A group of 28 U.S. Representatives and four U.S. Senators, including Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Suzan DelBene (D-WA), have requested that the federal government ban same-sex attraction therapy. In a letter addressed February 10, the Senators said that they “urge the Federal Trade Commission to take decisive action to stop the unfair, deceptive, and fraudulent practice of conversion therapy under the authority provided to your agency in the Federal Trade Commission Act.”
A Florida inmate is demanding that the sex on his birth certificate be changed to "female," and his name to "Stacy." Justin Naber is serving a life sentence on a Pasco County conviction for second-degree murder. At the federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, a judge has been asked to declare unconstitutional a Florida law that forbids convicted felons from changing their names.
Obergefell grossly misused the Fourteenth Amendment and directly attacked the family, but it wasn't the first Supreme Court opinion to do so. In this article taken from a court opinion authored by Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, Moore shows how "Obergefell is the culmination, beginning with Griswold in 1965, of 50 years of judicial usurpation of the right of the people to govern themselves and, in particular, of the states to protect from attack 'the idea of the family, as consisting in and springing from the union for life of one man and one woman in the holy estate of matrimony.' "
The Gloucester County School Board has filed an emergency appeal with Chief Justice John Roberts in an attempt to prevent Gavin Grimm from using the boys bathroom at her local school. Grimm is suing the school board, arguing that it violated federal education discrimination laws by forbidding her from using the boys bathroom. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Grimm in April.
American Airlines, Microsoft and Marriott are among 68 companies that have signed an amicus brief in the lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s House Bill 2. Other companies that signed the brief include: Apple, Bloomberg, Capital One, General Electric, IBM, Nike, Morgan Stanley, PayPal, Dow Chemical and Red Hat. Late Friday, Gov. Pat McCrory’s office issued a statement criticizing the companies’ involvement with the lawsuit.
In this message, Dr. Heath Lambert speaks on sexual sin and how Christians should counsel those who are ensnared in it. He says, "The problem with sexual morality is not just that it’ll slap you right smack dab in the middle of hell; but as I said more positively than that, it is the opposite of the love of Christ. It’s the opposite of this selfless sacrificial care that we see in Him. Every sexually immoral person is thinking about themself. Sexual sin is grounded in selfishness every time."
Does an opinion of the United States Supreme Court, like Obergefell, which blatantly affronts the Constitution, automatically become the "rule of law" and the "law of the land?" Most Americans think so. However, if one examines both the Constitution and the moral foundation upon which law is built, it soon becomes apparent that this is not the case. In this article taken from a court opinion authored by Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, Moore thoroughly demonstrates that "[t]he Obergefell opinion, being manifestly absurd and unjust and contrary to reason and divine law, is not entitled to precedential value."
A bishop from the evangelical wing of the Church of England is urging fellow clerics to rethink what the bible says about homosexuality. Ken Ham comments on the issue. "Notice how [the bishop's] rationale for reinterpreting the Bible’s teaching comes from something outside of God’s Word," he says. "His mind wasn’t changed because of the Bible. He has allowed himself to be influenced by factors outside of God’s Word and is reinterpreting God’s Word based on these outside influences."
It's quite possible that the Iowa Civil Rights Commission will start cracking down on pastors for teaching on Genesis 1:27. In D.C., The Pentagon is allowing members of the U.S. military to identify as whichever gender they want. In Virginia, a school district is fighting a federal judge who wants to put a girl in the boys' bathroom. And conservatives in Alabama are still calling for the reinstatement of Chief Justice Roy Moore, who was suspended for getting in the way of anti-marriage activists and a certain anonymous transvestite.
In this talk given at Union University's Salt & Light Conference, Dr. Robert A. J. Gagnon shows how Christians can use nature arguments to show that even unbelievers know homosexual behavior is unnatural. It has been clearly revealed to them by the Creator.
On Monday, the Alabama Court of the Judiciary filed papers stating that members of the court have received an increasing amount of phone calls and emails from members of the public asking that the charges against Chief Justice Moore be dismissed. Meanwhile, on the Washington state front, Snohomish School District recently voted 6-0 to change its policy on how its schools manage student gender identity issues, making all of the institution's locker rooms, showers, changing facilities, and bathrooms gender-neutral.
On March 4, 2016, the Alabama Supreme Court issued a certificate of judgment in response to Obergefell v. Hodges, leaving in place its previous holding that Alabama's Sanctity of Marriage Amendment is constitutional. Concurring specially with the judgment, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore wrote an opinion thoroughly demonstrating that Obergefell "is an immoral, unconstitutional, and tyrannical opinion." Spanning 60 pages, Moore's opinion is without question the best and most professional defense against Obergefell ever written.
