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  • Sexual orientation, gender ID can be talked about in Florida classrooms under lawsuit settlement

    03/12/2024 2:14:43 AM PDT · by Recovering_Democrat · 13 replies
    WPLG-TV ^ | 3/11/2024 | Mike Schneider
    Students and teachers will be able to speak freely about sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it’s not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday...
  • Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender ID under ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill settlement

    03/11/2024 5:12:56 PM PDT · by Ennis85 · 16 replies
    AP News ^ | March 11, 2024 | MIKE SCHNEIDER
    Students and teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it’s not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday between Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys who had challenged a state law which critics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” The settlement clarifies what is allowed in Florida classrooms following passage two years ago of the law prohibiting instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades. Opponents said the law had created confusion about whether teachers could identity themselves as LGBTQ+ or if they even could have rainbow stickers in classrooms. Other states used...
  • Youngkin signs marriage equality measure, takes tougher line against gun control

    03/10/2024 11:09:15 AM PDT · by Ennis85 · 19 replies
    Virginia Mercury ^ | March 9th 2024 | GRAHAM MOOMAW
    In the first signals of how he’ll act on legislation approved by Virginia’s Democratic General Assembly, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a largely symbolic bill protecting same-sex marriage but took a more adversarial stance to bills dealing with gun control, reproductive rights and marijuana. Youngkin had until Friday night to take action on 84 bills the legislature sent to him on a shorter-than-usual timeline. He vetoed eight, recommended changes to 12 and signed the rest. The General Assembly finished its work Saturday without taking up any of the governor’s initial amendments and vetoes, which means they will be dealt with during...
  • Lesbian couple give birth to each other's sons (bark alert)

    03/09/2024 3:23:15 PM PST · by Ennis85 · 43 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 9th March 2024 | SARAH OLIVER AND LUCY LAING
    Oh boy! Meet Elvis, 10 weeks, and his 11-day old brother Ezra, who have made British history along with their mums Emily Patrick and Kerry Osborn. The babies, pictured here for the first time, were born to the lesbian couple via IVF. Elvis was created from Kerry's egg which was fertilised and implanted in Emily so she could be his birth mother. Ezra, meanwhile, was created from Emily's egg and implanted in Kerry so she could carry and deliver him. It's the first time the procedure, known as simultaneous reciprocal IVF, has been attempted in the UK - and it...
  • Pastor John MacArthur repudiates Pastor Alistair Begg's advice for Christians to attend LGBT weddings

    02/25/2024 9:11:24 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 22 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 02/25/2024 | CP Staff
    'It's not loving to help somebody celebrate stepping into the fury of God's judgment'Pastor John MacArthur recently repudiated Pastor Alistair Begg's comments suggesting Christians ought to attend LGBT weddings.Responding to a congregant who asked for his take on the controversy during a question-and-answer period at his Grace Community Church in Los Angeles last weekend, MacArthur also suggested Begg's advice will tarnish the Christian radio personality's otherwise faithful 40-year ministry.John MacArthur’s first public comment (that I know of) regarding Alistair Begg’s counsel to grandmother to attend her grandchild’s transgender wedding.Q and A, Grace Church, Feb. 18, 2024https://t.co/E5MZZfkgwL via @YouTubepic.twitter.com/iHcY4Cl0Q4— The...
  • Broward prosecutors drop charges against Ukrainian family accused of anti-gay attack

    02/21/2024 2:55:18 AM PST · by Recovering_Democrat · 12 replies
    WPLG ^ | 2/20/2024 | Rosh Lowe
    Prosecutors in Broward County have dropped charges against a Ukrainian refugee family accused of an anti-gay hate crime in 2022. Five members of the Makarenko family had been implicated in the alleged homophobic beating in Pompano Beach. Authorities...
  • “OPEN HOMO SEX IN THE CAPITOL: NO ONE IS SCANDALIZED

    02/14/2024 6:37:05 AM PST · by truthxchange · 37 replies
    TruthXchange ^ | 2/13/24 | Dr. Peter Jones
    “Democrat Staffer Who Filmed Himself Having Sex in the Capitol Won't Be Charged.”So reads the headline reporting a video posted by the above-mentioned staffer which showed for the first time ever a nearly naked man on all fours inside the Capitol office building. The video wasn't just nude posing either. The male staffer and his boyfriend filmed themselves engaging in homosexual sexinside a meeting room of the Capitol Building. Sen. Ben Cardin, who employed the staffer, simply dropped the issue. Aidan Maese-Czeropski, the staffer in question, was defiant in the aftermath, claiming he was "being attacked for who I love...
  • John MacArthur's Shepherd's Conference removes Alistair Begg from speakers' lineup for his advice for Christians and same-sex weddings.

