Columnist.
The Obama administration declared on May 9th that forcing people to use bathroom facilities based on their God-given plumbing was state-sponsored discrimination. Four days later they dropped an even bigger cultural bombshell. The president issued a directive requiring every public school in the nation to accommodate transgender students under Title IX guidelines. Boys who identify as girls and vice versa must be allowed to use the bathrooms and locker rooms and shower stalls of their choosing. They must also be allowed to play on the sports teams of their choosing.
For many Christians, Donald Trump is like a bucket of store-bought chicken at a Wednesday night church supper. It may be a culinary heresy — but folks will still eat it. That's the best case scenario for the Trump campaign as they try to woo wary Evangelical Christians. Many are still not convinced that the man who has had more wives than there are letters to the Corinthians shares their view from the pew.
Carnegie Vanguard High School's one act play had a little something for everyone: depictions of male-on-male rape, male-on-female rape, filthy language, on-stage urination, and an actress who simulated wiping her private parts at center stage. Oh yes, there was also a scene where a male cast member turned his back to the audience and dropped his pants, as fellow cast members deliver dialogue about the size of his appendage.
Do the rights of boys who identify as girls trump the rights of girls who are born girls? That question is at the heart of a lawsuit filed by dozens of Illinois parents after the Obama administration's Department of Education strong-armed their school district into allowing a transgender student the right to use all girls' locker rooms.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and members of the New York City Council are calling for a city-wide boycott of Chick-fil-A, urging citizens to refrain from eating plump juicy chicken breasts tucked between hot buttered buns. "I'm certainly not going to patronize them and I wouldn't urge any other New Yorker to patronize them," the mayor told DNAInfo.com. Councilman Daniel Dromm was even more blunt, accusing the southern restaurant chain of spreading a "message of hate."
The Lone Star State is coming to the rescue of shoppers confused over whether to leave the seat up or down in Target's transgender bathrooms. The nation's second-largest discount retailer announced on April 19 that it would "welcome transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender." In response, more than 1.1 million customers joined a boycott sponsored by the American Family Association.
Should Christians who oppose same-sex marriage based on religious beliefs be allowed to obtain degrees in counseling? That's the question at the heart of a lawsuit filed in federal court by a former student at Missouri State University who claims he was kicked out of a master's program in counseling because of his religious beliefs.
There is something a bit unsettling about watching violent, foul-mouthed protesters waving the Mexican flag on American soil. Over the weekend, Hispanic children lined the streets in Fort Wayne, Indiana, hurling filthy insults at Donald Trump supporters. "F— you," the youngsters shouted as they flipped off passerby. "F— you." Video captured images of the angry protesters wearing sombreros and holding signs that read, "Brown Pride."
More than one million people have decided they will no longer buy their Nutter Butters or Wet Wipes at Target. The American Family Association launched a boycott of the nation's second largest retailer a week ago over Target's corporate policy allowing men who identify as women to use the bathrooms and fitting rooms of their choosing.
A permit is required before students can talk about Jesus at North Carolina State University, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. Grace Christian Life, a registered student group at NC State, filed suit over a policy requiring a permit for any kind of student speech or communication anywhere on campus – including religious speech. In September 2015, the student group was told that without a permit, they must stop approaching other students inside the student union to engage in religious discussions or invite them to attend group events.
The art exhibit inside a campus library at Rutgers University was sickening — Jesus crucified on a dartboard. "It is surprising that a state university would allow this," Rutgers alum Natalie Caruso wrote on her Facebook page on April 20. "I asked them to take it down because I found it disrespectful and they refused. How is this acceptable?" I reckon in this age of political correctness, university are required to provide "safe spaces" for student artists to commit sacrilege. At Rutgers, that "safe space" just so happened to be inside the Art Library in a prominent position near the circulation desk, NJ.com reported.
What sort of man is lurking deep inside Donald Trump's innards? We were led to believe that Mr. Trump was one of us — a conservative of the gun-toting, Bible-clinging variety. But friends, Mr. Trump is no conservative. His talk is far different from his walk.
There's no question that Curt Schilling has uttered a good number of politically incorrect statements during his career at ESPN. The former All-Star pitcher has compared radical Muslims to Nazis and most recently suggested that Hillary Clinton "should be buried under a jail somewhere." But it was something he shared on social media — about transgender bathrooms — that turned out to be the last straw for ESPN. To be blunt, he was unceremoniously fired because he has a problem with men using the ladies room.
Bi-vocational pastors be warned — what you say from the pulpit on Sunday could get you fired from your public sector job on Monday. Dr. Eric Walsh, a renowned public health expert who also serves as a lay minister, has filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Public Health alleging he was terminated for delivering sermons on issues ranging from homosexuality to evolution. "No one in this country should be fired from their job for something that was said in a church or from a pulpit during a sermon," said First Liberty attorney Jeremy Dys.
When it comes to pandering nobody does it better than Hillary Clinton – who is desperate to become the nation's first black female president. In her latest outreach to New York City's black voters, Mrs. Clinton told hip-hop radio show hosts that she carries a bottle of hot sauce in her purse. It was an apparent homage to a lyric in "Formation," Beyonce's latest hit song. Or as Hot Sauce Hillary calls her, "Bay-on-say." But I'll get to that little faux pas later. "I got hot sauce in my bag, swag," is how the song goes.
In recent days, we have seen students across the fruited plain suffer near psychotic breaks at the mere mention of the words "Donald Trump." So you can imagine the hysteria that ensued when a trio of gyrating 11-year-olds donned giant Donald Trump masks during a grade school talent show. And by giant, I mean yuge. Yuge!
School administrators in Middleton, Wisconsin, have intensified their threats and intimidation of a group of mothers who host a weekly "Jesus Lunch" for students at a park adjacent to Middleton High School. New video shows school officials physically confronting one of the moms in the park — as one woman's stunned husband observes from a distance. The moms were undeterred and told school officials they were going to serve lunch regardless of their objections.
There's a religious liberty standoff underway in Middleton, Wisconsin. On one side is a group of Christian moms armed with Chick-fil-A sandwiches and 400 homemade brownies. On the other side are public school administrators who believe that Jesus and plump juicy chicken breasts are "divisive." The controversy surrounds an off-campus lunch event involving students at Middleton High School known as "Jesus Lunch." The high school allows students to eat lunch off-campus. In 2014 a small group of parents began meeting with their children in a nearby park — providing home cooked meals along with a Christian-themed, inspirational message.
My good buddy Phil Robertson has drawn the ire of a bunch of Jesus-bashing, liberal lug nuts after he petitioned the Lord during a NASCAR invocation to put a "Jesus-Man in the White House." Brother Phil delivered the pre-race invocation on April 9th at the Texas Motor Speedway's Duck Commander 500. And it was a mighty fine invocation, indeed. "I pray Father that we put a Jesus-Man in the White House," he prayed. "Help us do that and help us all to repent, to do what is right, to love you more and to love each other. In the name of Jesus I pray, amen."
It really takes a special kind of low-life to desecrate a military display honoring prisoners of war and those missing in action. Over the past several months the Military Religious Freedom Foundation has waged a campaign to have Bibles removed from "Missing Man" displays located on federal property. They claim the inclusion of the Bible is a violation of federal law. So far at least three VA medical clinics and one Air Force base have complied with the MRFF's demands to cleanse the displays of the Good Book.
