EDMONTON, Alberta — The Alberta Teachers’ Association recently released a guide for teachers to instruct students about “sexual and gender minorities,” including suggestions that children try out drag for a day to “explore perceptions of gender” and be taught “why homophobia leads us to sin.” The manual, created with partial funding from the government of Alberta, is […]
Two men who identify as women have become the first “transgendered” individuals in the nation to be nominated for U.S. Congress. Misty Snow, 30, is running as a Democrat against Utah’s current sitting senator, Mike Lee. Born in 1985, Snow says he has always identified as a female, but didn’t seek hormonal treatments until two […]
(Christian Concern) — A heterosexual couple has launched the next stage of their court challenge to enter into a civil partnership. Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld, from London, have said that they want to be “partners in law,” but do not want to get married. Currently, the law only allows same-sex couples to enter into […]
(Evangelical Focus) — In 2011, only 30% of white evangelical Protestants in the USA would support a politician who commits immoral acts in their personal life. Five years later, the statistic has changed drastically. A new survey published by New York Magazine shows that 72% of white evangelical Protestants in the USA “now believe elected […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — An American Hindu organization says that it will renew its pursuit to erect a statue of the Hindu god Hanuman at the Oklahoma State Capitol if residents vote next week to allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed. “Hindu statesman Rajan Zed … said that if and when [the] Oklahoma State […]
VANCOUVER, B.C. — The top court in British Columbia has ruled that a proposed Christian law school may not be denied accreditation over its requirement that students and staff sign a covenant that includes language affirming marriage as being between a man and a woman. “To do so is an expression of its right to freedom of religion,” […]
Roman Catholics worldwide observed All Saints Day on Tuesday and All Souls Day on Wednesday, days on the liturgical calendar set aside to remember deceased loved ones—to visit their graves and to pray for their time to be shortened in what Catholics believe is a place called Purgatory. “Part of the Church’s teachings, when you […]
LANCASTER, Pa. — A university student in Pennsylvania has been arrested after he allegedly admitted to putting bleach in his girlfriend’s water in an effort to kill their unborn baby. Theophilous Washington, 20, is a junior at Millersville University near Lancaster. According to reports, last Friday, Washington suggested to his girlfriend that she have a bottle of water […]
WEST ALLIS, Wisc. — A police department in Wisconsin has agreed to remove the words “before God” from its code of ethics and officer oath following the receipt of a complaint from a prominent professing atheist organization. “The West Allis Department Code of Ethics has now been modified and is taken verbatim from the Wisconsin […]
LEWISVILLE, Texas (People) — Lynlee Boemer was just 1 lb., 3 oz. when doctors removed a tumor from her body that weighed almost as much as she did. At just 23 weeks, she was taken from her mother Margaret Boemer’s womb for 20 minutes so doctors could perform a five-hour, life-saving surgery. The surgeons then […]