    02/04/2024 8:56:15 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 64 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 02/04/2024 | Ian M. Giatti
    A screenshot of a now-archived version of the Shepherd's Conference website shows Pastor Alistair Begg listed as a speaker for the March conference. Begg's name is no longer listed on the website.Pastor, author and Christian radio personality Alistair Begg continues to face fallout from comments he made in a podcast last year about advice for Christians and same-sex weddings.Begg’s bio has been removed from the website of the Shepherd’s Conference, a ministry of Grace Community Church led by Pastor John MacArthur, following controversy over Begg’s advice for a grandmother about attending her LGBT-identified grandson’s wedding.An archived version of the site...
  • Pope Francis says opponents of gay couples blessings are ‘small ideological groups' and Africans

    01/31/2024 11:00:15 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 34 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 01/31/2024 | Anugrah Kumar
    Addressing the controversy surrounding the Vatican's decision to allow blessings for same-sex couples, Pope Francis said the critics of the guidance, except for Africans, belong to "small ideological groups."The pontiff claimed that even in Africa, the resistance is more cultural, as homosexuality is generally not tolerated, Reuters quoted him as saying in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa.Francis was referring to the December 2023 document "Fiducia Supplicans" issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, which has sparked widespread debate within the Catholic Church. The guidance stated that priests may bless same-sex couples that approach them...
  • The UMC Lost a Quarter of its Churches

    01/30/2024 11:27:58 AM PST · by Recovering_Democrat · 31 replies
    Ministry Watch ^ | 01/30/2024 | Yonat Shimron
    ... Five years after allowing churches to leave with their properties if they disagreed with the direction the denomination was heading on issues of gender and sexuality, the results of the split are in, and they reflect larger political patterns to a substantial degree. A new study by the Lewis Center for Church Leadership at Wesley Theological Seminary finds that the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination lost a quarter of its total churches between 2019 and 2023. Leading the way were churches in the South — the same area of the country that tends to be the most politically conservative and...
  • Why Christians Who Love Their Gay And Trans Neighbors Won’t Attend Their "Weddings"

    01/29/2024 10:10:01 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 69 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 01/29/2024 | Robert Gagnon
    If Christians want to convey love, there are other — and truer — ways of doing so than attending a celebration of sin.Alistair Begg, a 71-year-old evangelical Scottish pastor of Cleveland’s Parkside Church, who has an influential radio ministry called “Truth For Life,” should repent of the dangerous advice he gave on his program.In response to a question from a grandmother as to whether she should attend her grandson’s wedding to “a transgender person,” Begg said that, so long as the grandson knows that she “can’t countenance … the choices that he has made in life,” she should “go to...
  • Pope Francis defends Vatican guidance on same-sex couples: Bless 'the people,' 'not the union'

    01/26/2024 7:06:21 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 24 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 01/26/2024 | Ryan Foley
    Pope Francis is seeking to clarify that the Catholic Church is not changing its teachings about homosexual practices and same-sex relationships as the Vatican faces criticism for approving a document allowing priests to bless same-sex couples. Delivering remarks at the plenary session of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Friday, the pontiff addressed the “Fiducia Supplicans” declaration handed down by the Vatican office last month. The declaration, published on Dec. 18, allows priests to bless same-sex couples while stressing that “one should neither provide for nor promote a ritual for the blessings of couples in an irregular situation.”As...
  • Proposal to restrict flags at Florida government buildings and schools fuels fight

    01/18/2024 2:24:33 AM PST · by Recovering_Democrat · 6 replies
    The Florida House on Wednesday began moving forward with a proposal that would restrict the types of flags that can be displayed at government buildings and schools, including preventing the display of LGBTQ pride flags. The bill (HB 901), sponsored by Rep. David Borrero, R-Sweetwater, and
  • Christian group blasts prominent online dating service eHarmony for ‘glorifying sin’

