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by Michael Gryboski | Kentucky has become the latest state to ban puberty-blocking drugs and body-mutilating sex-change surgeries for youth younger than 18 after lawmakers overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear...

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by Tre Goins-Phillips | Law enforcement officers in Alberta, Canada, reportedly arrested a teenager handing out Bibles after an altercation broke out between him, his supporters, and a group of counter-protesters. Josh Alexander, 16, tweeted Wednesday he “was handcuffed and put in a paddy wagon for offering students Bibles on...

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The Nashville police officers who have been widely hailed as heroes after promptly ending the mass shooting at a private Christian school that left six people dead are crediting their training for their swift response. Det. Michael Collazo and Officer Rex Engelbert of the Metro Nashville Police Department fired the fatal shots, killing 28-year-old Audrey...

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by Nicole Alcindor | A California missionary and a French journalist abducted in Niger by an Islamic terrorist group have been released. Jeffery Woodke of McKinlyville, who was abducted in October 2016, was released this month, according to an update that his church, Arcata First Baptist Church, posted to Facebook on Monday. Woodke served as an aid worker with Youth With A Mission...

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by Jennifer Lee | The World Athletics Council (WAC) has announced new rules on the participation of transgender athletes. Under the changes unveiled on Thursday, trans-identifying biologically male athletes will no longer be able to compete in the female category in international athletic events...

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by Ryan Foley | A group of pro-life doctors say they were banned from running an exhibit booth at a national medical conference because their beliefs on abortion differ from those of the organizers. In a tweet posted Monday, the American Association of Pro-Life OB/GYNs said they were “banned from attending the annual CREOG OB/GYN medical education conference...

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by Anthony Baxter | A Christian teacher has claimed he was dismissed for ‘hate speech’ after sharing his beliefs at a diversity and inclusion seminar. Ben Dybowski, 55, was working for The Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales school, near Cardiff, through an agency when he attended the seminar along with around 80 other teachers...

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by Ryan Foley | A majority of Americans oppose allowing men who identify as trans to compete on women’s sports teams and disprove of exposing children to drag shows, a new survey has found. The YouGov survey, sponsored by The Economist and conducted from April 8-11, examined the views of 1,500 U.S. adults and asked about a wide variety of public policy matters. One series of...

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by Leah MarieAnn Klett | Actress Nicole Abisinio is the first to acknowledge she shouldn’t even be alive. Before she was born, her father attempted to kill her pregnant mother because she refused to have an abortion. And after she was born, her mother was forced to go into hiding to protect her infant daughter’s life...

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Christian parents say they were left with no choice but to remove their son from a Church of England primary school’s World Book Day events after finding out about the use of a gender identity-themed book. Stephen and Joanne Evans’ four-year-old son attends St Mary’s Prittlewell Church of England Primary School, in Southend-on-Sea...

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by Sheri Few | Officials talk incessantly about the mental health crisis among children, and they blame anything from COVID-19 to social media. While I agree COVID school shutdowns and unsavory social media platforms added to the problem, I don’t agree with government schools addressing the problem for which I assert they created...

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by Ian M. Giatti | Protesters, drag performers and at least one adult in a so-called “furry” costume were on hand last weekend for a “family-friendly drag show” that was moved to a local church at the last minute. The “Pride Prom” event hosted by Grayson County Pride was originally scheduled for May 13 at Pecan Grove Park West in Sherman, located about 65 miles north of Dallas...

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by Michael Gryboski | Theologian and Bible teacher John Piper recently shared what he says are “six biblical realities” showing why Christian parents shouldn’t allow their kids to cross-dress, especially at church. In an episode of his podcast “Ask Pastor John” posted on the Desiring God website Monday, a listener asked about a family at her church that allows their son to wear dresses...

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by Leonardo Blair | Christopher Burns, a former youth pastor at Perimeter Church in Georgia turned financial advisor, is now on the FBI’s Most Wanted list for allegedly defrauding dozens of investors of millions of dollars, which he splurged on a lavish lifestyle and an obsession with Disney World...

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by Michael Gryboski | The University of Notre Dame will host an event titled “Queer Holiness: An Experiential Christian Anthropology” even though Catholic Church teaching labels homosexuality as a sin. Notre Dame’s John J. Reilly Center will host the event, which features Anglican priest and author the Rev. Charles Bell, on the evening of March 23 at Haggar Hall. The...

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by Ron Tewson | Miller Lite launched an advertising campaign in 1973 that introduced a new product to the beverage market: light beer. It had fewer calories and carbs, but would it taste as good? The television ads featured athletes and celebrities bantering over whether it was...