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  • Survey: 8 in 10 Americans Say Religion Losing Influence in Public Life

    03/18/2024 1:39:49 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 32 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/18/2024 | KATHERINE HAMILTON
    A strong majority of U.S. adults believe religion is losing its influence in public life, a new Pew Research Center survey found. Overall, 80 percent of U.S. adults say religion’s role in American life is shrinking, “a percentage that’s as high as it’s ever been,” according to the poll report. Nearly half (49 percent) say the decline of religious influence in public life is a “bad thing.” Eight percent say religious influence is “growing and this is good.” Only 6 percent say religious influence is “growing and this is bad,” and 13 percent say religious influence is “shrinking and this...
  • Survey Shows Support for Same-Sex Marriage Declining

    03/15/2024 8:36:53 AM PDT · by fwdude · 29 replies
    The Daily Signal ^ | March 13, 2024 | S.A. McCarthy (news writer at The Washington Stand)
    Support for same-sex marriage in the U.S. has fallen for the first time in nearly a decade, according to a new survey. The Public Religion Research Institute published updates to its American Values Atlas on Tuesday, revealing that public support for same-sex marriage dropped from 69% to 67% from 2022 to 2023.
  • Whom Are We Fighting For?

    03/15/2024 7:34:04 AM PDT · by Heartlander · 12 replies
    Intellectual Takeout ^ | March 12, 2024 | Kurt Mahlburg
    Whom Are We Fighting For?The great English philosopher and poet G.K. Chesterton said: “A real soldier does not fight because he has something that he hates in front of him. He fights because he has something that he loves behind his back.”War is an analogy that has fallen out of favor in the West. This helps explain why the so-called culture war can be a touchy subject. Chesterton helps us circumvent this reticence to see what is really at stake. We “fight” not for spite, nor for sport, but for the objects of our compassion and concern.So, whom do we...
  • Millions of Americans' Work Hours Would Change Under New Plan

    03/13/2024 2:43:34 PM PDT · by fwdude · 77 replies
    Newsweek via msn ^ | Mar. 13, 2024 | Andrew Stanton
    Senator Bernie Sanders is introducing legislation that would change working hours for millions of Americans. Sanders, an independent senator representing Vermont, announced he plans to file a bill that would establish the 32-hour workweek as standard across the United States, while mandating that workers do not lose pay. In a press release on Wednesday, Sanders argued fewer working hours would be necessary to ensure recent technological advances, such as automation and artificial intelligence "benefit the working class, not just corporate CEOs and wealthy stockholders on Wall Street."
  • Court issues significant ruling on gender identity on driver's licenses

    03/12/2024 9:05:52 AM PDT · by fwdude · 9 replies
    A judge ruled Monday that barring Kansas drivers from identifying as transgender on their licenses did not violate their constitutional rights. Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a lawsuit against Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly in July 2023 after the governor’s office said that the state would continue to issue driver’s licenses reflecting a person’s gender identity despite the Kansas Legislature passing a bill requiring only biological sex on government IDs, according to the Kansas Reflector. Judge Teresa Watson upheld her previous ruling from last year barring the Kansas Department of Revenue from adding options other than a person’s biological sex...
  • Nolte: Rob Reiner’s Fascist ‘God & Country’ Doc Grosses Pathetic $60K Worldwide

    03/11/2024 6:50:33 AM PDT · by fwdude · 45 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 10 Mar 2024 | John Nolte
    Producer Rob Reiner’s anti-Christian smear, God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, limped out of theaters after grossing a hilarious $60,464 worldwide. That’s fewer than 7,000 tickets sold, even after producer Rob Reiner got all kinds of free media from countless corporate media outlets.
  • Here's How One Maryland Democrat Plans to Fund Reparations

    03/07/2024 10:37:36 AM PST · by fwdude · 42 replies
    Townhall ^ | March 7, 2024 | Madeline Leesman
    A Maryland Democrat has proposed increasing taxes to pay for reparations for black Americans. This comes as Democrats across the country have put forward efforts to start issuing reparations. Sen. Jill Carter, a Democrat from Baltimore City, sponsored the Maryland Reparations Act of 2024. According to Fox News, she is calling for a "certain amount of revenue from the State individual income tax and Maryland estate tax be distributed to the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund." The money will come from an "additional State individual income tax rate on the net capital gains of individuals” and will service low-income residents...
  • Veterans exposed to toxins and other hazards during service now eligible for VA health care

