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A Big Win for the Integrity of Christian Ministry and Christian Families as West Lafayette City Council Withdraws Proposed “Conversion Therapy” Ban

WEST LAFAYETTE JOURNAL AND COURIER (MARGARET CHRISTOPHERSON)
West Lafayette Leaders Condemn Conversion Therapy, Withdraw Proposed Ban

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A Difference Can Still Be Made in the Public Square: How Faith Life Church Alerted Us About Ordinance 31-21 in Indiana — And What Christians Should Learn From the Example

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The Allure of Spectacle and the Solidarity of Autocrats: Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin Send Message to West in Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Olympics

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
The Burner Phone Olympics

NEW YORK TIMES (STEVEN LEE MYERS AND ALAN BLINDER)
In Beijing, the Subject on Everybody’s Mind but Not Lips

NEW YORK TIMES (ALEXANDRA STEVENSON AND STEVEN LEE MYERS)
For Olympic Sponsors, ‘China Is an Exception’

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Get Ready for Big Action at the High Court — The Texas Abortion Law Heads Back to Supreme Court

NEW YORK TIMES (ADAM LIPTAK)
Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Block Texas Abortion Law

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Is the Pro-Life Argument Based on a Mistranslation of Scripture? Of Course Not, But the Washington Post Runs the Argument

WASHINGTON POST (DANYA RUTTENBERG AND KATEY ZEH)
An Ancient Mistranslation Is Now Helping to Threaten Abortion Rights

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The Child Is Not the Mere Creature of the State’ — A Reminder of a Big Lesson on Parental Rights from the Supreme Court

WALL STREET JOURNAL (GERARD BAKER)
Merrick Garland Has a List, and You’re Probably on It

WALL STREET JOURNAL
‘The Child Is Not the Mere Creature of the State’

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One Lifetime and an Entire Culture Ago — Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou) Dies At 95

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Betty Lynn, Thelma Lou on ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ has died

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