    01/16/2024 7:37:55 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 21 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 01/16/2024 | Anugrah Kumar
    The prominent online dating service eHarmony is facing backlash from the conservative Christian group One Million Moms for its recent LGBT-inclusive advertisement featuring a lesbian couple in a domestic setting.The commercial is part of eHarmony’s “Get Who Gets You: Warm Laundry” campaign, which, One Million Moms says, is “normalizing and glamorizing the LGBTQ lifestyle.” In the commercial, a lesbian couple is shown intimately lounging on a couch, their legs entwined and heads close together. As the laundry cycle completes, one of the women stands to collect the clothes while her partner sprawls on the bed. The scene continues with the...
  • Gabriel Attal appointed France's youngest ever, first openly gay prime minister by President Macron

    01/09/2024 7:27:10 AM PST · by Recovering_Democrat · 24 replies
    See BS Fake News ^ | 9 January 2024
    Gabriel Attal was named Tuesday as France's youngest-ever prime minister, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest of his term amid growing political pressure from the far right. Attal is also France's first openly gay prime minister. Macron's office announced
  • Pope Francis urges Vatican officials to avoid ‘rigid ideologies’ after approving blessings for gay couples

    12/26/2023 6:06:38 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 17 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 12/26/2023 | Anugrah Kumar
    Pope Francis urged Vatican officials to avoid "rigid ideological positions" in a speech days after his recent approval of blessings for same-sex couples.Addressing the Holy See hierarchy in his annual Christmas greeting last Thursday, Francis emphasized the importance of evolving to serve the Catholic Church effectively."In our service here in the Curia too, it is important to keep faring forward, to keep searching and growing in our understanding of the truth, overcoming the temptation to stand still and never leave the 'labyrinth' of our fears," the bishop of Rome said. "Fear, rigidity and monotony make for an immobility that has...
  • The Pope cannot overrule God

    12/23/2023 8:36:18 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 63 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 12/23/2023 | Dr. Michael Brown
    If you have followed my writing and speaking over the decades, you will know that Catholicism has not been a focus of my ministry, either praising it or criticizing it. At the same time, I recognize the important role of the Catholic Church in standing for the sanctity of life and the meaning of marriage. That’s what makes the recent pronouncement of Pope Francis, allowing priests to “bless” same-sex couples, especially distressing. What act of apostasy will be next?My Catholic colleague John Zmirak wrote on Tuesday, “Today I got one of those emails nobody wants to receive. You know, the...
  • On gay blessings, Pope Francis sows confusion: Apparently Nothing's changed, but the press and its advocates are saying it is

    12/20/2023 8:11:58 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 21 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 12/20/2023 | Monica Showalter
    According to much of what's read in the media and among some advocates, the Vatican's changed! It's finally come around to embracing the LGBTQ+ agenda, and is now offering blessings for gay couples for inclusivity's sake, and who knows, soon may be offering gay marriages! Here is some of the cheering from Christopher Lamb at CNN:With five words, uttered right at the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis changed the Catholic conversation about LGBTQ+ people. In 2013, when asked by a journalist about gay priests, the pope famously replied: “Who am I to judge?”Over the last decade the pope has...
  • Florida bill would prohibit flying flags tied to sexuality, gender orientation at certain locations

    12/19/2023 9:46:56 AM PST · by Recovering_Democrat · 16 replies
    WPTV ^ | 12/18/2023 | Chris Gilmore
    A new bill filed in Florida would require local governments and schools to remain neutral when it comes to displaying flags. The proposed legislation, HB 901, was filed by state Rep. David Borrero, R-Sweetwater, and would prohibit flying flags tied to political topics including sexuality, gender orientation or race. Compass LGBTQ Center CEO Julie Seaver is among those opposed to the legislation.
  • Pope Francis to allow priests to bless gay couples but not perform marriages or civil unions

    12/18/2023 3:20:40 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 61 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 12/18/23 | Michael Gryboski
    Pope Francis has approved a measure that will allow Roman Catholic priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples, under the condition that the blessing is not considered akin to marriage and while still labeling such relationships sinful. In a Declaration titled “Fiducia Supplicans” that was issued Monday, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith provided “a broadening and enrichment of the classical understanding of blessings, which is closely linked to a liturgical perspective.” “It is precisely in this context that one can understand the possibility of blessing couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples without officially validating their...