Tag: Social Issues

Pro-Life Advocates Express Gratitude as Indiana Abortion Ban Set to Take Effect

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—Car horns blared in morning traffic on Sept. 13 as the pro-life group Sidewalk Advocates stood post outside a Planned Parenthood clinic. Some commuters waved, others offered less gracious hand gestures. “We call that the finger toward heaven,” one of the advocates said, smiling. In the decade and a half they’ve been on the…


[PREMIERING NOW] Pastor Takes CRT to Church | Church & State

Reports exist from across the country of formerly biblically-minded pastors abruptly introducing tenets of critical race theory (CRT) into their Sunday messages. Should Christians view CRT as orthodox Christian teaching or dangerous heresy? In this episode, pastor Lucas Miles holds CRT up to scriptural truths to see if it holds water biblically or not. –…


[Premiering at 8PM ET] Pastor Takes CRT to Church | Church & State

Reports exist from across the country of formerly biblically-minded pastors abruptly introducing tenets of critical race theory (CRT) into their Sunday messages. Should Christians view CRT as orthodox Christian teaching or dangerous heresy? In this episode, pastor Lucas Miles holds CRT up to scriptural truths to see if it holds water biblically or not. –…


Loudoun County Parents Rally Against ‘American Marxism’

ASHBURN, Va.—Over 100 parents and residents joined a rally organized by the Army of Parents, a parental rights advocacy group, outside a county school board meeting on Tuesday. Speakers criticized the county school board for promoting “American Marxism”: critical race theory (CRT)—a quasi-Marxism framework that views America as systematically racist, a pro-transgender policy not to…


Teen Who Killed Her Alleged Rapist Sentenced to Probation, Must Pay $150,000 Restitution to Man’s Family

A 17-year-old victim of sex trafficking who killed a man she accused of raping her received a deferred prison sentence on Tuesday and was ordered by an Iowa court to pay restitution to the dead man’s family. When Pieper Lewis was 15, she stabbed 37-year-old Zachary Brooks more than 30 times in a Des Moines, Iowa, apartment….


West Virginia Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban With a Few Exceptions, Sends to Governor’s Desk

The West Virginia legislature passed a near-total abortion ban on Tuesday, sending the measure to the governor’s desk. If it becomes law, some Republicans in the state have said they hope it will make it impossible for the state’s only abortion clinic to continue to offer the procedure. The proposed legislation bans abortions with exceptions…


Disney Hires Top Drag Queen for Its New Superhero Show

At least one future Disney “princess” may actually be a man. Disney has hired drag queen Shea Coulee to play an unspecified role in its new Marvel superhero TV show, Ironheart. The show will also include Zoe Terakes, a “non-binary” actress. Ironheart tells the story of an Iron Man-like superhero. It will likely debut next…


Chinese YouTuber Twin Sisters Call For Family to Be Rleased From Chinese Prison

What do you think of when you see a pair of twin sisters in their 20s, who are popular YouTubers making entertainment videos? Beauty, youth, fame? These are some labels frequently associated with Huang Doudou and Huang Guoguo, who’re originally from the central Anhui Province in China and now reside in Sydney, Australia. The twin…


Chinese YouTuber Twin Sisters Call For Family to Be Released From Chinese Prison

What do you think of when you see a pair of twin sisters in their 20s, who are popular YouTubers making entertainment videos? Beauty, youth, fame? These are some labels frequently associated with Huang Doudou and Huang Guoguo, who’re originally from the central Anhui Province in China and now reside in Sydney, Australia. The twin…


Forbes Removes Article About Detransitioned Teenage Girl for Violation of Editorial Guidelines

Forbes has removed an article that was critical of a teenage girl who is speaking out about the dangers of child sex change surgeries and other procedures. “The story you reference was removed yesterday morning because it did not adhere to Forbes’ editorial guidelines,” Bill Hankes, a spokesman for Forbes, told The Epoch Times via…