In this 15-minute broadcast, Jerry Newcombe discusses the recent suspension of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore with constitutional attorney Col. John Eidsmoe. They both agree that Moore's suspension really had nothing to do with ethics violations, but rather his views on Obergefell and same-sex "marriage."
Kindergarten used to be a place for children to learn how to add, subtract, and read. Next year, Washington school children as young as five years old will instead be learning about gender fluidity and the differences between gender and sexual identity. The newly-minted health and physical education standards, released by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), will be implemented in schools across the state for the 2017-2018 school year.
The head of Georgia’s ACLU chapter heightened the bathroom debate this week when she stepped down in protest of the group’s push to let men into women's bathrooms. Maya Dillard Smith said Thursday she resigned because she was met with hostility when she questioned the organization’s stance on the policy, adding that she risked being branded a homophobe by even raising her critique. "There are real concerns about the safety of women and girls in regards to this bathroom debate," she said.
In this article, Dr. Robert A. J. Gagnon confronts five major arguments, each one trying to prove that Scripture doesn't condemn homosexual practice in and of itself. Dr. Gagnon presents the real evidence—that Scripture does indeed regard homosexual practice as sinful and unnatural.
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday denied a motion to reconsider its opinion that a female student must be allowed access to the boys' bathroom at a Virginia high school. The Gloucester County School Board had asked the full U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to review the decision by a three-judge panel last month in favor of Gavin Grimm, a student at the local high school. The request was denied.
Dr. James White and Justin Lee discuss how Christians should respond to those who identify as “gay Christians.” Justin Lee takes the position that Christians should be more accepting of that kind of identity, while Dr. James White argues that Paul’s words, “And such were some of you,” makes this a gospel issue.
Last week, New York City’s Human Rights Commission created a new list of 31 protected gender identities from which New Yorkers can now choose. The list includes labels such as "two-spirit," "pan-gender," "third sex," and "gender gifted." Crossdressers, drag kings, and drag queens are also included as fully-protected identities under the ordinance. Businesses that don’t respect and accommodate any of the 31 protected gender identities could face fines of up to $250,000.
In his dissent from the majority opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, Justice Antonin Scalia made some significant statements. "[I]t is not of special importance to me what the law says about marriage," he says. "It is of overwhelming importance, however, who it is that rules me. Today’s decree says that my Ruler, and the Ruler of 320 million Americans coast-to-coast, is a majority of the nine lawyers on the Supreme Court...to allow the policy question of same-sex marriage to be considered and resolved by a select, patrician, highly unrepresentative panel of nine is to violate a principle even more fundamental than no taxation without representation: no social transformation without representation."
On Friday, the Alabama Supreme Court voided its earlier decision that allowed the birth mother of three children to prevent her former female partner from having regular visits with the children. The court originally refused to recognize the other woman as a parent, but has now reversed that ruling. Not participating in the court's decision was Chief Justice Roy Moore, who was suspended while he faces a judicial ethics hearing linked to his public opposition to same-sex "marriage."
On Friday, Liberty Counsel filed a federal lawsuit against the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) on behalf of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, raising constitutional challenges to the charges brought against Moore and the automatic removal provision of the Alabama Constitution. Liberty Counsel is asking the court to immediately reinstate the Chief Justice. "The JIC has no jurisdiction over an Administrative Order of the Chief Justice," said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel.
In this sermon, John Piper goes back to God's Word on the issue of same-sex "marriage," answering questions about the creation of marriage, the origin of same-sex desire, and the appropriate responses of the church and civil magistrate.
Officials in 11 states joined together on Wednesday, May 25 to sue the Obama Administration and challenge its radical policy that would force “elementary and secondary schools that receive federal funds” to open bathrooms, showers, changing rooms, and other facilities to individuals of either sex. The states represented in the lawsuit include Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Arizona and Maine.
The lawyer representing suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore said Thursday that the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) has hired John Carroll to be the prosecutor in Moore's ethics case. Carroll is the former legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the same group which filed the ethics complaints against Moore to the JIC. "I have almost no words for this corrupt and unjust system," Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, which represents Chief Justice Moore, stated in a press release.