    03/07/2024 8:27:49 AM PST · by rktman · 38 replies
    news.va,gov ^ | 3/5/2024 | Hans Petersen
    In one of the largest-ever expansions of Veteran health care, all Veterans exposed to toxins and other hazards during military service—at home or abroad—are now eligible for VA health care. At the direction of President Biden, VA is expanding health care eligibility to millions of Veterans, including all Veterans who served in the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan or any other combat zone after 9/11, years earlier than called for by the PACT Act. These Veterans will be eligible to enroll directly in VA health care without first applying for VA benefits. Additionally, Veterans who never deployed but...
  • The right was wrong about virtue-signaling

    03/06/2024 2:22:18 PM PST · by Heartlander · 13 replies
    The Blaze ^ | March 6, 2024 | Auron MacIntyre
    The right was wrong about virtue-signalingThe question is never “will we virtue-signal?” but “whose virtues will be elevated?”A video of a family with four “transkids” went viral across social media this week. Many conservatives were justifiably appalled and pointed out that the chances of randomly having four children with severe body dysmorphic disorder in the same family are incredibly low. Commenters on the video suggested that the mother must be mentally ill and acting out Munchausen syndrome by proxy. But this demonstrates a serious failure of the right to understand human nature. The mother of those four children was not...
  • The Left-Right Divide Is Not Bridgeable

    03/05/2024 11:05:01 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 59 replies
    Townhall ^ | 03/05/2024 | Dennis Prager
    Millions of Americans, depressed by the ideological divide in America, harbor a wish that something or someone can bridge this divide. This wish is understandable. But it is fantasy. The divide is unbridgeable. One might as well wish that daily consumption of a hot fudge sundae will lead to weight loss. To cite a few samples: How are we to bridge the gap between those who believe men can become women and women can become men and those who don't believe this? Between those who believe men menstruate and those who believe only women menstruate? How are we to bridge...
  • 'Feminist' professor attacks women for crying 'White tears' to preserve female-only spaces: 'Racist'

    03/05/2024 10:31:16 AM PST · by where's_the_Outrage? · 36 replies
    Fox News ^ | March 5, 2024 | Hannah Grossman , Maria Lencki
    'White middle-class ‘feminists’ have done terrible things,' the professor said An "intersectional feminist" professor in the United Kingdom claimed that it was "racist" to advocate for spaces exclusively for biological females, according to a research article. Dr. Helen Clarke is a professor affiliated with Oxford Brookes. "Helen’s research explores how decolonial feminism can be used to create alternative practices of solidarity, tackling trans-hostility in cis-lesbian communities. She is involved in various feminist projects, working at creating more inclusive and supportive activist environments for all women, non-binary folk and gender diverse people," a biography on the research paper said. Clarke’s main...
  • Biden pledges $2 million to tackle HIV among 'racially diverse transgenders in deep south'

    03/05/2024 5:56:48 AM PST · by fwdude · 24 replies
    The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is spending millions on encouraging “racially diverse trans women” in New Orleans to take PrEP, a HIV prevention medication. HHS pledged approximately $2 million to Public Health Foundation Enterprises, a public health nonprofit based in California now known as Heluna Health, to “develop, implement and measure the impact” of a social media campaign aimed at increasing the awareness of HIV-prevention medications among “trans women” in New Orleans, according to a federal grant listing. The goal of the program, which will include a year-long test run serving 200 “trans women,”, is to “adapt...
  • Education Department to open investigation into Nex Benedict's Oklahoma school district

    03/03/2024 8:48:05 AM PST · by fwdude · 18 replies
    NBC News ^ | March 2, 2024 | Matt Lavietes
    The Department of Education is opening an investigation into whether the Oklahoma school district where the late 16-year-old transgender student Nex Benedict attended high school failed to appropriately respond to sex-based harassment, according to a letter obtained by NBC News on Friday. The letter was addressed to the Human Rights Campaign, the country's largest LGBTQ rights group, which had filed a complaint with the department following Benedict's Feb. 8 death. Benedict died a day after engaging in a fight with three other students in a school bathroom at Owasso High School, in a case that has drawn intense media attention...
  • University of Florida Has Fired All of Its DEI Staff

