College in Colorado Denies Donor Request to Include Bible Verse on Plaque

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The Colorado School of Mines sought to boost fundraising by offering donors a nameplate with an inscription of their choice, only to reject one donor’s message because it included references to two Bible verses.

The Alliance Defending Freedom announced in a press release Thursday that it has filed a federal lawsuit against the school alleging that its refusal to accept the request was a violation of the donor’s constitutional rights.

As part of a fundraising campaign for the Clear Creek Athletics Complex, CSM offered “naming opportunities” entailing a personalized nameplate on lockers in the facility’s football locker room, upon which donors could place a message or quote up to three lines long.

Michael Lucas, a 2003 CSM graduate who once played for the school’s football team, decided to take the school up on its offer, donating $2,500 and requesting that his quote include references to two Bible verses: Colossians 3:23 and Micah 5:9.

The Colossians verse reads: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.” The Micah verse states: “Your hand will be lifted up against your adversaries, and all your enemies will be cut off.” (Read more from “College in Colorado Denies Donor Request to Include Bible Verse on Plaque” HERE)

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Oklahoma Republicans Offer to House 10 Commandments Monument

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The interim chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party thinks the best place for the Ten Commandments monument is on the grounds of the Capitol.

But, now, that a judge has ordered the monument be removed by Oct. 12, Estela Hernandez feels the area outside her office is the second best location . . .

While it’s not a done deal, Hernandez has thrown the GOP name in the hat for the new home of the controversial monument. She said the words of the scripture are directly in line with the principles of the republican party.

“It’s a reminder that we truly are a people with moral laws, with moral values and, when we start to dismiss the notion that God should not be in our schoolhouse and in our government, that’s when we start to lose or start to see a decline of our culture,” she said. “Those [are] principles that define us as Americans, that define us as to what our framers intended our nation to be. They sought out those Christian values, they sought out God’s wisdom. And, I truly believe Oklahomans share in those values” . . .

The American Civil Liberties Union, which led the fight to remove the monument from the Capitol grounds, said it would have no problem with the republicans housing the monument. Since the statue would stand on private property, Legal Director Brady Henderson said the location is perfectly legal. (Read more from “Oklahoma Republicans Offer to House 10 Commandments Monument” HERE)

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EXPOSED: The Billionaire Planned Parenthood Donor Who Wants His Donations Kept Very, Very Secret

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Three weeks after I left my job at the clinic, Planned Parenthood took me to court. I am always asked, “Why would they take you to court? Did they have something to hide?” Well, yes. They absolutely had something to hide. They didn’t want me sharing the information in this article. Let’s expose the truth, shall we?

Yes, I do realize that releasing this information puts me in a precarious situation. But it’s always better for the truth to be out…no matter the cost.

It was life changing. I remember the first time we were able to make an appointment with our new funding…it was called “The Justice Fund.” After we had given the woman all of the necessary information about her abortion appointment, we asked her if she wanted to apply for a funding program to help pay for her abortion. She of course said yes. We went through her income and expenses and determined she was eligible for funding. We informed her that she would only have to pay $100 of the $400 cost. The woman began to cry on the phone. So I began to cry. Wow. We were going to change so many lives with this money, this “Justice Fund” . . .

In 2003, there was a big scandal that broke out surrounding the company Pampered Chef. The majority of people selling this kitchenware were stay-at-home moms. Many of them were pro-life women. So imagine their surprise when they found out that the new owner of their company, Warren Buffett, had given millions to the abortion industry, primarily Planned Parenthood. Suddenly, there was a mass exodus from the company. Women were done selling their overpriced spatulas.

So, when Warren Buffett decided that he wanted to start this “Justice Fund” in order to donate $21 million a year to the abortion industry, you better believe that he wanted to remain anonymous. He tried to disguise the donations under the foundation started by him in the name of his wife, Susan Thompson Buffett. But the 990s are for public consumption. Anyone can see where they are spending their money. (Read more from “EXPOSED: The Billionaire Planned Parenthood Donor Who Wants His Donations Kept Very, Very Secret” HERE)

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Here’s Who Pope Francis Met With in Addition to Kim Davis

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The Vatican confirmed Friday that Pope Francis held an audience with a gay former student and his partner in Washington, where the pontiff also met with Kim Davis.

