| | Gallup poll reveals change in American views on abortion | | Curated for you byCP Editors | | Good afternoon! It's Tuesday, June 7, and today's headlines include a Gallup poll on Americans' views on abortion, a group of teachers and parents who are suing a Virginia school district over its trans pronoun policy, and a CP Voices review of The Daily Wire's "What is a Woman" documentary. | A survey from Gallup has revealed that 52% of American respondents believe abortion is "morally acceptable," with a record low share (38%) characterizing abortion as "morally wrong." This is the first time a poll conducted by Gallup has found that more Americans view abortion as "morally acceptable" than "morally wrong." In an interview with The Christian Post, Michael New, a pro-life scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute and a professor at the Catholic University of America, attributed the finding to an increase in "moral acceptability of a range of issues that pertain to sexuality" and "sexual conduct." He pointed to the acceptance of premarital sex and same-sex marriage as examples of this phenomenon. The share of Americans identifying as pro-choice (55%) nearly matches the record high set in 1995 (56%), while the share of those who reported a "pro-life" view on abortion (39%) dropped 8 percentage points from 47% just one year earlier. Read more.Also of Interest ...SCOTUS abortion case sparks debate over how ruling may impact fertility industryYouth pastor killed by Muslim extremists who set church on fire in Uganda | | P.S. Volume 2 of CP Magazine is here! If you'd like to help support Christian journalism, this digital-only offering runs just $19.99 annually—or get your free copy when you sign-up for a free Christian Post account. Sign-up to download your flipbook or PDF copy today. |
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| Parents, teachers sue Virginia school district over pronoun policy | | A group of Virginia parents and teachers filed a lawsuit last week in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County against the leadership of Harrisonburg City Public Schools over the district’s policy requiring teachers to use the preferred pronouns of trans-identified students. At issue is the school board’s decision to add "gender identity" to the school district’s nondiscrimination policy. The policy forces teachers to use students' preferred pronouns and withhold information about students' gender identity from their parents if the student requests they do so. The lawsuit claims the policy "compels teachers to violate their religious convictions about gender and honesty" and "violates parents’ rights by interfering with their ability to direct the upbringing and education of their children." The plaintiffs are being represented by conservative legal nonprofit the Alliance Defending Freedom. Read more. | | ELCA trans bishop steps down | | Bishop Megan Rohrer, the first trans-identified bishop in the history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has resigned amid allegations of racism and other issues. Rohrer, a female who uses "they/them" pronouns, shared the news via Facebook Monday, explaining the official resignation occurred on Saturday after spending time with family and having "a conversation with the Synod Council." Rohrer's announcement came around the same time that ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, head of the mainline Protestant denomination, announced that a disciplinary process would be initiated against Rohrer. Eaton initially opposed such disciplinary action but changed her tune during a Sunday evening meeting of the ELCA Conference of Bishops, which Rohrer did not attend. Read more. | | Also of Interest... | | Latino group denounces ELCA head’s decision not to punish trans bishopELCA head calls for resignation of denomination's first trans-identified bishopELCA church calls for trans bishop to resign over allegations of racism, other issuesLutheran LGBT ministry suspends ELCA's first trans-identified bishop over alleged 'racist' actions | | Amazon refuses shareholder request to disclose charitable contributions | | During Amazon's annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, shareholders proposed the company disclose its charitable contributions. The proposal did not pass, having been opposed by management who stated, "We have an appropriate level of oversight for our charitable contributions in which significant charitable contributions are made only after an extensive internal review and approval by senior leaders." How that internal process works remains a mystery and Amazon's problematic history when it comes to bias against Christians—including banning conservative groups from its charitable matching gift program—merits continued calls for transparency with customers and investors. Read more. | | Judge allows parents' lawsuit over school trans policy in Wisconsin | | Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge Michael P. Maxwell denied the Kettle Moraine School District's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by parents who are challenging the district's policy that allows children to adopt new gender identities without their parents' knowledge or consent. "Wisconsin courts recognize that parents have a right to make 'decisions regarding the education and upbringing of their children,' 'free from government intervention,'" the judge's order reads. The parents, who filed the suit in November with the help of Alliance Defending Freedom and the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, say that the school did not comply with their request that they not address their 12-year-old daughter by a male name and with male pronouns. Within weeks of removing their daughter from school, her attitude changed, and she told her parents that the "affirmative care" she had received that encouraged her to identify as the opposite sex "really messed her up." Read more. |
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| Abortion: The poster child for moral freedom | | What prompts otherwise-reasonable folks to get up one morning, take to the streets, and stridently demand the right to destroy developing life in the womb? And why do homosexuals, who obviously needn’t worry about getting pregnant, join vociferously in these protests? Read more. | | Review: 'What is a Woman?' | | Samuel Sey reviews The Daily Wire's documentary, "What is a Woman," which features the conservative media company's Matt Walsh asking "experts" and average people to define the question: "What is a woman?" One of the "experts," a female therapist who identifies as non-binary, reacts to the question by saying, "I’m not a woman, so I can’t really answer that." She also asserts that "some women have penises, some men have vaginas." In reviewing the film, Sey says he wholeheartedly recommends it, concluding, "Though gender theory says otherwise, God actually says he created all of us as either male or female ... Your doctor didn’t assign your gender, your Creator did." Read more. |
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| Podcast: After explosive abuse report, where does the SBC go from here? | | In this episode of The Christian Post Podcast: The Inside Story, Christian Post Executive Editor Richard Land, a former head of SBC's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, offers his thoughts on the recent SBC sexual abuse report and discusses where America's largest Protestant denomination goes from here. Listen now. | | New York church invites drag queens for Pentecost service | | The Park Church in Elmira, N.Y., hosted a "Worship is a Drag" event Sunday to "celebrate Pentecost, kick-off LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and come to Christ’s Table of Love," per the church's pastor, Rev. J. Gary Brinn. The church, which is affiliated with the United Church of Christ, described the event as a "special communion worship service with guest presenters in drag." In a message shared on his personal website Monday, Brinn wrote: "Just as there have always been queers, [there] has always been diversity in gender expression and affectional orientation, so there has always been diversity within Christianity." Read more. |
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| In a stand for faith, some Tampa Bay Rays players decline pride logo | | Several Tampa Bay Rays baseball players declined to wear customized uniforms worn by their teammates for the annual LGBT pride night Saturday, citing the celebration of LGBT activism as a conflict with their Christian faith. The Rays' pride night is one of several events hosted by MLB teams in recognition of what LGBT activists refer to as "pride month." One of the dissenting players, pitcher Jason Adam, explained his decision in an interview with The Tampa Bay Times, saying, "It’s a hard decision. Because ultimately we all said what we want is [for] them to know that all are welcome and loved here. But when we put it on our bodies, I think a lot of guys decided that it’s just a lifestyle that maybe—not that they look down on anybody or think differently—it’s just that maybe we don’t want to encourage it if we believe in Jesus, who’s encouraged us to live a lifestyle that would abstain from that behavior, just like (Jesus) encourages me as a heterosexual male to abstain from sex outside the confines of marriage. It’s no different." Read more. | | | | | | | | Thank you for spending part of your day with us. We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow! -- CP Editors |
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