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Good afternoon! It's Tuesday, June 6, and today's headlines include Oklahoma approving the first religious charter school, details on the Virginia plane crash, and a Trump-appointed federal judge ruling Tennesee's ban on drag shows for children as unconstitutional.
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The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted 3-2 to approve the first religious charter school in the United States. St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which will be overseen by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa, is set to begin classes in the fall of 2024. While Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt commended the board's "courage to approve the authorization for St. Isidore," Americans United for Separation of Church and State has vowed to sue Oklahoma over the decision. Full Story.
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Federal authorities are investigating the cause of a Sunday afternoon plane crash that occurred approximately 200 miles away from Washington, D.C, killing the pilot and three others. This article from CP highlights four details to know about the deadly crash, including the sonic boom heard by area residents. Read now.
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Warriors for Christ founder and street preacher Rich Penkoski claims he was locked out of his Cash App account because the mobile payment service disagrees with his protests against LGBT events, including drag shows. Penkoski, who told CP he has appealed the decision, says customer service told him that his account was shut down because they didn't like that he was using account funds to preach at events such as Drag Queen Story Hours. Read more.
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Blogger Margaret Mowczko explores 1 Timothy 2:12 and why she believes the passage should not be used to prohibit women from serving as ministers. Pointing out that Paul mentions more than a dozen women as ministry colleagues, Mowczko travels through Scripture to explore Priscilla's ministry, Paul's theology, and the broader context of 1 Timothy 2:12. Read more.
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In this op-ed, Pastor Dan Delzell asserts that the LGBT activist agenda has turned into a form of indoctrination that relies on deceitful conversion tactics that are akin to grooming. "Whether you choose public school, private school, or homeschooling for your children, the educational path you select for them carries greater consequences today than ever
before," Delzell cautions. Read more.
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Pastor Willy Rice of Calvary Church in Clearwater, Fla., has endorsed Pastor Mike Stone for president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Although Rice had previously been critical of the Conservative Baptist Network, to which Stone serves on the steering council, Rice explained that he has gotten to know Stone "on a personal level" and sees he is "a man of courageous conviction." Read more.
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Daniel Savala, a 67-year-old itinerant minister and a convicted sex offender with outsized influence in the Chi Alpha Campus Ministries sponsored by the Assemblies of God, was arrested last Friday on charges that he sexually abused two boys in Waco, Texas. Denomination officials say Savala was never on staff with Chi Alpha and that the denomination took action to cut ties with him as soon as they learned of his sex offender status, a claim whistleblowers dispute. Read more.
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The United Method Church's Michigan Annual Conference has approved the disaffiliations of 60 Michigan congregations. More than 2,000 congregations have left the UMC this year amid its schism over homosexuality. Read more.
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Judge Thomas Parker of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee has struck down Tennessee's law banning drag shows and "adult cabaret entertainment" for children as unconstitutional. The ruling from the Trump-appointed federal judge only applies in Shelby County, the most populous county in the state and home to Memphis. Read more.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Monday to become a 2024 presidential campaign hopeful. Pence took to Twitter on Saturday to share that he believes that "Conservatives have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to renew the promise of America," adding, "We don’t have to accept a future of economic decline and moral decay. ... We can have a government that is as good as our people." Read more.
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