Reading Time: 6 minutes No, really, what is the point? I ask this in light of recent UK government potential demands on universities that they are putting out to consultation. Known as “public comment” in the U.S., this is where the government seeks input from the public and stakeholders concerning a proposed change of policy or similar, partly to […]
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The Supreme Court rewarded religious schools. Maine lawmakers fought back.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that taxpayers in Maine had to cover the costs of private religious education even when Christian indoctrination was front and center. It was a horrible decision loudly derided by church/state separation advocates. But state lawmakers may have found a way to nullify its effects. Carson v. Makin involved a […]
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The Supreme Court rewarded religious coercion by a Christian football coach
Reading Time: 14 minutes The first line of the Supreme Court ruling this morning in Kennedy v. Bremerton, about a Christian football coach who wanted to pray at midfield after games, is built on two lies. And it only gets worse from there. Writing for the 6-3 majority, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote, “Joseph Kennedy lost his job as a […]
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In Carson v Makin, Supreme Court blows a giant hole in church/state separation
Reading Time: 8 minutes The conservative super-majority on the Supreme Court just punched another giant hole in the wall of separation between church and state in the case of Carson v Makin, ruling 6-3 to overturn a perfectly sensible Maine law. What the Carson v Makin case is all about Students in Maine are guaranteed free public education until […]
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Bishop revokes “Catholic” title from school over its BLM and Pride flags
Reading Time: 3 minutes What does it mean to be Catholic? You might say attending Mass, confessing your sins, receiving the sacrament, and other Precepts. If you read the news, you might even say being Catholic now requires you to oppose abortion as well as LGBTQ rights, given how many Democratic politicians and Catholic educators have been punished for […]
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With Pride flags in hand, Seattle Pacific graduates protested anti-LGBTQ bigotry
Reading Time: 2 minutes During Seattle Pacific University’s graduation ceremony on Sunday, a number of students receiving their diploma in one hand while handing rainbow flags to the anti-LGBTQ school president. It was an extension of a peaceful protest that’s been going on for weeks in opposition to the school’s new policy effectively blocking the hiring of openly LGBTQ […]
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A school board candidate checked out LGBTQ library books so kids can’t read them
Reading Time: 3 minutes Heather Fletcher, a candidate for the Frederick County Board of Education in Maryland, decided to grab the LGBTQ-themed books in a Pride Month display at the Brunswick Public Library so that children wouldn’t be able to check them out. She also grabbed a cup full of pins with different pronouns that people could use to […]
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Child Evangelism Fellowship seizes school shooting opportunity to recruit children
Reading Time: 3 minutes Child Evangelism Fellowship is now distributing indoctrination booklets to already-traumatized kids and families in Uvalde
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Graduation speaker tells students to honor the Bible by avoiding gay marriage
Reading Time: 3 minutes On Friday, during a speech at the graduation ceremony for River Valley High School in Caledonia, Ohio, former RV graduate and local business owner Jim McGuire told students to follow the Bible and to stop being gay. “Choose a spouse,” he said, adding, “I also strongly suggest to make sure to choose biblical principles—you know […]
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Students are protesting Seattle Pacific University’s homophobic hiring policies
Reading Time: 3 minutes Here’s what’s not surprising: Last week, the administration at Seattle Pacific University, a private Christian college in Washington, chose to keep in place “lifestyle expectations” in their contracts effectively blocking the hiring of openly LGBTQ people. Here’s what is surprising: The students are revolting. It’s not like this issue arose out of nowhere. More than a […]