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Obama proclaims ‘LGBT pride month’ in America

Presidential Proclamation — LGBT Pride Month, 2016

LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2016

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

Since our founding, America has advanced on an unending path toward becoming a more perfect Union.  This journey, led by forward-thinking individuals who have set their sights on reaching for a brighter tomorrow, has never been easy or smooth.  The fight for dignity and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people is reflected in the tireless dedication of advocates and allies who strive to forge a more inclusive society.  They have spurred sweeping progress by changing hearts and minds and by demanding equal treatment — under our laws, from our courts, and in our politics.  This month, we recognize all they have done to bring us to this point, and we recommit to bending the arc of our Nation toward justice.  Continue reading…

Head Of Germany’s Protestant Church Wants Islam Taught In State Schools

574f36651200002500895118The head of the Protestant Church in Germany has called for Islam to be taught in state schools across the country as a way to make young Muslims impervious to the “temptation of fundamentalists.”

Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm told the Heilbronner Stimme newspaper that teaching Islam in schools nationwide would give Muslim pupils a chance to take a critical approach to their own religion.  Continue reading…

 

Mega-Christian Leaders Rushing Into Dallas on Holy Spirit Prayer Assignment

flickr-dallas-skylineMany of America’s top Christian leaders, representing a variety of races, ages and denominations, will convene in the Dallas area Sept. 21 for The Gathering, a national solemn assembly to pray for forgiveness, wisdom and provision for our country.

The Gathering will be held at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, with an afternoon session for leaders beginning at noon CT. The national prayer event open to the public will begin at 7 p.m. Both events will be simulcast around the country.

Dr. Tony Evans, chief organizer of The Gathering, said the Bible calls for a solemn assembly with fasting and prayer when God’s people have grown away from Him and want to renew their relationship. Continue reading…

Holy See backs global health goals, says ‘leave no one behind’

shutterstock_doctor_cna_sizeThe Vatican has voiced support for global health care goals and has said that Catholic institutions are committed to combating problems like communicable diseases.

“The Holy See delegation welcomes the vital emphasis on the dignity of the human person and the strong focus on equity expressed in the pledge that ‘no one will be left behind’,” said Bishop Jean-Marie Mupendawatu.

The bishop headed the Holy See’s delegation to the World Health Organization’s World Health Assembly, held in Geneva May 23-28.

The assembly reviewed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which has 17 goals and 169 associated targets. The agenda was adopted by the U.N. Sustainable Development Summit.  Continue reading…

Obama Cites Scripture To Defend School Bathrooms Rule

ap_16153733335821-640x432“President Barack Obama defended his decision to open up bathrooms to students of both sexes based on preference, citing his religious faith as a reason he decided to do it. “My reading of scripture tells me that that [the] Golden Rule is pretty high up there in terms of my Christian belief,” he said during a town hall in Elkhart, Indiana. Local resident Arvis Dawson questioned Obama during the event, wondering why the president decided to make it such an issue.” –Source

There are two reasons he’s making it an issue. #1, it’s his second term and unless he has plans to enforce martial law to suspend all elections and declare himself a Vatican emperor that emulates Roman Catholic emperor Adolph Hitler, he cannot legally run for another term, and so crazed political agendas (like transgender bathrooms in schools) is on his duty roster now because everyone knows to speak like this in his first term would most assuredly prevent a second term. And #2, Rome demands he push the perversion of society and especially in the homosexual arena so as to bring about the Vatican’s long sought after plans to normalize homosexuality, which they have already done, which will then set the foundation to normalize pedophilia, which is the top shelf agenda for the Vatican prelates as well as Satan’s main driving force that allows for decadence to reign globally giving him all sorts of permission to be in the lives of many. And yes there is a 3rd reason, but until I have rock hard evidence to verify it I will keep that to myself for now.  Continue reading…

Gift from WNC Methodists presented to Pope Francis

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. — A little bit of Western North Carolina is presented to the Pope.

Lake Junaluska World Methodist Museum wanted to present Pope Francis with a small sculpture of Methodist church founder John Wesley, seeing parallels between them.

“The Pope goes into the communities,” museum director Jackie Bolden said. “He goes into the slums, and when he travels, he goes where the people are.”  Continue reading…

More Americans Are OK With Same-Sex Experiences: Poll

150626-same-sex-sailors_881b1617185cce87313f6078d770355a-nbcnews-ux-2880-1000And you thought the 70s were wild.

A new study finds that Americans are more accepting than ever before of same-sex canoodling. And not only do they think it’s okay — they’re trying it for themselves.

Nearly half — 49 percent — said “sexual relations between two adults of the same sex” was “not wrong at all” in 2014, a team of researchers from Florida Atlantic University, San Diego State University and Widener University found.  Continue reading…

5-year-old finds meth in plastic toy

kinder_eggA plastic egg a 5-year-old boy in Limavady, Northern Ireland, thought was  a toy turned out to contain an illegal drug.

The Belfast Telegraph reported that the boy was playing with his 8-year-old brother when he saw the yellow plastic shell of a Kinder Surprise egg, a popular toy across the world that consists of a plastic egg covered in chocolate. Inside the egg is usually a small toy.

The egg has been banned in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration for containing nonedible components that could be hazardous to health.  Continue reading…

 

Saudi Arabia: Muslims Converting to Christianity Despite Persecution

29591-cross-sunset-facebook-800w-tnAlthough Saudi Arabia is a predominantly Muslim country that is hostile to Christians, many in the country are converting to Christianity and receiving support for their faith online.
According to ChristianToday.com, there are about 1.4 million Christians living in Saudi Arabia. Although this is only 4.4 percent of the country’s total population, it is up from only 0.1 percent just over 100 years ago.
Islam is the official state religion and those who reject it–whether Christians, atheists, or those of any other religion–are often severely persecuted. In fact, Saudi Arabia ranks fourteenth on persecution charity Open Doors’s World Watch List of countries where Christians face the worst persecution.  Continue reading…

Judge sentences Catholic to Baptist church pews

RNS-JUDGE-OHIOCINCINNATI — Judge William Mallory enjoys handing out creative sentences from his bench over at the Hamilton County Courthouse.

But the one he meted out in his Municipal Court room Wednesday wasn’t even his idea.

And boy, oh boy, did he like it.

Instead of sending Jake Strotman to jail on a misdemeanor attempted assault conviction, Mallory sent the 23-year-old Catholic to a Baptist church for the next 12 Sundays.  Continue reading…