Weekly briefing: Migrant children, library drag event, internet preachers |
 Mario Tama/Getty ImagesA Honduran mother holds one of her two daughters in the migrant shelter where they are currently living near the U.S.-Mexico border on April 4, 2019 in Tijuana, Mexico. |
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We've compiled the top stories of the week. Here's what you need to know: |
Evangelicals call on Trump to help migrant children |
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“Overcrowded and unsanitary conditions are inappropriate for anyone in detention, but particularly for children, who are uniquely vulnerable.” — Evangelical Immigration Table |
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Christian mom forced out of library drag show for teens |
A recent “teen pride” event at a Washington library featured a drag queen performing a strip-tease dance, a sex advice panel, free condoms, and gift cards for chest binders, according to a local Christian mom who was forced to leave. |
The mother, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to threats, witnessed the LGBT event — that went on despite protests — over the weekend and called it “really sick.” |
"I actually haven't had a problem with drag queens until they started pushing this onto kids like this," she said. |
2020 Democrats debate immigration, abortion |
Ten Democratic presidential candidates squared off this week in the party’s first debate of the election season. |
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Donations to religion declined by $2 billion |
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The Giving USA Foundation’s annual report revealed that individual giving decreased 3.4 percent in 2018, marking the greatest decline since the recession of 2008 and 2009. |
Rise of internet preachers |
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“People choose to follow people who are portraying the version of Christianity that they are comfortable with.” — Marcus Rogers, internet preacher |
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