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District Pays Teen $800,000 For Refusing To Let Her Sleep With Boys
A Wisconsin school district will pay a transgender student $800,000 to settle a lawsuit she filed in a successful attempt to share bathrooms and overnight sleeping quarters with male high school students. Ash Whitaker’s attorneys will get $650,000 of that amount, and she gets the rest. The money will be paid out by the district’s…
Read MoreCan a Christian University have a law school?
The covenant and the courts: Inside a Christian university’s law school crusade | National Post When Trinity, a private evangelical Christian institution, first proposed a faculty of education in 2000, the B.C. College of Teachers rejected its application: It argued that the university’s community covenant, which prohibits “sexual intimacy” outside of marriage between a man…
Read MoreNew CBS Sitcom ‘Living Biblically’ Brings Faith to Primetime
Recently, we shared a link about the new CBS show (see here). In this article, Brett McCracken offers a review and analysis. Might be helpful to share with people who have questions about the show, as one of my church members did the other night. I haven’t watched, don’t plan to (don’t have time, even…
Read MoreMormons need not shy away from evolution
Mormons need not shy away from evolution, says BYU biologist – The Salt Lake Tribune Mormons should be as friendly to evolution as any people on Earth, a Brigham Young University biologist unequivocally declared this week. … A Pew Forum poll from a decade ago show that 21 percent of Latter-day Saints agreed with the…
Read MoreIt’s Not Billy Graham’s Evangelical Christianity Anymore
How evangelical Christianity has changed since Billy Graham’s heyday “One ironic aspect of Graham’s legacy is the fact that the evangelicalism he leaves behind is so diverse that it is unlikely that one single figure could dominate evangelical life and discourse today as Graham did at the peak of his influence,” Culpepper said. … The…
Read MoreInterview with FBFI Chaplin Chris Melvin
CJTF-HOA Chaplain provides Faith and Fellowship | Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa chaplain corps provides support in faith to service members throughout Eastern Africa. Maj. Christopher Melvin, Deputy Director, delivers these skills in various ways aboard Camp Lemonnier and in multiple locations spanining nearly…
Read MoreFake news: be vigilant of what you share
Hoax attempts against Miami Herald augur broader information wars | McClatchy Washington Bureau Two incidents hit The Miami Herald in recent days that underscore new tactics by those seeking to discredit mainstream media, and they augur what experts said are dark days in the battle between credible news and misinformation. … In the first incident, a…
Read MoreMajor Shootings Led to Tougher Gun Laws, but to What End? – The New York Times
Major legislation is often spurred by tragedy. Experts are uncertain about the extent that gun control laws have improved safety and curbed violence. … It’s difficult to directly link declines in crime or gun violence to any specific law, given the limited scope and loopholes in each one, according to experts and research. more… The article…
Read MoreBilly Graham, 99, Dies – The New York Times
The Rev. Billy Graham, a North Carolina farmer’s son who preached to millions in stadium events he called crusades, becoming a pastor to presidents and the nation’s best-known Christian evangelist for more than 60 years, died on Wednesday at his home in Montreat, N.C. He was 99. … Mr. Graham took the role of evangelist…
Read MoreBan on ‘dismemberment’ abortions closer to becoming SC law | The State
Ban on ‘dismemberment’ abortions closer to becoming SC law | The State After about 40 minutes of gut-wrenching testimony Thursday and a short debate, a panel of state senators OK’d a bill that would make it a crime in South Carolina to perform what doctors consider the safest method of second-trimester abortions. more…
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