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Two pastors are countering the Drag Queen Story Hour events hosted throughout the nation by launching their own Pastor Story Hours.

Growing anti-religious sentiment is not behind church shootings, but it is clear who is to blame for the others.

As I have noted often, LGBTQ advocates have been implementing a decades-long strategy to normalize LGBTQ behavior through popular media and culture, legalize it in the courts, stigmatize those who disagree as “homophobic” and “dangerous,” and then criminalize such disagreement. All four phases of this strategy are clearly at work in our society today.

On Tuesday, the misleadingly named “Respect for Marriage Act” was passed by the Senate. Twelve Republicans and every Democrat voted yes for the bill, whose name makes it sound as if it affirms and supports marriage. In reality, however, it further enshrines a redefined understanding of marriage into law. According to this bill, marriage is nothing more than the legal affirmation of adult desires, rather than a  bedrock for thriving civilizations, built on the realities of who men and women are and oriented around the needs and best interests of children. This new bill replaces the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that codifies same-sex marriage into federal law but that critics say threatens religious freedom in spite of a religious liberty amendment that was added to gain support.

In a major victory for faith-based doctors and hospitals, the Biden administration has chosen not to appeal a court decision from August that ruled the administration cannot force medical professionals to perform abortions and gender-transition procedures that violate their religious beliefs.

On Thanksgiving Day, Vandals defaced the office sign of the Christian organization Focus on the Family, leaving behind a message blaming the ministry for the recent mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

A research student at the University of Cambridge left worshippers “in tears” after he made a presentation claiming the wound on Jesus’ side in paintings of the crucifixion from the Renaissance and Medieval eras could indicate that he was transgender.

Over 200 congregations in North Carolina have announced their departure from the United Methodist Church over the denomination's ongoing debate over homosexuality.

A United Methodist Church pastor filed a complaint earlier this month against a regional body's leadership for electing an openly gay bishop, which violates the denomination's stance on homosexuality.