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HHA Withdraws Eminent Domain Threat Against Fifth Ward Church

Houston Press
November 3, 2015 • In the News

After a three-month legal battle, the Houston Housing Authority has voluntarily withdrawn its threat of eminent domain that had longtime Fifth Ward church leaders up in arms. Read full article »

Coach Suspended for Post-Game Prayers: ‘Explicit Religious Discrimination’

O’Reilly Factor with Bill O’Reilly – Fox News
November 2, 2015 • In the News

“It’s inexplicable, what’s happening,” Shackelford said. “They said that he is not allowed to ever visibly show any religion or he’ll be fired.” Read full article »

Breaking: Houston Abandons Eminent Domain Against Black Church

Breitbart
November 2, 2015 • In the News

The City of Houston has abandoned an effort to use eminent domain power to destroy the outdoor ministry area of Latter Day Deliverance Revival Church, a predominantly black church in Houston, Texas’treet Fifth Ward. Read full article »

Praying Washington Football Coach Gets Support From Presidential Candidates

USA Today
November 1, 2015 • In the News

The situation involving Bremerton (Wash.) High and assistant coach Joe Kennedy has drawn the attention on social media of Republican presidential candidates Ben Carson and Donald Trump. Read full article »

Ben Carson – Then Trump – Tweets Support for Suspended Bremerton Coach Joe Kennedy

Seattle Times
October 31, 2015 • In the News

“Praying for Coach Joe Kennedy and the Knights, even if the school board doesn’t like it,” tweeted Dr. Ben Carson. Read full article »

High School football coach put on leave for leading game-time prayer

The Today Show
October 30, 2015 • In the News

Ken Klukowski, Senior Counsel for Liberty Institute, said, “He quietly expressed his personal faith in prayer, and they [the students] voluntarily decided to join him. There is no constitutional violation there.” Watch Video »

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