Nebraska officials are working to change birth certificates for children adopted by same-sex couples, so that both partners can be listed as "parents." Previously, the state saw children raised by same-sex couples as adopted by one of the partners because same-sex couples cannot create new human life. A spokesperson for the state’s health department did not reveal what the new certificates would look like.
Dallas city council members voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve an ordinance allowing transgender people to use the “facilities” of the opposite sex. The measure, which opponents describe as a “bathroom” bill, adds “gender identity” to the city’s 2002 anti-discrimination law alongside race, sex, and sexual orientation. Mayor Mike Rawlings said, “We’re a very diverse city. We want to make sure everyone is protected.”
A majority of Tennessee voters are against redefining marriage to include same-sex unions, according to findings in a new poll. 57% of voters polled said they oppose same-sex "marriage," while 29% said they favor it. 14% didn't know or declined to answer. The results were encouraging for Tennessee Rep. Mark Pody, who is attempting to oppose the Obergefell decision by promoting The Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act.
A disciplinary hearing began Monday for an Oregon judge who is accused of a variety of ethics violations that include screening marriage applicants to exclude same-sex couples. Marion County Circuit Court Judge Vance Day has denied he violated judicial ethics rules, and said even if he did, the rules are unconstitutional. The trial-like proceeding is expected to last two weeks.
In a brief filed Friday, the American College of Pediatricians urged the Alabama Supreme Court to consider the well-being of children in the case before them concerning the Obergefell v. Hodges decision. The College urged the Court to reaffirm its acknowledgement that traditional husband/wife marriage is still the law of Alabama, despite the opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Should a transgender boy be allowed to access the girls’ showers and locker room? Well, that’s what authorities have decided regarding a high school district in Illinois. In this article, Ken Ham speaks out on the issue: "Scripture is clear that we are designed and created “male and female” (Genesis 1:27) in the image of God. We need to honor God’s design and not try to change what He has made distinct."
About four months after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, a statewide poll shows a majority of Arkansans continue to oppose same-sex "marriage." Only 29 percent of respondents said they think same-sex "marriages" should be recognized, according to the poll. 63 percent of respondents said they did not think such "marriages" should be recognized, while 8 percent said they did not know or declined to respond.
The two male "parents" of a six-year-old little girl told employees at the Childrens’ Lighthouse Learning Center in Katy, Texas to refer to their daughter as a "boy," and to call her by a new masculine name. The little girl’s hair had also been cut like a boy’s. Upon refusing to aid in the gender distortion, Madeline Kirksey and one other worker were fired.
The two male "parents" of a six-year-old little girl told employees at the Childrens’ Lighthouse Learning Center in Katy, Texas to refer to their daughter as a "boy," and to call her by a new masculine name. The little girl’s hair had also been cut like a boy’s. Upon refusing to aid in the gender distortion, Madeline Kirksey and one other worker were fired.
Just days after voters in Houston rejected an ordinance allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson suggested creating transgender bathrooms. In a live interview, the retired neurosurgeon said “it is not fair” for transgender people “to make everybody else uncomfortable." The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) labelled Carson as "transphobic" due to his comments.
Kentucky Governor-elect Matt Bevin said on Friday that when he takes office in December he will order changes to the state marriage license form to appease clerks who have objected to issuing licenses to same-sex couples. "One thing I will take care of right away is we will remove the names of the county clerks from the marriage form," Bevin told reporters in the Capitol rotunda.
California has become the first state to not only pay for prisoners’ transgender operations and treatments, but also move men and women into prisons of the opposite gender. Effective October 20, taxpayer money will be used to accommodate prisoners who claim to have gender dysphoria. The change to state law took place after a years-long lawsuit from convicted first-degree murderer Rodney James Quine.
Denny Burk critiques some comments made by Alan Chambers on sin and homosexuality in a recent interview. Chambers is the former head of the now defunct Exodus International—an umbrella organization for a number of ministries that support reparative therapy. Since then, Chambers has embraced homosexuality with open arms. Burk points out that Chambers is antinomian in his approach to all sin—including homosexuality.
