Ohio Faith Leaders Warns Kroger of Potential Boycott Over Radical LGBT Policies

Ohio Faith Leaders Warns Kroger of Potential Boycott Over Radical LGBT Policies

An alliance of 80 faith leaders from various Ohio congregations has requested Kroger's interim CEO to withdraw from backing LGBT initiatives, maintaining a neutral stance in cultural disputes. In a communication dated Aug. 6 to Ronald Sargent, the clerical signatories from Presbyterian, Baptist, Foursquare, Lutheran, and non-denominational churches accused the Cincinnati-headquartered company of distancing its main clientele by supporting "diabolical" and "extremist" LGBT-related positions.

LGBT Pride Events Cancelled and Scaled Back Amid Steep Drop in Funding

LGBT-themed events in Oklahoma, Texas, and several other states are experiencing anticipated downsizing or cancellations after organizers reported substantial funding cuts and a changing political landscape impacting their support. Bartlesville Equality, a pro-LGBT organization near Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced they are postponing their Pride 2025 events.
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    A bi-vocational minister who led a Southern Baptist church in Louisiana was reportedly fired from his job at the Baton Rouge Parish Library after refusing to use the “preferred pronouns” of a transgender-identified trainee. In February, Pastor Luke Ash returned to his hometown of Baton Rouge with his wife and four children to serve as pastor of Stevendale Baptist Church. To support his family, he also took a job at the library. 
  • Idaho Murder Victim’s Mother Forgives Killer in Court, Wishes Him Finds Jesus
    In a courtroom on Wednesday, the mother of Xana Kernodle, one of Bryan Kohberger’s murder victims, publicly forgave her daughter's killer and expressed hope that he would find Jesus Christ, saying she would be praying for him. Kohberger, who admitted to killing four University of Idaho students in their home in November 2022, was handed four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole and ordered to pay a total of $200,000 in fines and $5,000 in civil penalties to the victims' f
  • New York Settles with Christian Photographer for $225K in Same-Sex Wedding Dispute
    Two months after a federal judge blocked New York from forcing a Christian photographer to provide services for same-sex weddings, the state has agreed to a settlement, ending four years of litigation. The agreement, reached in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, involves New York's Democratic Attorney General Letitia James and Commissioner of the New York State Division of Human Rights Denise Miranda being ordered not to enforce several provisions of New York's antidis
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  • Mike Huckabee Condemns Attacks on Church and Village in the West Bank

    U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, condemned recent attacks on a Christian village and its historic church in the West Bank, describing them as “a crime against humanity and God.” Huckabee visited Taybeh, a Christian Palestinian town, on Saturday. Among the incidents, a fire was set near the ruins of the Church of St. George, which church leaders called one of the most severe acts to date.

  • Court Bars Fla. Teachers from Forcing Students and Staff to Use Preferred Pronouns

    The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Katie Wood, a high school math teacher who is male but identifies as a woman, could not demand the use of feminine pronouns or the honorific “Ms.” The controversy centered around a state law enacted in 2023, known as Florida Statute § 1000.071, which states that “[a]n employee or contractor of a public K-12 educational institution may not provide to a student his or her preferred personal title or pronouns if such preferred personal title or prono

  • Transportation Secretary Urges All States to Remove LGBT Rainbow Crosswalks for Safety

    Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has sent a letter to the governors of all 50 states, urging them to promote public safety by removing any politically charged and distracting displays from public roads, including LGBT rainbow crosswalks.

  • UPenn Withdraws Medals from Lia Thomas, Issues Apology to Female Swimmers

    The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) announced it will strip trans-identified swimmer Lia (Will) Thomas of medals and apologize to female swimmers who had to compete against him in women's competitions. The decision comes after the U.S. Department of Education determined that UPenn had violated Title IX policies by permitting Thomas, a biological male identifying as a woman, to compete in women’s swimming events.

  • Texas Supreme Court Rules UMC Can Sue SMU Over Attempted Denomination Exit

    The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that a regional body of The United Methodist Church (UMC) can pursue legal action against Southern Methodist University (SMU) over its effort to disaffiliate from the denomination. Founded in 1911 by the predecessor denomination of the UMC, SMU is home to the Perkins School of Theology, which is one of 13 UMC seminaries receiving aid from the denomination’s Ministerial Education Fund.

  • Supreme Court Supports Parental Rights to Opt Out of LGBT Education in Schools

    The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that parents have the right to opt their children out of a Maryland school district's LGBT-themed curriculum materials due to religious objections, reversing an appeals court decision. In a 6-3 decision in Mahmoud, Tamer, et al. v. Taylor, Thomas W., et al., the court determined that Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) cannot compel children to be exposed to LGBT-themed books in the curriculum.

  • Supreme Court Upholds State Bans on Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood

    The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states have the authority to ban Planned Parenthood from participating in Medicaid programs. This decision overturns an earlier appeals court ruling that opposed South Carolina's attempt to defund the organization, which is the nation’s largest abortion provider. 

  • Police Identify Gunman in Attempted Church Attack During Vacation Bible School

    An incident occurred when an armed 31-year-old man was fatally shot by church staff after he began indiscriminately firing outside the church during a children's Vacation Bible School performance. The gunman has been identified as Brian Browning, who, according to investigators, attended the church with his mother. The incident occurred around 11 a.m. and resulted in one security guard being injured.
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