By Robert George – mirrorofjustice.blogs.com – June 15, 2020 I’ve spent much of today and this evening reading and re-reading the opinions in Bostock v. Clayton County. I respect Neil Gorsuch, whose nomination and confirmation I outspokenly supported, and I want to understand his position and reasoning. There is, however, no way to avoid the conclusion that the argument he bought is...

By: Carl R. Trueman – firstthings.com – June 22, 2020 Every now and then an important and insightful book is published almost without trace. Just as the best movies often do not win the Oscar, so it is with books: The most helpful can be those that few people pay attention to at the time of publication. One such is Theological Negotiations by...

By: Ryan Saavedra – dailywire.com – November 19, 2019 The Salvation Army responded on Monday to reports that Chick-fil-A was cutting ties with the Christian organization over its support for traditional marriage by noting that it is the largest social services provider in the world and that it serves millions of members of the LGBT community. “We’re saddened to learn that...

By Kiley Crossland – world.wng.org – November 8, 2019 Nearly 1 in 5 low-income teens in rural America reported a change in their sexual orientation during high school, according to a study released this week. The research raises questions about the permanence of sexual orientation and the ongoing battle to ban therapy for those who want to change. The report,...

By: Luke Goodrich – townhall.com – November 6, 2019 Editor’s note: Excerpted from Free to Believe: The Battle Over Religious Liberty in America. Copyright © 2019 by Luke Goodrich. Used by permission of Multnomah, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. Julea Ward was a master’s student in the counseling program at East­ern Michigan University, a few credits shy of...

By: Katrina Trinko – dailysignal.com – October 30, 2019 Lynn Meagher has two adult children who identify as transgender. “A lot of these kids have concurrent mental health issues, and they find a place to fit in because as soon as you say that you’re trans, you get love-bombed,” she reflects. “You get love-bombed online, you get love-bombed on at school …...

By: Katie Hall and Aaricka Washington – statesman.com – October 29, 2019 The Austin school board unanimously approved a new sex education curriculum that, for the first time, will teach elementary students about sexual orientation, gender identity and sexually transmitted diseases. The vote, which came in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, had at least one conservative group considering legal action...

By: Madeleine Jacob – lifesitenews.com – October 24, 2019 The judge presiding over the case of Jeffrey Younger, the father who is trying to protect his seven-year-old son, James, from chemical castration via a gender “transition,” ruled today that the parents will have joint conservatorship over James, which includes making joint medical decisions for the child. Judge Kim Cooks of the...

By: Kelly Shackelford – foxnews.com – October 6, 2019 During its past two terms, the Supreme Court issued a number of notable decisions that appear to have begun the process of restoring the Constitution’s promise of religious free exercise. At the end of its last term, for example, the court upheld the Bladensburg WWI Memorial, setting aside precedent that has been...

By: Mary Anne Pazanowski – news.bloomberglaw.com – october 15, 2019 Christian health care professionals don’t have to perform transgender-related care that is contrary to their religious beliefs, a federal district court in Texas said, invalidating an Obamacare anti-discrimination rule. The so-called “transgender mandate” implementing the Affordable Care Act’s anti-discrimination provision violates the Administrative Procedure Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the...