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DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE - The Rapture

NEWS

Pence said that Christianity is the most persecuted religion https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/pence-the-christian-faith-is-under-siege/2017/05/11/bd9d6dd6-3650-11e7-ab03-aa29f656f13e_video.html

Pence had a private meeting with a top Russian cleric http://time.com/4776717/mike-pence-russian-cleric-hilarion-alfeyev/

Trump promoted Christian nationalism in Liberty University Commencement address https://thinkprogress.org/trump-invokes-christian-nationalism-at-liberty-university-8f72c8f13b21 commencement-speech-liberty-university.html"> https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000005096821/trump-commencement-speech-liberty-university.html

Trump Official Warned That ‘Satanic’ Elites Run The World, ‘Islamic Invasion’ Creating ‘Mongrel Culture’ http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-official-warned-that-satanic-elites-run-the-world-islamic-invasion-creating-mongrel-culture/

Gordon Klingenschmitt: The Democratic Party Requires Its Members To Be Demon-Possessed And ‘Serve The Devil’ http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/gordon-klingenschmitt-the-democratic-party-requires-its-members-to-be-demon-possessed-and-serve-the-devil/

Christie conditionally vetoed a NJ bill that would have unconditionally banned underage marriage https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/11/chris-christie-rejects-measure-to-ban-child-marriage/22082430/

Sexual Abuse By a Former Catholic Priest Trial Starts https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/10/guam-priest-sex-abuse-lawsuit-61-mannetta/316544001/

11th priest accused in 58th Guam clergy sex abuse suit https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/01/11th-priest-accused-58th-guam-clergy-sex-abuse-suit/101177652/

A crowd of white nationalists carrying torches held a protest of a Virginia city's plan to remove a Robert E. Lee statue http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-nationalist-statue-protest_us_5918a2d9e4b0031e737e63f1

Dawkins is speaking in Ireland soon and had challenged the police to arrest him fry-blasphemy-ireland-probe-investigation-richard-dawkins-arrest-a7728321.html"> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/stephen-fry-blasphemy-ireland-probe-investigation-richard-dawkins-arrest-a7728321.html

Netflix's New series, "The Keepers" takes on the Catholic church http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/16/the-keepers-netflix-s-riveting-new-true-crime-saga-takes-on-the-catholic-church

Activists arrested trying to deliver petition to the Russian government asking them to step in to protect gay Chechens http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39881452

Get caught smoking or eating during Ramadan in Pakistan and get three months in jail https://tribune.com.pk/story/1406760/senate-panel-approves-ehtram-e-ramazan-bill/

The most complete fossil, so complete you can count scales, is getting prepped to go on display https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/12/rare-as-winning-the-lottery-new-dinosaur-fossil-so-well-preserved-it-looks-like-a-statue/?utm_term=.2b2373388092

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