    03/02/2024 8:53:34 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 21 replies
    Hotair ^ | 03/02/2024 | John Sexton
    A little over a year ago Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a plan to get rid of DEI at Florida Universities. But the University of Florida pushed back a little on that. Last July, Christopher Rufo accused the school of doing its best to hide just how extensive DEI had become.DeSantis, a Republican, late last year told Florida's public universities to disclose all government funds spent toward programs, classes and other initiatives related to DEI and the teaching of critical race theory.In its official reply, the Gainesville-based University of Florida, which has roughly 8,000 academics and 60,000 students, said it runs...
  • Students describe heartbreak, frustration after Keller ISD cancels spring play [Homo-play, Texas]

    03/02/2024 12:40:58 PM PST · by fwdude · 37 replies
    Fort Worth Report ^ | February 29, 2024 | Jacob Sanchez and Matthew Sgroi
    Neither Timber Creek High School sophomore saw Keller ISD’s decision to cancel their performance of “The Laramie Project” — which included more than 70 students — coming. Students plan to voice their concerns to the school board Feb. 29. “I was a little blindsided,” Sampson, 16, told the Fort Worth Report. “It was a role I really wanted to perform. I was a little dejected when I heard it was being canceled.” “The Laramie Project” is a play that recounts the aftermath of the murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student who was beaten and tied to...
  • Gen Zers are waving goodbye to ‘soul-sucking’ 9-to-5 jobs as social media convinces them to ditch corporate careers

    03/02/2024 7:03:12 AM PST · by fwdude · 100 replies
    Fortune ^ | March 1 2024 | Orianna Rosa Royle
    It’s official: After dipping their toes into the working world and spending a handful of years on the job, Gen Zers are already over the traditional nine-to-five grind. You may remember that TikTok video of a young woman crying over her “crazy” nine-to-five schedule—described as “Gen Z girl finds out what a real job is like”—which went viral last year.
  • Twitter's New Policy Threatens PJ Media

    03/01/2024 12:15:14 PM PST · by fwdude · 4 replies
    PJ Media ^ | March 01, 2024 | Matt Margolis
    In October 2021, I wrote an article called "Rachel Levine Is Not the ‘First Female Four-Star Admiral’ ... Because He’s a Male." ... The official PJ Media Twitter account shared the article, which resulted in a temporary suspension from the platform. A year and a half later, after Elon Musk had bought the platform and promised to make it a free speech platform, Twitter's policy against “misgendering” and “deadnaming” trans people was quietly dropped. It appears to be back again. The following appears in the platform rules and policies under "Abuse and Harassment," which were last updated in January.
  • Oklahoma education superintendent under fire for anti-LGBTQ rhetoric after Nex Benedict's death

    03/01/2024 8:39:38 AM PST · by fwdude · 16 replies
    ABC News via Yahoo ^ | February 28, 2024 | KIARA ALFONSECA
    Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters is standing by policies affecting the transgender community in state schools following the death of 16-year-old Nex Benedict, which has resulted in increasing calls for his removal from office. "To make sure that all individuals are safe in a school, we want every student to be protected, we want every student to be successful," Walters told ABC News in an interview Tuesday. "That also means we're not going to lie to students. And we're not going to push a gender ideology." However, an open letter is calling for Walters' immediate removal from...
  • Google really is programming our kids

    02/29/2024 7:01:44 AM PST · by Heartlander · 6 replies
    The Blaze ^ | Feb 28, 2024 | Auron MacIntyre
    Google really is programming our kidsIf we do not exorcise this ideological demon from our educational institutions now, it will own the way our children understand truth for generations.Google found itself embroiled in controversy last week after the company’s Gemini artificial intelligence demonstrated an almost comical adherence to woke ideology. Multiple users found that the AI had a peculiar bias against white people, removing them from almost every historical context.Gemini repeatedly rendered popes, Vikings, medieval knights, American founding fathers, and even Nazi SS soldiers without including any white people. When asked if whiteness should be eliminated, the AI replied that...
  • Supreme Court justice slams MO court, says it shows ‘danger’ of same-sex marriage decision

    02/27/2024 12:13:27 PM PST · by fwdude · 11 replies
    Kansas City Star via Yahoo News ^ | February 21, 2024 | Jonathan Shorman
    A Missouri prison worker’s legal fight against on-the-job discrimination this week provided U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito — one of the court’s most conservative members — an opportunity to denounce the landmark decision recognizing same-sex marriage nationwide. Jean Finney had worked as a corrections officer at the Western Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in St. Joseph since 2002, but after about eight years, the job started turning toxic. A co-worker, the ex-husband of Finney’s romantic partner, undercut Finney on the job, sent disparaging texts about her status as a lesbian and, eventually, withheld information Finney needed to safely do...