The lawyer representing suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore said Thursday that the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) has hired John Carroll to be the prosecutor in Moore's ethics case. Carroll is the former legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the same group which filed the ethics complaints against Moore to the JIC. "I have almost no words for this corrupt and unjust system," Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, which represents Chief Justice Moore, stated in a press release.
House conservatives on Thursday blocked passage of a relatively uncontroversial energy and water spending measure after Democrats attached an amendment that would bar federal contractors from discriminating against "lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender" people. The appropriations bill failed 305-112, with many Republicans opposed because of the anti-discrimination provision. Democrats also heavily voted against it over objections to other add-ons.
On Monday, Charlotte’s mayor and city council decided not to consider a repeal of the open-bathroom ordinance that prompted the passage of HB2. "I’ve been talking with council members and others throughout this day," Mayor Jennifer Roberts said. "Collectively, we concluded a discussion of HB2 by the City Council tonight would not be helpful." It’s unclear if there was enough support among council members to repeal the ordinance, or if there were enough votes to overcome a potential veto by Mayor Roberts.
In this three-part video series, Dr. James White reviews and refutes a presentation by Dr. David Gushee, who tries to compare opposing homosexuality to persecuting Jews.
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest recently gave close to a 30 minute interview on HB2 with ABC11 in Raleigh, only of which about 60 seconds was shown on TV. A lot of what was discussed with the reporter needs to be shared, so he is releasing videos throughout the week to highlight several topics left out of the newscast. This first video is about Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s "Jim Crow" comments.
A Virginia school board unanimously approved an ordinance on Friday resisting the Obama administration’s transgender bathroom edict and requiring students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their biological sex. The ordinance, which immediately took effect, allows public school students in Grayson County, Virginia, to request to use a single-stall facility but prevents them from accessing facilities that don’t correspond with their biological sex.
Supporters of suspended Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore called for his reinstatement Saturday at a rally at the state judicial building in Montgomery. Among other speakers was Sen. Dick Brewbaker, who called the Judicial Inquiry Commission's decision an "outrageous abuse of process." "This is all over an administrative order . . . The JIC was never set up to ride herd on every administrative decision made by the chief justice as the head administrator of the courts," he said.
On Saturday, May 21, the Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee passed a resolution calling on the unelected Alabama Court of the Judiciary to drop the charges leveled against Chief Justice Roy Moore by the unelected Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC)."[W]e call on the Court of the Judiciary to drop the politically motivated charges against Chief Justice Roy Moore," the resolution stated. Alabama Republicans also called upon the legislature "to pass legal changes that would prevent the political removal of statewide elected officials, unless done so by the elected legislature of the state."
In this edition of the Generations Radio Broadcast, Kevin Swanson discusses the suspension of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore with Dr. Tom Ford, spokesperson for Sanctity of Marriage Alabama. The politically-motivateed complaints brought against Moore, we learn, were spearheaded by an anonymous drag queen—Ambrosia Starling. And it’s not likely that Moore will receive any support from Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, who has himself been caught in an affair with one of his aides. The nation collapses when drag queens rule and philandering governors refuse to fight for liberty or defend the last man of courage left in the state.
Sanctity of Marriage Alabama announced Thursday that Kayla Moore (wife of Chief Justice Roy Moore and President of the Foundation for Moral Law) and State Senator Dick Brewbaker (R-Montgomery) will be among the speakers to address supporters of Chief Justice Roy Moore at a statewide rally on Saturday. For more information visit www.iStandWithJudgeMoore.com, Facebook: Sanctity of Marriage Alabama, or call (334) 220-2319.
Alabama Rep. Rich Wingo writes on Chief Justice Moore's suspension by the Judicial Inquiry Commission. "Some of the top legal experts in the state believe that the Judicial Inquiry Commission, which voted to suspend Moore, has acted outside of its jurisdiction, and they note that Moore was not a named party in any of the involved cases, and, thus, cannot be accused of violating a court order," Wingo says. "If this unwarranted attack on Moore is successful, it will open the door for the politically correct Gestapo to punish any judge whose opinions do not rigidly conform to their dangerous social demands."
The Obama administration is pushing hard to make school bathrooms gender-neutral. Will the states hold the line against the “all-powerful” federal government? In this program, Generations Radio Host Kevin Swanson shows us how to apply biblical principles to the area of bathroom policy.