Dr. Owen Strachan contrasts the concepts of complementarity and compatibility, emphasizing the importance of the former in a marriage. He says, "Compatibility is great if you can get it, as Matt Chandler has said well. Good communication, specific care for one another, trying activities your spouse enjoys—such practices will help couples bond. We pray to grow together, not to grow apart, over the years. But ultimately, it’s not compatibility that will sustain and strengthen our marriages. It’s complementarity—anchored in Scripture, displayed most happily in Spirit-powered marriages, and fulfilled in the love of Christ and his bride."
Minnesota lawmakers unveiled a bill Wednesday that would ban the use of bathrooms reserved for the opposite sex. The actual language of the bill defines a person’s sex as “either male or female as biologically defined” at birth. Especially in schools; supporters say allowing students to use bathrooms of their choice puts other students at risk. "They should not be granted special rights just because they are confused or in denial about their biological sex," Barbara Anderson, a mother from Champlin, said.
The Walt Disney Company has threatened to stop filming in Georgia if Gov. Nathan Deal signs a religious freedom bill that would protect pastors' right to not perform same-sex union ceremonies. "Disney and Marvel are inclusive companies, and although we have had great experiences filming in Georgia, we will plan to take our business elsewhere should any legislation allowing discriminatory practices be signed into state law,” a Disney spokesman said on Wednesday. Other companies, including Time Warner, Apple, Dell, Hilton and Marriott have come out against the bill.
In this 2-minute video, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest explains that the General Assembly blocked Charlotte's nondiscrimination ordinance in order to protect women's privacy. He says: "In accordance with the power vested to them by the people through the State Constitution, the General Assembly put a stop to this ordinance, before it went into effect, with no apologies. As long as I am in a position to do so, I will do everything in my power to make sure that women and children are protected from those who seek to do them harm."
North Carolina's governor on Wednesday signed into law a measure that blocks local governments in the state from enacting ordinances to allow transgender people to use public bathrooms reserved for the opposite gender. The legislation came in response to such a provision approved last month in Charlotte that would have prohibited discrimination based on marital and familial status, sexual orientation, gender expression and gender identity.
A bill requiring all students to use the bathrooms and other facilities that match their biological sex has unanimously passed a House subcommittee. Governor Bill Haslam opposes the measure over concerns related to federal funding. Haslam has supported leaving gender identity and related facility decisions up to individual school districts.
A Christian magistrate in the UK was removed from his position after he appeared on TV discussing adoption by homosexual couples. Richard Page JP was interviewed on BBC Breakfast earlier this week by the BBC. He was featured on the program because he'd previously refused to agree that placing a child for adoption with a same sex couple was in the child's "best interests."
A Christian magistrate in the UK was removed from his position after he appeared on TV discussing adoption by homosexual couples. Richard Page JP was interviewed on BBC Breakfast earlier this week by the BBC. He was featured on the program because he'd previously refused to agree that placing a child for adoption with a same sex couple was in the child's "best interests."
In this 2-part podcast, Dr. James White spends approximately 5 hours responding to and refuting a presentation by Matthew Vines, who claims the Bible doesn’t condemn homosexual relationships that are "loving and monogamous."
Alabama's top judge is speaking out against proposed changes to rules governing attorney ethics guidelines. The American Bar Association is pitching a set of ethical misconduct rules based on how a lawyer or their firm treats someone based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The proposal would cost an attorney their license to practice law if they discriminated against a client or person in the office setting according to a person's sexuality.
Two Nebraska lawmakers stormed out of a committee voting session and another promised a filibuster Friday after the panel advanced a bill that would protect state funding for faith-based child placement groups that refuse to work with homosexual and transgender foster parents. The Judiciary Committee voted 5-3 to send the measure to the full Legislature, where it faces three rounds of votes.
A top Missouri business association on Thursday sided against a contested proposal to amend the state Constitution to create religious protections for photographers, florists and others objecting to same-sex "marriage." The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry's position marks growing pushback from businesses to the measure, which survived a 37-hour filibuster by Senate Democrats and now is pending in the state House.
A federal court judge has ordered the government of Guam to pay more than $85,000 in legal fees for a same-sex couple who sued Gov. Eddie Calvo after they were denied a marriage application in April of last year. Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood ordered the government Wednesday to pay the fees within 30 days. In August, Guam lawmakers changed the law to allow for same-sex "marriages."
