More than 71,000 babies born in 2016 from IVF

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