The new twist in the controversial meeting Sept. 24 with Davis came to light after Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi released a statement Friday saying the “only real audience granted by the pope” at the Vatican Embassy in Washington “was with one of his former students and his family.”

Yayo Grassi, an openly gay man from Francis’ native Argentina and longtime friend of the pontiff, was that former student, Lombardi confirmed later Friday. Grassi, who has been in a same-sex relationship for 19 years, brought his partner and several friends to the Vatican Embassy in Washington for a brief visit.

Grassi told CNN that Francis has long known he is gay but never condemned his sexuality or relationship. Grassi said he and his partner had previously met with the pope in Rome. “He has never been judgmental,” Grassi told CNN. “He has never said anything negative.”

Lombardi confirmed Grassi had previously met with the pope. “As noted in the past, the pope, as pastor, has maintained many personal relationships with people in a spirit of kindness, welcome and dialogue,” Lombardi said in a statement. (Read more from “Here’s Who Pope Francis Met With in Addition to Kim Davis” HERE)

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American Pro-Life Leader Put Into Holding Cell After Landing in Australia, Here’s Why

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Right to Life Australia has pulled out all stops to overturn the withdrawal of Troy Newman’s visa after he arrived in Australia early this morning. Since his arrival, Newman has been kept in a holding cell at Melbourne international airport.

Knowing that he had successfully boarded at Los Angeles and was on his way, one staff member even sacrificed her sleep to work throughout the night preparing documentation for a legal appeal the next morning, without knowing what change had enabled him to depart for Australia.

For Newman, getting through to Australia was surprisingly easy. Having been stopped at Denver, he had made his own way to Los Angeles on another airline. Once there, he boarded the aircraft of his original airline using the boarding passes still in his possession. “Nobody stopped him or questioned him or nothing when it came to boarding the plane,” according to Cheryl Sullenger from Operation Rescue.

United Airlines is facing a fine for allowing a passenger without a valid visa to travel to Australia. In an ironic twist, any fine applied would be against an airline that has been connected with supporting Planned Parenthood.

It has since been discovered that Newman’s notice of the withdrawal of his visa was sent to him via traditional postal mail to his United States address and not by email. (Read more from “American Pro-Life Leader Put Into Holding Cell After Landing in Australia, Here’s Why” HERE)

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Calif. Mom Claims Retailer Booted Her for Complaining About Man in Girls’ Restroom

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A California mom who says she was recently kicked out of a sporting goods store after alerting a manager that [a] man had frightened her young daughter in the women’s restroom is demanding answers – and a policy change – from the Washington-based chain.

The woman, who spoke to FoxNews.com but asked not to be identified, said she was shopping with her 12-year-old daughter and the girl’s younger friend when her daughter told her what had happened moments earlier at an REI sporting goods store during a shopping trip in late August.

“We started to drive to another store and she said to me, ‘Mom, I need to tell you something,’” said the woman. “I asked her what was wrong and she told me ‘A man used the bathroom while we were in there and it scared me.’”

When the mother turned the car around and went back to the store to confront the manager of the Santa Rosa store, she said she was stunned to learn that the man, who she said was not dressed in women’s clothes and did not appear outwardly to be transgender, had done nothing wrong in the eyes of the employees and other customers.

“I spoke with the manager and told her what happened,” the mother said. “She didn’t skip a beat. She told me that REI does not decide who people are or what they can do.” (Read more from “Calif. Mom Claims Retailer Booted Her for Complaining About Man in Girls’ Restroom” HERE)

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Massachusetts Schools Boss Faces Probe for Allegedly Barging Into Home on Residency Check

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A Massachusetts school superintendent is facing an investigation by police after he allegedly forced his way into a home Tuesday morning to search for proof a student enrolled in his district lived there.

Police in Mashpee told the Cape Cod Times they intend to probe claims that Brian Hyde, superintendent of the Mashpee school district, barged into a home without permission in an effort to determine whether 17-year-old Isabel King lived there. The incident followed district officials questioning of the girl’s eligibility to attend Mashpee High School, after her family had moved away for a year before returning.

Hyde demanded to “see if she lives here,” Marilyn King said, quoting the superintendent as also saying, “I need to see where is her bedroom. And I want to see the clothes.”

