LGBT

The LGBT Equality Act passed the Democrat-dominated House of Representatives on Friday with a 236 to 173 vote.

Taiwan has approved same-sex marriage, becoming the first in Asia.

The ill-named Equality Act is making its way back through Congress this year. The act, which is being painted as a pro-LGBT law, is coming across to many people of faith as an anti-religious freedom law.

As Christian Headlines previously reported the act is seeking to make “gender identity” a covered category under the Civil Rights Act thereby overriding the protections based on biological sex. The act also moves to repeal the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, make abortion a federally protected civil right, would require the funding of abortion through Medicaid, Medicare and other sources, would encroach on parental rights to their children’s healthcare and so much more.

Here are 4 things Christians should know about the Equality Act:

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The executive director of the Chick-fil-A foundation says the restaurant and organization does not condone homophobic views.

The Trump administration has come out against the Equality Act, which could face a floor vote Friday and would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes in non-discrimination laws.

A British judge is supporting the parents of a 4-year-old who believe their child is transgender and who want to dress him in a girl’s uniform for school.

Parents who thought PBS Kids cartoons were a neutral space in the debate over LGBT issues may want to reconsider.

Around the Colson Center we often talk about “zombie arguments,” ideas that—like the undead so popular on television—just keep getting up and shambling around, no matter how many times you kill them.

A transgender weightlifter who is biologically male but competes as female has been stripped of four world records, just days after his story went viral.

An Oregon couple is suing their school district after discovering that their son’s teacher was repeatedly asking him if he was transgender.