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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 of his religious beliefs did not violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law Monday, June 4, 2018, in Lakewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Christian baker vindicated by SCOTUS back in court for not baking a gender transitioning cake

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This Jan. 26, 2006, file photo shows Cinderella's Castle at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay, File)

Catholic Church helped former priest accused of abuse get Disney job

American Christian pastor Andrew Brunson, a North Carolina native who has lived and worked in Turkey for two decades, has been held in a Turkish jail for the past 18 months on charges relating to ties with U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. He is also accused of playing a role in the failed 2016 military coup to overthrow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Associated Press/File)

Andrew Brunson, American pastor, loses appeal in Turkish court: Report

Mississippi's new standard license plate, unveiled Thursday, May 10, 2018, in Jackson, Miss., will display the state seal that includes the phrase, &quot;In God We Trust.&quot; Republican Gov. Phil Bryant unveiled the new design on Twitter. It will be available beginning in January 2019. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ** FILE **

'In God We Trust' splashes into Florida's public schools

In this Nov. 9, 2005 file photo, President George W. Bush awards singer Aretha Franklin the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award, the highest civilian award, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. A person close to Franklin said on Monday that the 76-year-old singer is ill. Franklin canceled planned concerts earlier this year after she was ordered by her doctor to stay off the road and rest up. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)

Vigil held at Detroit church for Aretha Franklin

Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington shaking hands with churchgoers at St. Mathews Cathedral after the Red Mass in Washington on Oct. 1, 2017. In 1993, Cardinal Wuerl, then bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, coined the term "circle of secrecy" to describe the methods in place to protect accused members of the church, according to the report. (Associated Press)

Catholic officials, Vatican systematically covered up priest sex abuse, report reveals

Chelsea Clinton speaks during the Rise Up For Roe national tour, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Chelsea Clinton: Roe v. Wade was a boon to U.S. economy

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

In this Sept. 11, 2017, file photo, from left, Miami Dolphins' Jelani Jenkins, Arian Foster, Michael Thomas, and Kenny Stills, kneel during the singing of the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, File)

Florida police unions cancel Miami Dolphins ticket deal over anthem kneeling

Missouri Democratic Party nixes amendment welcoming pro-life candidates

In this June 30, 2015, file photo, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, speaks while outlining the schedule for Pope Francis' September 2015 visit to Washington, during a news conference at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. Wuerl wrote to priests to defend himself on the eve of the scheduled Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, release of a grand jury report investigating child sexual abuse in six of Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, defends himself ahead of child sex abuse report

In this Friday, July 20, 2018, file photo, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic congressional candidate from New York, waves during a rally, in Wichita, Kan. Ocasio-Cortez is trying to leverage the 17,000 votes that gave her a primary win in New York into a national movement. (Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle via AP, File)

Democrats view socialism more favorably than capitalism, Gallup poll finds

Chris Pratt accepts the award for choice summer movie actor for "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" at the Teen Choice Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Chris Pratt proclaims love of God at Teen Choice Awards: 'I'm up on a big platform'

In this April 4, 2018, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., responds to a question during a town hall meeting in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Sorry, Bernie: Just 7% of voters are 'enthusiastic' about socialism, says poll

In this July 31, 2018, photo, Dominic Ragucci poses for a portrait in Philadelphia with a photo of his brother, Emil, who was killed in action during World War II. Nearly 70 years after Emil's death in the South Pacific Battle of Tarawa, his remains are scheduled to return home to Philadelphia on Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

WWII remains come home; brothers get to pay last respects

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during an event on the creation of a United States Space Force, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, at the Pentagon. Pence says the time has come to establish a new United States Space Force to ensure America's dominance in space amid heightened completion and threats from China and Russia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Public sick and tired of elitists' hatred toward Pence, Christians

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Liberal claims to the moral high ground

Lindsey Graham: 'Normal relationship' with Turkey impossible with pastor jailed

A woman uses her smartphone on a Wi-Fi public network in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, in this file photo from Nov. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan) **FILE**