King and a nurse who was at the home on an insurance call said Hyde went upstairs and they could hear him opening and closing drawers. King told the paper she and her daughter moved to Florida last November after the mother got divorced, but had returned and been in the process of buying the home. She said she tried since late May to re-enroll her daughter, but was told she could not while they were living with a friend and purchasing the home.

Mashpee Police Chief Scott Carline told the newspaper he expected to begin an investigation soon. (Read more from “Massachusetts Schools Boss Faces Probe for Allegedly Barging Into Home on Residency Check” HERE)

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Revealed: The Chilling Message the Oregon Shooter Who Supposedly Singled Out Christians, Reportedly Posted Online Before the Attack

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By Randy DeSoto. The 20-year-old shooter responsible for taking the lives of 13 people on an Oregon college campus Thursday morning gave a cryptic warning online the night before.

The Sun reports that in a thread found on the online bulletin board 4CHan, the male killer told students not to go to the Umpqua Community College campus.

He wrote in the post: “Some of you guys are alright. don’t go into school tomorrow if you are in the northwest. Happening thread will be posted tomorrow morning. So long space robots.”

The gunman added another post to the site promising that “normies will pay for their misdeeds.” (Read more from “Revealed: The Chilling Message the Oregon Shooter Who Supposedly Singled Out Christians, Reportedly Posted Online Before the Attack” HERE)

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Oregon Gunman Singled out Christians During Rampage

By Chris Perez. The gunman who opened fire at an Oregon community college was forcing people to stand up and state their religion before he began blasting away at them, survivors said Thursday.

A woman who claimed to have a grandmother inside a writing class in Snyder Hall, where a portion the massacre unfolded, described the scene in a tweet.

“The shooter was lining people up and asking if they were Christian,” she wrote. “If they said yes, then they were shot in the head. If they said no, or didn’t answer, they were shot in the legs. My grandma just got to my house, and she was in the room. She wasn’t shot, but she is very upset.

Hannah Miles, another Umpqua student, was also sitting in a class room next door and said she initially heard a pop that sounded like a yardstick slapping on a chalkboard when the shooting broke out.

She said that when her class heard the noise again, her teacher went to see if everything was all right. Minutes later, shots rang out repeatedly and they all fled, leaving their belongings behind. (Read more from “Oregon Gunman Singled out Christians During Rampage” HERE)

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Woman ‘Shocked’ to See an Image in Ultrasound Picture That Was Completely Unrelated to Her Baby

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A woman from England lamented that fact that her mother died earlier this year before she ever got the chance to tell her she was pregnant. Now, she says something happened that’s giving her comfort and it all surrounds a recent ultrasound.

According to the Liverpool Echo, Rebecca Melia’s mother died in February after a battle with kidney cancer, but she believes she spotted her face in an ultrasound photo of her baby boy.

You can see what Melia thinks is her mother’s face to the left of the baby’s calf:

Before she went for an ultrasound in June, she said she was talking to a photograph of her mother, “saying I wish she was coming with me.”

“This is her 14th grandchild and she has been there for every one,” the 30-year-old mother-to-be told the Echo. (Read more from “Woman ‘Shocked’ to See an Image in Ultrasound Picture That Was Completely Unrelated to Her Baby” HERE)

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Here’s the Outcome of ‘Caitlyn’ Jenner’s Fatal Car Crash

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Prosecutors declined to charge Caitlyn Jenner on Wednesday in a California car crash that led to the death of another driver, saying there was not enough evidence for a conviction.

Authorities said Jenner was towing an off-road vehicle on a trailer behind a Cadillac Escalade on Feb. 7 when he crashed into two cars, pushing one into oncoming traffic. Driver Kim Howe was killed when her Lexus was hit by a Hummer.

“We believed from the start that a thorough and objective investigation would clear Caitlyn of any criminal wrongdoing,” said Blair Berk, Jenner’s attorney. “We are heartened the district attorney has agreed that even a misdemeanor charge would be inappropriate. A traffic accident, however devastating and heartbreaking when a life is lost, is not necessarily a criminal matter.” (Read more from “Here’s the Outcome of ‘Caitlyn’ Jenner’s Fatal Car Crash” HERE)

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