Man Who Identifies as Woman Becomes First ‘Transgender’ to Hold Office in Arkansas

Man Who Identifies as Woman Becomes First ‘Transgender’ to Hold Office in Arkansas

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ark. — In what is stated to be the first for the Bible Belt state of Arkansas, a man who identifies as a woman will sit on the Washington County Quorum Court, the legislative body of the county comprised of officials from 15 districts. According to reports, Evelyn Rios Stafford received 65% of the […]

Blind Woman No Longer Prohibited From Sharing Faith in Public Park as Settlement Reached

Blind Woman No Longer Prohibited From Sharing Faith in Public Park as Settlement Reached

WESTERLY, R.I. — A blind woman is no longer prohibited from sharing her faith in a Rhode Island public park after a religious liberties organization intervened on her behalf and worked out an amicable settlement. According to reports, Gail Blair, 66, shared her faith regularly in Wilcox Park, which is across the street from her […]

Lawsuit Filed Against Miss. School District After Student Prohibited From Wearing ‘Jesus Loves Me’ Mask

Lawsuit Filed Against Miss. School District After Student Prohibited From Wearing ‘Jesus Loves Me’ Mask

JACKSON, Miss. — Attorneys representing an elementary school student and her parents have filed a lawsuit against a Mississippi school district as the girl was prohibited from wearing a face mask that read “Jesus loves me.” According to the legal challenge, the Simpson County School District modified its mask policy to state that “political, religious, […]

Conservative Supreme Court Justices Appear to Support Religious Rights in Phila. Foster Agency Case

Conservative Supreme Court Justices Appear to Support Religious Rights in Phila. Foster Agency Case

WASHINGTON — The conservative justices of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared to support the religious rights of faith-based foster and adoption agencies on Wednesday as the nation’s highest court heard oral argument surrounding a Catholic agency that lost its child placement relationship with the City of Philadelphia because of its protocol not to place children […]

Hillsong NYC Leader Carl Lentz Fired Over ‘Breaches of Trust, Recent Revelation of Moral Failures’

Hillsong NYC Leader Carl Lentz Fired Over ‘Breaches of Trust, Recent Revelation of Moral Failures’

NEW YORK (Religion News Service) — Hillsong founding pastor Brian Houston notified staff and members of Hillsong East Coast by email on Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 4) that Carl Lentz has been terminated as lead pastor for the megachurch’s New York City location. The email, which was obtained by Religion News Service, cited the reason for […]

Bible Belt States of Ga., Tenn. Elect Their First Homosexuals, Including Lesbian Priest, to State Legislatures

Bible Belt States of Ga., Tenn. Elect Their First Homosexuals, Including Lesbian Priest, to State Legislatures

Voters in the Bible Belt states of Georgia and Tennessee elected the first openly homosexual members to their state legislatures on Tuesday, including a lesbian Episcopal priest. Georgia state Senate candidate Kim Jackson won the heavily Democratic District 41 by a landslide, defeating Republican challenger William Park Freeman 74.9% to 25%. According to reports, Jackson is […]

Wash. Public Schools to Be Required to Teach Sex Ed K-12 After Voters Approve Referendum

Wash. Public Schools to Be Required to Teach Sex Ed K-12 After Voters Approve Referendum

(The Spokesman-Review) — Public schools in Washington will be required to teach comprehensive sexual health multiple times during a student’s K-12 education after voters approved Referendum 90, according to Tuesday’s early results. The vote was split about 60-40 in Tuesday’s first vote count. The referendum sparked a bitter debate throughout Washington since it was first […]

Nevadans Vote to Remove Definition of Marriage as ‘Between Male and Female’ From Constitution

Nevadans Vote to Remove Definition of Marriage as ‘Between Male and Female’ From Constitution

Voters in Nevada approved a ballot initiative on Tuesday that removes language from the state Constitution defining marriage as being between a man and a woman and replaces it with text affirming that the State will issue marriage licenses “regardless of gender.” Question 2 read: “Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended to: (1) remove an existing provision […]

BLM Activist, Liberal Female ‘Pastor’ Cori Bush Wins US Congressional Seat

BLM Activist, Liberal Female ‘Pastor’ Cori Bush Wins US Congressional Seat

(New York Post) — A Black Lives Matter activist in Missouri breezed to an election night victory to become the state’s first black congresswoman. Cori Bush, who may become the fifth member of “The Squad,” garnered a whopping 84 percent of vote in the state’s 1st Congressional District. … Bush got involved with the Black […]

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