In this sermon, John MacArthur addresses the sin of homosexuality, drawing from multiple passages of Scripture. We should proclaim how abominable and destructive this sin is, while at the same time preaching the message of hope that homosexuals can turn to Christ and be saved.
In the latest battle over the role of women in the military, Congress is embroiled in an increasingly intense debate over whether they should have to register for the draft when they turn 18. Last week, the Senate approved an expansive military policy bill that would for the first time require young women to register for the draft. Only six Republicans voted against the bill. The Senate bill will now have to be reconciled in a conference committee with the U.S. House, which passed a different version of the bill that excluded the draft requirement.
Voddie Baucham confronts the claim that same-sex "marriage" is the next leg of the civil rights movement and explains that calling it such is inappropriate because (1) Homosexuality is undetectable apart from self-identification; (2) There is a complete disconnect between same-sex “marriage” and anti-miscegenation laws; and (3) Such an argument can just as easily be applied to an infinite number of "orientations," including polygamous or pedophiliac "orientations."
The Foundation for Moral Law, an Alabama-based legal institution, took issue with last week's order by U.S. District Court Judge Callie Granade, in which she purported to bar state officials from enforcing Alabama's marriage amendment. "Article VI, Section 2 says the Constitution, federal laws, and federal treaties are the supreme law of the land; it says nothing of federal court decisions," Foundation Senior Counsel John Eidsmoe said. "Nothing in the Constitution says every federal, state, and local official has to march to the beat of a federal judge’s drum, no matter how erratic that drumbeat may be."
Alabama resident Hannah Ford criticizes the politically motivated attempts to remove Chief Justice Roy Moore. "What is wrong with the legal profession?" Ford asks. "What happened to the 'give me liberty or give me death' lawyers of Patrick Henry’s caliber? Has the idea of a 'public servant' been buried in the ashes of position, fear, and comfort? Governors, judges, appointees, legislators and lawyers: Are you listening to us?" Ford continues, "When we elect a Chief Justice, it’s not an accident."
As suspended Alabama Chief Justice Moore awaits his trial, the federal judge who created Alabama's marriage license controversy in January of 2015 has renewed her attack, again claiming that Alabama's Sanctity of Marriage Amendment is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Callie Granade of Mobile issued an order Tuesday, purporting to block enforcement of the amendment once and for all.
NC Lt. Governor Dan Forest and FRC President Tony Perkins write on President Obama's push to put men into women's bathrooms. They write, "As the world careens from one precipice to the next, President Obama cannot stop obsessing over his determination to 'fundamentally transform' the historic and accurate understanding of human sexuality always upheld in morality, law and custom. Americans should ponder this question: If the White House can dictate the policies of the bathrooms of America, is anything beyond its reach?"
Kevin DeYoung has written before on whether a Christian should attend a same-sex ceremony. His answer has always been no. But what if the ceremony is completely secular? DeYoung answers that question in this article. He says, "In short, as personally painful as it may be, and as much as the world will call us names and castigate our motives, those who believe marriage is between a man and a woman should not attend a ceremony that purports to be the marrying of a man and a man or a woman and a woman, even if that ceremony is completely secular in nature."
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts jumped on the transgender bathroom bandwagon on June 1, when its House of Representatives voted 116-36 to move forward with a bill that legally replaces the concept of biological sex with that of gender identity. The “Gender Identity Public Accommodations Bill,” or H.4343, seeks to further push for transgender “anti-discrimination” laws in three separate parts.
Ken Ham looks at the cultural chaos surrounding the definition of marriage and shows that the rule of monogamy is tied directly to Genesis. If we forsake the Word of God, we will forsake monogamy, and as a result, the entire meaning of marriage will disintegrate.
"Focal Point" radio host Bryan Fischer tells us what we can expect to happen in women's bathrooms as a result of Target and President Obama's radical bathroom policies. "Video voyeurs can now establish high-tech peepholes virtually anywhere thanks to advances in technology," Fischer says. "In alarming numbers they will soon be filming our daughters in department store dressing rooms and school shower rooms thanks to Target and President Obama."
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah has written an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would remove the provision that requires women to register for the Selective Service. The amendment would also force the Pentagon to prepare a report for Congress by July 2017 about whether the Selective Service is even necessary and if registration should be required regardless of gender. The amendment is also sponsored by GOP Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, James Inhofe of Oklahoma, Mike Rounds of South Dakota, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, and Roger Wicker of Mississippi.
Last week, the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) released a document that instructs public schools to begin teaching students about gender identity at a very young age. Now, OSPI Communications Manager Nathan Olson says those standards are merely recommendations, not requirements. "State learning standards are the required elements of instruction," Olson said. "Outcomes provide the specificity to support school districts in meeting each standard in each grade level."