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Good afternoon! It's Friday, August 5, and today's headlines include an activist's criticism of the Biden administration's proposed Title IX changes, Georgia's approval of a tax break for parents of unborn children, and interviews with Oscar-winning director Ron Howard and actor Colin Farrell.
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The Independent Women's Forum's Angela Morabito has cautioned that the Biden administration's attempt to change a half-century-old civil rights law protecting all students from discrimination on the basis of sex to include sexual orientation and gender identity is "not fair to students." Under the new rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Education, colleges would be required to identify students based on their preferred gender identity and not their biological sex.
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In an interview with The Christian Post, Morabito described how the administration is " playing a tricky little word game" by trying to redefine what "sex" means. "Title IX has stood for 50 years to protect all students from discrimination on the basis of sex and now in this new rule, they’re going to try to pretend like sex includes gender identity, which just isn’t what Title IX says," Morabito explained, furthering cautioning that making such a change would undermine the students for whom Title IX was made to protect because simply declaring a person now identifies as another gender is enough for a school to be required to treat them as such. The American College of Pediatricians has also accused the department of rewriting federal civil rights
law with the notice, saying that it "mandates a false definition of sex upon American students." Read more.Also of Interest ... |
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New guidance by the Georgia Department of Revenue shows the state will now recognize "any unborn children with a detectable human heartbeat ... as eligible for the Georgia individual income tax dependent exemption." The new rule, which permits taxpayers with any unborn child or children between July 20 and Dec. 31 to claim exemptions of $3,000 for their 2022 individual income tax returns, comes following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which allowed the state's 2019 ban on abortions after six weeks to take effect immediately. The 2019 law, House Bill 481, recognizes "unborn children as natural persons." Read more. |
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The Family Research Council, a socially conservative organization based in Washington, D.C., is slamming efforts by several Democrats in Congress to have the Internal Revenue Service investigate them over their official designation as an "association of churches." Democrats sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Charles P. Rettig on Monday in response to a ProPublica report that showed the FRC filed an application with the IRS seeking reclassification as an "association of churches" in 2020. It was approved later that summer. Read FRC President Tony Perkins' interview with CP discussing the IRS designation here. |
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Queen Elizabeth II issued a message to the Lambeth Conference in London this week, telling the Anglican Communion's decennial conference that the teachings of Christ have served as a "guide" in her life. The Queen addressed the "great need for the love of God—both in Word and deed," particularly as society emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more. |
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Lindsey Aden, an intern in the President’s Office at The Heritage Foundation and a member of Heritage’s Young Leaders Program, writes about the failure of universities to promote an environment of public discourse and debate. Aden highlights how her university experience has revealed the ways Republicans are shown in a negative light, with many opportunities for polite discourse falling to the wayside as today's students no longer know how to engage in constructive conversations. "The students who are attending these schools are members of the next generation that will lead our country. If they cannot engage in political discussions at an academic level, how are we ever supposed to expect them to do so as future leaders of our nation?" she asks. Read more. |
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Christian Post Executive Editor Richard D. Land addresses the Southern Baptist Convention's terminology debate over the definition of "pastor." The Baptist Faith & Message "is not a creed and it is not binding on any individual’s conscience. The Southern Baptist Convention does, however, have the right to say by a vote of its member churches that a particular church has moved beyond the boundaries and consensus of what the member churches believe represents Southern Baptist’s faith and practice," he writes. Read more. |
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The film comes at a time of great upheavel over whether hell exists. Over 50% of American Christians no longer believe in hell. What is going on?
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"Hell is real," says Director Tim Chey. "It's very clear from Scripture. I wish hell didn't exist. I weep for my family members who rejected Christ that I will never see them again." Read more. |
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J.D. Rodgers, a young adult pastor at Watermark Community Church in Dallas, said during a recent sermon that he doesn't believe a believer can lose their salvation unless they renounce their faith. "If you can revoke your salvation, you are saying that the Holy Spirit can be unsealed, that the Holy Spirit won't keep His promise to give you your inheritance," Rodgers said. Read more. |
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In these video interviews with The Christian Post, Oscar Award-winning director Ron Howard and actor Colin Farrell give an in-depth look at creating "Thirteen Lives," the miraculous true story of the 12 boys and soccer coach who got trapped in the Tham Luang cave and the team of experts that concocted a daring rescue attempt. Watch now. |
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Thank you for spending part of your day with us. We look forward to seeing you again on Monday! -- CP Editors
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