A Tennessee church has barred the Boy Scouts of America from meeting on its property after the organization lifted its ban on openly homosexual scout leaders earlier this year. North Boulevard Church of Christ, which sponsored Boy Scout and Cub Scout troops, has given the units time to find a new meeting location. Out of 600 churches and organizations that are connected with the BSA in that region, only 3 have decided to leave.
Russell Moore comments on Playboy's recent announcement that it will cease publishing pornography because it can't compete with the internet. Moore says that our response to the sexual revolution must be Jesus Christ. Moore then goes on to say that "The Sexual Revolution can not and will not ever keep its promises. Even its most thrilling pleasures eventually become old news, as the editors of Playboy now know."
Two religious liberty groups have come out in support of a Illinois high school district's policy prohibiting a male student from changing and showering with female students. A controversy between the the school district and the federal government developed when the ACLU filed suit over the policy. The Thomas More Society and the Alliance Defending Freedom came out in support of the policy Monday.
Mike Huckabee says it's inconsistent to let states ignore federal marijuana laws while putting Kim Davis in jail. He says, "Let me ask you this. How come it’s that liberals are okay with not keeping the federal law when it comes to the marijuana laws and it’s OK for the states to ignore it, but if it comes to a county clerk in Kentucky who doesn’t believe that she can abide by a federal court ruling, not even a law, then she goes to jail?"
Dr. Robert A. J. Gagnon comments on an article written by Mark Yarhouse, who says churches should accept a person's preferred "gender." Gagnon argues that "The church’s complicity in sexual delusion benefits no one, least of all the offender." Gagnon concludes by saying, "I submit that the church still has a role to play in terms of being salt and light for the culture at large in matters of sexual ethics."
Houston Texans owner Bob McNair, and former Houston Astros and six-time MLB All-Star Lance Berkman, oppose an ordinance that would allow men to use women-designated restrooms in Houston. Berkman has appeared in a television ad asking Houstonians to “Vote ‘No’ on Proposition 1.” He ends the ad by saying, “No men in women’s bathrooms. No boys in girls’ showers or locker rooms.”
A law professor at Jesuit-run Fordham University in New York is appealing for an end to the institution of marriage in America, which he describes as “religious, gendered, and bourgeois.” Ethan J. Leib published his essay in the Fordham Law Review, suggesting that civil government get out of the marriage business, leaving it wholly to the private sphere and only recognizing "civil unions."
Canada’s Girl Guide organization has produced guidelines for male members that leaves it up to the troubled youths themselves to decide which washrooms they will use and whom they will sleep with on group excursions. Declares the Canadian document: "It is not the role of a Guider to judge who is and who is not a boy or girl."
David Fowler says conservatives should challenge the unlawful Obergefell ruling rather than just move on and try to protect religious liberty. He says, "So, in response to Obergefell, I have to ask myself, our state legislators, the members of Tennessee’s Congressional delegation, and you, 'Will we learn from our failure in the 1960s to address the real problem—an overreaching Supreme Court—or will we just retreat to addressing symptoms, like future attacks on religious liberty?'"
Efforts to ban parents from subjecting their children to conversion therapy got a boost on Thursday from a U.S. government report that said the practice was dangerous and must stop. "We believe that conversion therapy for young people is not in their best interest, and the facts and the evidence supports that," White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said.
GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz recently told a group of Iowans that allowing openly transgender service members in the military shows that America has “lost sight of what [the military’s] job is.” Later, he said that “We shouldn’t view the military as a cauldron for social experiments."
Ben Carson says the acceptance of same-sex "marriage" could lead to allowing more than two partners and said more changes could follow. “If you change the definition of marriage for one group, what defense do you have for the next group that comes along and wants it changed?” he asked. “Can you say, ‘Oh no we’re just changing it for one group and it’ll be this way forever’ – how is that fair? It just doesn’t make sense.”
Federal Judge David Bunning has ordered Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear to decide whether "gay marriage" licenses issued by Rowan County clerk Kim Davis’ office were valid. A lawyer of one of Davis’ deputies said in a September court filing that Davis changed the forms by dropping her name as well as the county’s, weakening the legality of the licenses. A spokesman said that Gov. Steve Beshear will file a response.
The fight to destroy gender distinction is underway. At issue is locker room access for a male high school student in Illinois' High School District 211. The student asked that he receive full access to the girls' locker room. Citing privacy concerns, the district denied the request and instead offered a separate room where he could change. Federal officials responded by saying that District 211 is in violation of the Title IX gender equality law.
Kevin Swanson talks about the county commissioners and the state legislators in Tennessee who are working to resist Obergefell, and oppose the Supreme Court of the United States. Swanson points out how important it is for civil magistrates to fear God, since He really does judge nations.
Of all the issues that are subject to debate in the political sphere, few are as important as the definition of marriage. Here are some telling quotes from the GOP presidential candidates on the marriage battle. Hopefully, this article will help give Americans a gage on where the various candidates stand (at least verbally).
With early voting less than two weeks away, about 200 pastors gathered in Houston to demonstrate their united opposition to the city's controversial Proposition 1, which allows biological males who identify as female to use women's bathrooms, locker rooms and other private areas. They called on all Houstonians to vote "No," declaring that the ordinance threatens "the sacredness of a man being a man and a woman being a woman."
Lawyers for Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis say the altered marriage licenses her office issued to same-sex couples are valid because they have been recognized by Kentucky's highest elected officials. Last month, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union questioned the validity of these altered licenses and asked U.S. District Judge David Bunning to order Davis and her employees to reissue them.
Dr. R. Albert Mohler reflects on the massive gains pornography has made in the American culture. According to Mohler, Playboy recently announced it would cease the publication of nude photographs of women in its magazine. From any moral perspective, that should appear as good news. A closer look at the story, however, reveals a very different moral reality. The publishers of the magazine acknowledged that their product was no longer commercially viable, because pornography is so pervasive in the Internet age that no one need buy their product.
A probate judge in Alabama is suggesting the federal government issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, rather than order the State of Alabama to do it. "[T]he new same-sex marriage license is a child of the federal government, not the State of Alabama," said Probate Judge John Enslen of Elmore County.
CONCORD, N.H. — A Republican lawmaker is proposing legislation to ban therapy aimed at changing the sexual orientation of minors, a move that is sure to cause friction within the GOP when lawmakers reconvene in January. If the bill passes, New Hampshire would become the fifth state to ban the practice.
Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association interviews Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker, who thinks that if one state supreme court stood up and resisted the unlawful Supreme Court same-sex "marriage" ruling, it could start a revival among the other state governments.
On Wednesday morning, Oct. 7, 2015 – as a final appeal — Dr. Paul Church was allowed to speak for 15 minutes and present a written statement before a sub-committee of the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston. In late July, a BIDMC appeals panel supported the decision to fire Dr. Church based on negative comments he had made about homosexual behavior. His appeal to the Board of Directors is clearly the end game, but it’s not clear how long it will take, and the exact process is also unclear.
On Wednesday morning, Oct. 7, 2015 – as a final appeal — Dr. Paul Church was allowed to speak for 15 minutes and present a written statement before a sub-committee of the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston. In late July, a BIDMC appeals panel supported the decision to fire Dr. Church based on negative comments he had made about homosexual behavior. His appeal to the Board of Directors is clearly the end game, but it’s not clear how long it will take, and the exact process is also unclear.
Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association interviews Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker, who explains why the U.S. Supreme Court’s marriage opinion, known as Obergefell v. Hodges, is not applicable to Alabama officials and should be ignored.