Christian Reformed Church Brings LGBT Stance Into Faith Statement
The Christian Reformed Church, a small evangelical denomination of US and Canadian churches, voted Wednesday at its annual synod to codify its opposition to homosexual sex by elevating it to the status of confession, or declaration of faith.
The 123-53 vote at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, caps a process begun in 2016 when a previous synod voted to form a study committee to bring a report on the “biblical theology” of sexuality.
The vote, after two long days of debate, approves a list of what the denomination calls sexual immorality it won’t tolerate, including “adultery, premarital sex, extra-marital sex, polyamory, pornography, and homosexual sex.” Source: Christianity Today
NY Times: Bracing for the End of Roe v. Wade, the White House Weighs Executive Actions
President Biden’s top aides are weighing whether he can or should take a series of executive actions to help women in Republican-controlled states obtain abortions if the Supreme Court eliminates a woman’s right to end her pregnancy, according to senior administration officials. Source: NY Times
Vaccine Safety Research Foundation Issues Warning
Michigan’s First Openly Gay AG: ‘A Drag Queen for Every School’
Michigan’s first openly gay attorney general says there should be ”a drag queen for every school.”
Speaking at a civil rights summit Wednesday in Lansing, the state capital, Attorney General Dana Nessel said, according to reporting from The Detroit News’ Craig Mauger, that ”drag queens make everything better. Drag queens are fun.”
She added that there should be a ”drag queen for every school.” Source: NewsMax
More Than 40 Churches and Pro-Life Groups Have Been Attacked, But You Wouldn’t Know It from Mainstream Media
Churches and pro-life facilities have been attacked at least 41 times in less than two months, but it is a story of political violence that the media has ignored.
Proving, once again, that the U.S. media is only interested in stories that further the liberal narrative.
Over the last forty days there have been at least 41 instances of attacks on churches, pro-life organizations and pregnancy centers, according to a review by the Washington Stand. Source: Western Journal
Op-Ed: Time to help the Iranian people overthrow the regime’
The Iranian people don’t want the United States to overthrow their regime. They want the United States and the world to stand with them as they overthrow the regime, said Caroline Glick in this week’s episode of “Mideast News Hour.”
The people of Iran have been in a near continuous revolt against the regime since 2017. Yet, the United States—and particularly the Democratic Party—has ignored them. For the past three weeks, people from all walks of life in Iran have once again taken to the streets to call for the overthrow of the regime. This week, Glick spoke with Cameron Khansarinia, director of the National Union for Democracy in Iran (NUFDI) in Washington, D.C., to discuss the latest round of national protests and the regime’s response. Source: Caroline Glick / JNS News
Pro-abortion militants Jane’s Revenge say 30 days of mercy have ‘expired,’ promise more attacks on pro-life centers
Disney/Pixar’s ‘Lightyear,’ with same-sex couple, will not play in 14 countries
Walt Disney Co has been unable to obtain permission to show its new Pixar movie “Lightyear” in 14 Middle Eastern and Asian countries, a source said on Monday, and the animated film appeared unlikely to open in China, the world’s largest movie market.
A “Lightyear” producer told Reuters that authorities in China had asked for cuts to the movie, which Disney declined to make, and she assumed the movie would not open there either. The animated film depicts a same-sex couple who share a brief kiss, which prompted the United Arab Emirates to ban the film. Source: Reuters
Former LGBT Individuals Celebrate Deliverance Through Christ During DC Freedom March: ‘There Is Hope’
A group of ex-LGBT Christians rallied in our nation’s capital recently to share their testimonies of how they’ve found healing and freedom in Jesus Christ.
As CBN News has reported, members of the Freedom March group have been touring the country for years, sharing the Good News with others, and offering hope to anyone else who might be seeking salvation from LGBT lifestyles. Source: CBN News
Idaho Christians ‘Pray for Rain’ on Coeur d’Alene’s “Pride in the Park” event — Forecast to Bring Lightning & Torrential Rainfall
Local Christians across North Idaho have taken to ‘praying for rain’ heading into the weekend in response to a planned LGBT event reportedly hosting satanists, drag queen performers and HIV education booths at the “family-friendly” event.
After numerous vendors dropped out of the event, local Christian groups tell the Idaho Tribune “we will be praying for rain” — heading into this weekend.
The “Pride in the Park” event drew national outrage after it was uncovered the all-ages event would host performances from drag queens, as well as allowing the Satanic Temple to attend in an official capacity. Source: Idaho Tribune
Taxpayers To Foot Bill for Terrorist’s Sex Change
A transgender inmate who goes by the name Cristina Iglesias has not spent a day outside of federal prison as an adult. Iglesias was locked up in 1994 for sending death threats to federal judges and then pleaded guilty in 2005 to mailing fake anthrax to U.S. allies in the earliest days of the War on Terror. Now, thanks to a judge’s ruling, Iglesias is set to become the first transgender inmate to undergo sex-reassignment surgery—on the taxpayer dime.
Iglesias in 2020 became the poster child of the American Civil Liberties Union‘s quest to ensure even the most hardened criminals enjoy transgender rights, and the civil rights group that once focused its energies on free speech sued the government, arguing that denying the costly surgery is a violation of Iglesias’s constitutional rights. U.S. District Judge Nancy J. Rosenstengel agreed, writing in an opinion issued last month that “Iglesias suffers daily and is at risk of self-mutilation and suicide.”
Iglesias, 47, is set for release on Christmas Day, but wants the surgery before that time—and Rosentengel is ordering the Bureau of Prisons to find a surgeon to carry out the sex change. Cost estimates for the surgery itself vary widely. Some hospital estimates reach six figures, while the Philadelphia Center for Transgender Surgery pegs the figure at about $25,000. Pricey quality-of-life care is required for years after the surgery, running about $40,000 annually in the first five years, according to a 2015 study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The cost falls to $10,000 per year after a decade. The Bureau of Prisons declined to say whether taxpayers will provide that support. Source: Washington Free Beacon