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) has weighed in on the case of the man in Pennsylvania who wants to "marry" his adopted son, asking the Obama administration to get involved. Sen. Casey wrote a letter asking U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the Obama White House to “issue guidance for courts across the country” in the matter. This came after Judge Lawrence J. O’Toole told the two men involved that he couldn't annul the adoption.
The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed Kentucky clerk Kim Davis’s request Thursday to delay issuing marriage license to same-sex couples. Davis made headlines across U.S. earlier this year for refusing to issue marriage licenses to any couples following the Supreme Court ruling, citing religious beliefs.
The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed Kentucky clerk Kim Davis’s request Thursday to delay issuing marriage license to same-sex couples. Davis made headlines across U.S. earlier this year for refusing to issue marriage licenses to any couples following the Supreme Court ruling, citing religious beliefs.
Vote tallies indicated Salt Lake City was poised to narrowly elect its first openly homosexual mayor. Former Utah lawmaker Jackie Biskupski was leading two-term incumbent Ralph Becker by 1,450 votes, according to election results released late Tuesday. Nearly 24,000 county-wide ballots remained to be counted, but it was not yet known how many involved the mayor's race, Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen said.
Colombia's high court ruled Wednesday that same-sex couples can adopt children in the conservative South American nation. In the 6-2 ruling, the court said adoption agencies can't discriminate against same-sex couples during an adoption process. Still pending is a proposal to redefine marriage in Colombia to include same-sex unions.
Many Christians were concerned when they found out that Chick-fil-A was listed as an official sponsor of a pro-homosexual film festival in Nashville. A petition was even created, asking Chick-fil-A Corporate to make an official statement. Chick-fil-A Corporate revealed that the festival sponsorship was done by a local Chick-fil-A franchise, and declared, "The operators make decisions on local sponsorships."
PALATINE, Ill. — Palatine Township High School District 211 has been cited by the U.S. Department of Education for discrimination for barring a male from having full access to the girls locker room. However, school district officials claim they have done nothing wrong. In a letter written to the district on Monday, federal officials informed the district that they have 30 days to make changes.
In this five-minute video, Voddie Baucham exposes the pornographic nature of our culture and provides men and women with a key tool necessary to fight addiction. He says, "We live in a pornographic culture and that is one of the things that makes it very difficult. We have been so inundated with pornography and as a result we are desensitized to pornography. The line at which we will say, 'That is pornographic' has been drawn so far out into the realm of the inappropriate, that we have people who dress pornographically and they are not bothered by it and we are not bothered by it anymore."
Amid the defeat by voters of an ordinance that would have made it illegal in Houston to discriminate based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or a host of other characteristics, Mayor Annise Parker promised that the fight was not over. "I guarantee that justice in Houston will prevail. This ordinance, you have not seen the last of. We're united. We will prevail," Parker said. The ordinance was rejected by a 61% vote on Tuesday.
Ben Carson, as a corporate board member, supported aggressive "gay rights" policies at both Costco and Kellogg. Bryan Fischer explains why this should be a red flag for conservatives. He says, "The problem here is quite simple: laws that ban employment discrimination against homosexuals require employment discrimination against Christians."
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis is taking her fight to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. In a 126-page appeal, Davis and her attorneys asked the Circuit Court to overturn four lower-court decisions. Specifically, they are asking the Court to reverse two injunctions against Davis, as well as grant her an injunction from having to follow the Supreme Court’s marriage ruling, and overturn the contempt of court decision that placed her in jail.
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis is taking her fight to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. In a 126-page appeal, Davis and her attorneys asked the Circuit Court to overturn four lower-court decisions. Specifically, they are asking the Court to reverse two injunctions against Davis, as well as grant her an injunction from having to follow the Supreme Court’s marriage ruling, and overturn the contempt of court decision that placed her in jail.