A religious freedom bill described by opponents as being discriminatory against same-sex couples passed the Georgia state legislature on Wednesday night in an 11th-hour vote ahead of the session's close. The legislation, dubbed the Religious Liberty Bill, still has to be signed by Georgia's Republican Governor Nathan Deal to become law. Deal has made clear that he will not sign a bill that allows discrimination, but his office did not immediately respond to request for comment on Wednesday night.
In this article written the same day that the Supreme Court issued it's infamous Obergefell opinion, Kevin DeYoung takes us back to Scripture. He says, "If Jesus is right and the Scriptures were spoken by God himself (Matt. 19:4-5) and utterly unbreakable (John 10:35), then the place to start when it comes to something as fundamental as marriage is also the place to end, and that’s by asking the question 'But what does the Bible say?'"
Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr. writes on what caused the Sexual Revolution to occur. He says, "The question remains, how did all this happen? As already noted, the sexual revolution did not emerge in a vacuum. Modern societies created a context for moral revolution that had never been available in intellectual terms before. In other words, certain cultural conditions had to prevail in order for the revolution to get the traction it needed to succeed. One of the things we need to note is that we are looking at an explicitly cosmopolitan revolution."
The Alabama Senate has voted to do away with state-issued marriage licenses following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that purported to redefine marriage. Senators approved the bill 23-3 on Tuesday. It would require couples to file a form recording their marriage rather than have county probate offices issue licenses. The bill now moves to the Alabama House of Representatives.
The Ohio Supreme Court is adopting the use of gender-neutral references in family court cases in place of words such as "husband" and "wife" following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that purported to redefine marriage across the country. This covers the areas of divorce, child support, guardianships, adoption, domestic relations and domestic violence. The updates to the Ohio high court rules and forms will take effect Tuesday.
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore accused the American Bar Association of attempting to "forcibly elevate sexual behavior, appetites and self-styled identity" in a proposed change to one of its rules of professional conduct. The proposed revision would broaden existing bans on discrimination from conduct done in the course of representing a client to conduct "related to" law practice. The definition of prohibited conduct would also be focused on "harassment and knowing discrimination" while gender identity, ethnicity, and marital status would join the list of protections. Sexual orientation is already on the covered list.
The Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, and two large teachers unions — the Massachusetts Teachers Association and the American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts — are set to throw their support behind a bill that would prohibit discrimination against transgender people in restaurants, shopping malls, and other public accommodations. Nearly 200 businesses are also on board, including Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Google, and all of Boston’s major professional sports teams.
UK student Felix Ngole is appealing a university’s decision to expel him from his social work degree after he posted anti-"gay marriage" views on Facebook. A university conduct panel found Ngole’s actions would affect his ability to carry out his role as a social worker. The case has sparked fierce debate over whether the university’s decision was correct. Here, Ngole sets out his side of the story.
Dr. Robert Gagnon discusses the Bible's message on homosexuality with Dr. Daniel Kirk. Dr. Gagnon argues against homosexual practice, while Dr. Kirk argues in favor of "loving" and monogamous same-sex unions. Near the end of the presentation, Dr. Gagnon makes the point that if the words of Jesus Christ do not carry more weight with you than your personal feelings, then you aren't really treating Him as your Lord.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio issued an executive order on Friday giving men the right to use women's bathrooms and locker rooms, and vice versa. The mayor's edict is called, "Access to Single-Sex City Facilities Consistent With Gender Identity and Expression." It means that all New York City single-gender facilities must accommodate both sexes, including city buildings and offices, parks, children's playgrounds, swimming pools, and more, all access given without showing identification or any proof of gender.
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery says 19 lawyers seeking $2.3 million for their work in attacking the state's marriage amendment are overcharging taxpayers. He says they only deserve $1.1 million. "It seeks to compensate the work of a legal team that ballooned to 19 attorneys, billing a total of nearly 6,000 hours," Slatery said in a court document. Slatery also argued that the documentation of time spent on the case is vague.
Bryan Fischer writes about the Alabama Supreme Court's recent decision to reject the Obergefell ruling as unconstitutional. He says, "Justice Roy Moore and the Alabama Supreme Court have done the nation a historic service here. We have been mired in a bog of liberty-suffocating judicial tyranny for decades and they have shown us the way to freedom and the restoration of a constitutional republic."