| | Preteen sent home over '2 genders' shirt confronts school board | | Curated for you byCP Editors | | Good afternoon! It's Tuesday, May 9, and today's headlines include a viral video of a middle school student confronting his school board, Pornhub protesting a new Utah law, and an update on the items that were auctioned by Charles Stanley's grandson on eBay. | | A video of 12-year-old Liam Morrison confronting his school committee last month has gone viral, receiving more than 13 million views. Morrison, a student at Nichols Middle School in Middleborough, Mass., confronted the committee after he was punished for wearing a t-shirt that declared there are only two genders. Two adults removed the boy from gym class and told him that he must remove his shirt before returning to class, claiming it was making some students feel unsafe. "When I nicely told them that I didn't want to do that, they called my father," Morrison stated, adding that he received no pushback from his classmates or teachers due to the shirt. "Several kids told me that they supported my actions and that they wanted [a shirt] too," he explained. "I was told that the shirt was a disruption of learning. No one got up and stormed out of class, no one burst into tears. I’m sure I would have noticed if they had." Full Story. | | P.S. Get rewarded for sharing our newsletters! Sign-up for the CP referral program—the more you share, the more you earn. Scroll to the bottom of this newsletter to get started today! |
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| Ben Shapiro questions media shootings coverage | | During his Monday podcast, conservative commentator Ben Shapiro questioned the mainstream media's response to the suspected gunman in the Texas outlet mall shooting and contrasted that coverage with how the media covered the shooting at a Christian school in Nashville, Tenn., earlier this year. While outlets such as The Associated Press were able to identify the gunman's alleged "white supremacist" ideology within hours, these same outlets have remained disinterested in why a trans-identified woman killed six people, including three children, at the Covenant School, a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Nashville. Read more. | | Utah: Pornhub disables website to protest age verification law | | Pornhub has disabled its website for Utah residents in protest of SB 287, a new state law that requires pornography distributors to verify users' ages. Utah-based users are directed to a landing page featuring an adult performer who explains the new law and complains that it is not an "effective" solution but will instead put users' privacy and somehow their children "at risk." The adult performer, Cherie DeVille, claims that the "most effective" option is to identify children and adults by device only. In a statement, National Center on Sexual Exploitation CEO Dawn Hawkins stated, "Pornhub's protest of Utah's law reveals an ugly truth: Pornhub will lose revenue if children cannot access pornography on its site." Read more. |
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| The American Revolution is nothing like the French Revolution | | While the French Revolution "led to a horrendous and bloody 'reign of terror' and a Napoleonic dictatorship," the American Revolution "led to the longest-sustained democracy in the history of the world—America," writes CP Executive Editor Dr. Richard Land. Why? According to Land, the defining difference is evidenced in their foundational statements. The American Revolution clung to the truth that "all men are created equal" and endowed by their Creator with these unalienable Rights; the French Revolution "asserted the principles of 'liberty, equality, and fraternity' based purely on the assertion of those rights" and without the "Creator" and natural law as their foundation. Read more. | | Will King Charles III follow in his mother's footsteps? | | Dr. Sheri Dean Parmelee, an associate professor at Liberty University, reflects on the life and faith of Queen Elizabeth II and how King Charles III has seemingly deviated from this path. With her hand on a Bible, Queen Elizabeth pledged an oath to serve her people at her coronation. Meanwhile, King Charles asked people to pledge their allegiance to him and his heirs. "This is the first time a monarch has wanted his people to swear their allegiance to him. ... God save the king because the UK might just need it," Parmelee concludes. Read more. |
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| Nashville pastor Scott Sauls placed on leave | | Christ Presbyterian Church Pastor Scott Sauls has been placed on an indefinite leave of absence from his position at the Nashville, Tenn., church. The decision reportedly came following an investigation into the pastor and bestselling author's conduct as a leader by Christ Presbyterian and the Nashville Presbytery. Sauls apologized to the congregation for his unhealthy leadership style via a video message, but clarified that he had not been involved in any sexual scandal or substance abuse. Read more. | | Nearly 200 North Carolina congregations leave UMC | | One hundred ninety-two congregations in North Carolina have officially disaffiliated from The United Methodist Church, joining a growing number of churches that have left the denomination over its longstanding debate over homosexuality. The figure represents approximately 15% of the number of member churches for the UMC Western North Carolina Conference. Read more. |
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| Items from eBay auction returned to Stanley family | | In a YouTube video on Saturday, Charles Stanley's grandson, Matt Brodersen, shared that the pocket watch he auctioned off on eBay was purchased by an anonymous buyer who gave it back to the family and stressed to Brodersen the importance of not selling off family heirlooms. After the buyer called Brodersen to explain that he had purchased the watch only to give it back, Brodersen removed his listing of a framed portrait of Stanley as well as several coins and mailed them back to his uncle. Read more. | | Podcast: How Christians shared God's love at 'SatanCon' | | When satanists descended upon Boston, Mass., in late April for "SatanCon 2023," Christians were ready to share God's love. In this episode of "The Inside Story," CP reporter Jeannie Ortega Law discusses how Christians and satanists reacted and why this story matters. Listen now. | | | | | | | | | | | | Thank you for spending part of your day with us. We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow! -- CP Editors |
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