Nashville Predators Beat Penguins 4 to 1 to Tie Stanley Cup Final Two Games Apiece

The Nashville Predators stomped the Pittsburgh Penguins 4 to 1 in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final to tie the NHL championship series at two games each. The momentum of the championship clearly swung towards the Predators on Monday, who scored first first midway through the first period to jump to a 1 to nothing lead over the Penguins. Perennial Penguins All-Star Sidney Crosby answered barely a minute later to tie the game up at 1 each, but Nashville stormed back in the second and third period with three unanswered goals to claim the 4 to 1 victory. Nashville Goalie Pekka Rinne was stellar between the pipes, completely shutting the Penguins down after the lone goal by Cosby. The best of seven series continues until later this week.

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Michigan Farmer Banned From Selling At Local Farmers’ Market For Belief In Traditional Marriage

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  Alliance Defending Freedom filed a federal lawsuit last week on behalf of a Catholic organic farmer in Michigan who was told he could no longer sell his produce at an East Lansing farmers’ market because of his belief that marriage should be between one man and one woman. “At issue is an unconstitutional, unlawful, and complex ‘sexual orientation’ policy that city officials adopted specifically to shut out Steve Tennes and Country Mill Farms—his family’s fruit orchard—purely because he posted on Facebook his belief in biblical marriage,” said an Alliance Defending Freedom news release. Tennes explained his family’s position on marriage on the Facebook page for Country Mill Farms in August and December. After having stopped booking weddings on the farm to allow time for a policy review, Tennes wrote in December that he would only book ceremonies for heterosexual couples. “Country Mill reserves the right to deny a request for services that would require it to communicate, engage in, or host expression that violates the owners’ sincerely held religious beliefs and conscience,” Tennes wrote. As a result of the Facebook statements, East Lansing began taking steps to kick the family out of the farmers’ market. Efforts led to the adoption of…

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Video Appears To Show Former NFL Coaches Rex and Rob Ryan in Nashville Bar Fight

  A video making national news shows what appears to be former NFL coaches Rex Ryan, who was fired in December as head coach of the Buffalo Bills, and his twin brother Rob Ryan, a long time defensive coordinator in the league who was fired along with his brother by the Bills, getting into a fight with another patron at a downtown Nashville restaurant on Sunday, Fox 17 News reports. The video was taken at Margaritaville by a couple visiting for the CMA Fest, which starts Thursday. The scuffle happened after the patron allegedly threw a margarita at Rex Ryan’s face. The Tennessee Star contacted Margaritaville and was told the restaurant has no comment. The Metro Nashville Police Department does not have an incident report on the scuffle. Bleacher Report, citing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, said the Ryan brothers were interacting with fans at Margaritaville earlier in the day and were in town to celebrate the Predators being in the Stanley Cup Final. “On Saturday, the Ryans took part in pregame festivities ahead of the Nashville Predators’ Game 3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2017 Stanley Cup Final,” Bleacher Report said. “NHL on NBC posted a video of Rex smashing a…

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Gov. Haslam Holds Ceremonial Signings Today for Gas-Tax Increasing IMPROVE Act In Each of Tennessee’s Three Grand Divisions

Governor Haslam will hold ceremonial signings of the controversial and gas-tax increasing IMPROVE Act Monday in each of Tennessee’s three grand divisions, as reported last week by The Tennessee Star. According to the invitation on Governor Bill Haslam’s letterhead, the IMPROVE Act signing ceremonies will be held as follows: 10:15 a.m. EDT, East Tennessee Hamilton County Welcome Center I-75 North, 0.7 miles north of GA state line 1:00 p.m. CDT, Middle Tennessee Acklen Park Drive – I-44 Overpass Nashville, TN 37204 3:00 p.m. CDT, West Tennessee US 51 S. from Union City A half mile past the Quality Inn The signings are spaced so closely together in time, Gov. Haslam is almost certainly flying from site to site at taxpayers’s expense to celebrate this tax increase. The IMPROVE Act, initially named for “Improving Manufacturing, Public Roads and Opportunities for a Vibrant Economy,” was renamed to the Tax Cut Act of 2017, by its House sponsor of HB 534 Rep. Barry “Boss” Doss (R-Leoma), will raise the gas tax by 6 cents per gallon and the diesel tax by 10 cents per gallon phased in over three years. Effective July 1, the gas tax will increase from 20 cents to 24…

