The Ottawa County Business Advisory Council (BAC) has held its inaugural Graduation Ceremony for the Ottawa County Skilled Trades Academy (STA) at the Ottawa
Participants carry a large rainbow flag toward the U.S. Capitol during an LGBT demonstration in Washington, Oct. 11, 2009. | (Photo: Reuters/Molly Riley)
A move of God is afoot among those who once identified as LGBT, one pastor says, as laws prohibiting counseling for unwanted same-sex attraction and gender confusion are being considered.
Ken Williams, co-founder of the Redding, California-based Equipped to Love explained in a phone interview with The Christian Post on Thursday that it felt like a threat was put forth last year in California with AB 2943, a bill that was ultimately withdrawn but would have banned therapies for persons with unwanted same-sex attraction or gender confusion by classifying them as consumer fraud.
Board of Education Opposes Bill That Takes Aim at Charter Schools
The Orange County Board of Education passed a resolution June 2 to oppose a bill that it claims would harm charter schools.
Introduced by California Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell (D-Long Beach), AB 1316 will move through the State Assembly in June.
The bill would cut funding by 30 percent for non-classroom-based charter schools, Orange County Board of Education vice president Ken Williams said in a statement. It would also prohibit charters from receiving funding for students who transferred from outside their home county or school district, he said. Charter school operators would also be hit with higher operator and administrative fees, he said.