New FDA-approved app helps women avoid sex on 'fertile' days of their cycle

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent gathers information on four Guatemalan nationals, including two men and a pair of 12 and 13-year-old boys, Wednesday, July 18, 2018, in Yuma, Ariz. Thousands of families and unaccompanied children are continuing to cross the U.S. border in Arizona and California even after learning of the government's family separation policy upon apprehension. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Feds track down 299 deported parents in family separation case

Nick Loeb attends the 2015 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel on Saturday, April 25, 2015, in Washington. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

'Fake news' media undermining 'Roe v. Wade' movie, director says

Albuquerque officer Ryan Holets holds his newly adopted daughter, Hope, after being recognized by the city of Albuquerque on Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. In September, Holets convinced a pregnant woman he found using heroin to let him adopt her unborn child. That baby, Hope, is now recovering for being born with an addiction. Holets and his wife have four other children. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras) ** FILE **

CDC: Share of opioid-addicted women giving birth spiked with crisis

In this Aug. 7, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, officiates at the swearing-in of Judge Britt Grant to take a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit at the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Planned Parenthood launches six-figure ad campaign to defeat Brett Kavanaugh

In this Aug. 7, 2018, photo, a doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman at a hospital in Chicago. According to a study released on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, first-time mothers at low risk of complications were less likely to need a Cesarean delivery if labor was induced at 39 weeks instead of waiting for it to start on its own. Their babies fared better, too. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Choosing to induce labor at 39 weeks is safe, study shows

Pro-choice activists gather around a bonfire to keep warm as celebratory fireworks go off in the distance from a gathering of pro-life activists, as they all wait outside Congress for lawmakers to vote on an abortion bill in Buenos Aires, Argentina, early Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. The Senate debated a bill that would legalize elective abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, and eventually voted against it, keeping abortion limited to cases of rape or risks to a woman's health. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentine Senate rejects legalizing elective abortion

Attorney General Jeff Sessions pauses while speaking during a meeting of the Federal Commission on School Safety in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Jeff Sessions: Southern Poverty Law Center uses 'hate' designation as 'weapon' against conservatives

People demonstrate in Copenhagen, Denmark, Wednesday Aug. 1, 2018, as the new ban on garments covering the face is implemented. Supporters and opponents of a ban on garments covering the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or burqa, clashed verbally Wednesday as the law takes effect. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark bans the Islamic veil

The children of parents who embrace religion tend to have a lower risk of suicidal tendencies, a study has found. (Associated Press/File)

Religiosity linked to lower teen suicide rates

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Wednesday that fewer than 40,000 unauthorized migrants were nabbed at the southwest border in July 2018. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

'Zero tolerance' crackdown fails to stop illegal immigrant families from pouring across the border

Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers runs a drill during NFL football training camp Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Aaron Rodgers says NFL should ignore Trump

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions gestures during a news conference at the Moakley Federal Building in Boston, Thursday, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ** FILE **

United Methodist Church leaders dismiss complaint against Jeff Sessions

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The White House is seen at dusk in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** 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)

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

Pedestrians walk past the entrance for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ** FILE **

CDC: Teen mom birth rates hit historic low

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)

More than 71,000 babies born in 2016 from IVF

Pro-life activists converge in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, during the annual March for Life. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators gathered in Washington for an annual march to protest the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decision that declared a constitutional right to abortion. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump judiciary creates legal landscape to overturn Roe v. Wade, pro-life activists say

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

The Great Deceiver's advice from 'The Screwtape Letters' by C.S. Lewis

This image released by Disney shows Lily James as Cinderella in Disney's live-action feature film inspired by the classic fairy tale, &quot;Cinderella.&quot; (AP Photo/Disney, Jonathan Olley)

Planned Parenthood: Disney needs a princess who has 'had an abortion'

Bart Millard (John Michael Finley) practicing a soon-to-be unveiled song in the new movie I CAN ONLY IMAGINE releasing March 16, 2018. Courtesy of Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions.

'I Can Only Imagine' resonates with Christian audience, surprises Hollywood

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with steel and aluminum executives in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 1, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Majority of Americans believe 'Deep State' controls Washington: Poll

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