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Mayor Megan Barry Says The Constitution Does Not Apply Here in Nashville: ‘I Am Committed to Meeting the Goals of the Paris Agreement – Even if the President Is Not’

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  On Thursday, Nashville Mayor Megan Barry issued a statement criticizing President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, which, in effect, declared that as mayor she will not be bound by Article 1, Section 10 of the United States Constitution, which prohibits state governments specifically, and metropolitan governments within states by extension, from entering “into any treaty, alliance, or confederation.” “The United States of America should be a global leader in addressing the dire impact of climate change on our civilization, and it is very disappointing that President Trump does not see that. As a member of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, I am committed to meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, and working with corporations and citizens to do the same, even if the President is not. There’s too much at stake for cities not to lead on this issue, and Nashville will,” Barry said in the statement. “In 2016, Mayor Barry formed the Livable Nashville Committee, comprised of leaders from Nashville’s public, private, environmental, academic, and philanthropic sectors, and charged its members with developing a shared vision for protecting and enhancing Nashville’s livability and environmental quality.…

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Nashville Predators Take on Pittsburgh Penguins Tonight in Game 4 of Stanley Cup Final at Bridgestone Arena

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan maintained a calm veneer as he answered the question, but there was an edge inside his words Saturday night when asked about being outplayed for most of the first three games of the Stanley Cup Finals by the Nashville Predators. “We’ve been outplayed in stretches, you know,” he…

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Social Security Fraudster from Kentucky Cuts Monitoring Device, Is On the Run from the Law

The Kentucky lawyer who led one of the biggest Social Security frauds in history removed his electronic monitoring device and appears to be on the run, the FBI said late Saturday, writing the latest chapter in a bizarre soap opera that’s embarrassed the government and left hundreds of people struggling. Eric C. Conn pleaded guilty just…

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No Data Currently Tracks Number of Illegal Immigrants Who Vote

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President’s Trump’s commission plans to place significant reliance on data from the Department of Homeland Security to determine the extent of illegal voting by noncitizens. But the commission, headed by Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, may be in for unpleasant surprises. Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is perhaps…

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Mayor Megan Barry Says The Constitution Does Not Apply Here in Nashville: ‘I Am Committed to Meeting the Goals of the Paris Agreement . . . Even if the President Is Not’

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  On Thursday, Nashville Mayor Megan Barry issued a statement criticizing President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, which, in effect, declared that as mayor she will not be bound by Article 1, Section 10 of the United States Constitution, which prohibits state governments specifically, and metropolitan governments within states by extension, from entering “into any treaty, alliance, or confederation.” “The United States of America should be a global leader in addressing the dire impact of climate change on our civilization, and it is very disappointing that President Trump does not see that. As a member of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, I am committed to meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, and working with corporations and citizens to do the same, even if the President is not. There’s too much at stake for cities not to lead on this issue, and Nashville will,” Barry said in the statement. “In 2016, Mayor Barry formed the Livable Nashville Committee, comprised of leaders from Nashville’s public, private, environmental, academic, and philanthropic sectors, and charged its members with developing a shared vision for protecting and enhancing Nashville’s livability and environmental quality.…

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Faith: Verse of the Day for Monday, June 5

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  VERSE OF DAY Be blessed and be a blessing June 4, Monday Proverbs 3:21-35 My child, don’t lose sight of common sense and discernment. Hang on to them, 22 for they will refresh your soul. They are like jewels on a necklace. 23 They keep you safe on your way, and your feet will not stumble. 24 You can go to bed without fear; you will lie down and sleep soundly. 25 You need not be afraid of sudden disaster or the destruction that comes upon the wicked, 26 for the LORD is your security. He will keep your foot from being caught in a trap. 27 Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it’s in your power to help them. 28 If you can help your neighbor now, don’t say, “Come back tomorrow, and then I’ll help you.” 29 Don’t plot harm against your neighbor, for those who live nearby trust you. 30 Don’t pick a fight without reason, when no one has done you harm. 31 Don’t envy violent people or copy their ways. 32 Such wicked people are detestable to the LORD, but he offers his friendship to the godly. 33 The LORD curses the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the upright. 34 The LORD mocks the mockers but is gracious to the humble. 35 The…

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