"No society can exist without some means for restraining individual rapacity," Barr continued, with the Founders' chosen means being a "social order" whose values "flow from a transcendent Supreme Being," rather than the "coercive power of government."
Read moreAt the CNN LGBTQ Equality town hall, co-sponsored by the pro-LGBTQ Human Rights Campaign, O'Rourke also said that efforts to help people overcome unwanted same-sex attractions, dubbed as "conversion therapy" by critics, "should be illegal" because it is "tantamount to torture" of children. "We will ensure that there are penalties stiff enough, enforcement vigorous enough to make sure it does not continue," he added.
Read moreThe judge's language is awkward but nonetheless revealing insofar as it acknowledges it is an affirmation of faith to declare that a tall, bearded man is, in some mystical sense, a woman. The claim that a male can be (or become) a woman is religious, not scientific.
Read morePerhaps the most incendiary comment all night came from Wallis, who announced, "Trump is not the anti-Christ. He is too small. But what he runs -- the politics -- that's anti-Christ." Acknowledging its inflammatory nature, Wallis explained that what he specifically meant are those who are anti-immigration and anti-universal healthcare. Later in the talk, he added anti-gun control and climate change deniers.
Read moreThe 131-page report, titled The Great Opportunity, pulls together the data of numerous studies to examine millennial attitudes toward religion and relies most heavily on four major research efforts.
The report was completed in a collaboration between Pinetops Foundation and The Veritas Forum.
Read moreThe Supreme Court has agreed already to hear a handful of cases that carry religious freedom implications, while the court is set to consider other religious liberty petitions that Becket lawyers feel have a good shot at being taken up by the justices.
Read moreNote that Brees did not say or do anything that could be even remotely construed as being anti-LGBT. In fact, he has previously appeared in anti-bullying ads supporting that community.
Read moreThis article tells us that a 12-year-old drag star named Desmond Napoles is one of a growing number of kids who, "Have embraced an LGBTQ identity at an early age. He, according to the article, has already come out as gay. Recent postings on his Instagram feed, which has 181,000 followers, feature him posing in a purple wig with red lips pursed or in a rainbow dress at Brooklyn Pride.
Read moreInstead of reporting the limitations of this new study up front, the media deployed misleading headlines, knowing that few people read beyond them.
The New York Times headline was: "Many Genes Influence Same-Sex Sexuality, not a single 'gay gene.'"
The Washington Post entry was: "Study: No 'gay gene,' but genetics linked to same-sex behavior."
Read moreWhat would be the story? Well, the headline would be, "A Congregation That Is United By Cause If Not Faith." Well, let's just think about that for a moment. Now in the headline, we're being told of a congregation that is united in political cause rather than in any kind of theological conviction. The story looks interesting. I guarantee you it is interesting.
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