Tar Heel lawmakers need to upgrade the cockfighting statutes
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Tar Heel lawmakers need to upgrade the cockfighting statutes
Tar Heel lawmakers need to upgrade the cockfighting statutes | Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Roosters fight during the VII World Cockfighting Championship in California on April 15, 2011. | (Photo: Reuters/Jaime Saldarriaga)
Although cockfighting is illegal in North Carolina, contests are still being held across the state. Children are in attendance too. In 2019, lawmakers in the State House said this was unacceptable and passed
Hopefully all Christians will return their focus to the major themes of Jesus’ ministry: love, compassion, inclusivity, generosity and forgiveness and allow their faith to inform their politics rather than
Biden’s First 100 Days: What’s Not for Evangelicals to Like?
(RNS) On Wednesday (Jan. 20), before the scattered chairs on the National Mall had even been collected, Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, ominously warned his conservative Christian followers that President Joe Biden and his Democratic cronies would lead America to “new levels of radicalism” in which Christians would be persecuted and liberals would be “canceling anyone who disagrees.”
“President Biden is adamant that the hallmark of his administration will be tearing down thousands of years of human history, morality, science, and gender norms,” Perkins wrote.
Robert Jeffress, senior pastor at First Baptist Dallas and one of former President Donald Trump’s advisers, had already sounded an alarm the previous Sunday in a sermon that predicted “savage times” in which “society begins to disintegrate.” He too prepared faithful Christians for increased “persecution” fro
Biden calls for LGBTQ protections in day-one executive order, angering conservatives
Samantha Schmidt, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux and Moriah Balingit, The Washington Post
Jan. 21, 2021
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WASHINGTON - On his first day in office, President Joe Biden issued a sweeping executive order making clear that gay and transgender people are protected against discrimination in the workplace, schools, health care, and other realms of American life.
The executive order outlines a broad interpretation of last year s landmark Supreme Court ruling that gay and transgender employees are covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination because of sex.
The Trump administration had interpreted that decision in Bostock v. Clayton County narrowly and only applying to employment.
Minister s Corner: Did Christianity play a role in recent events?
Justin Dunn
University Baptist Church pastor
I, perhaps like many of you, have been trying to process the events of Wednesday, Jan. 6. I have read and observed many different angles and opinions on the protest in Washington D.C. and the subsequent breaching of the Capitol. As a follower of Jesus Christ and a minister, I had immediate thoughts of bewilderment, anger, and regret. I had many questions: How did it get this far? Why did this happen and what does this accomplish? Is this Christianity’s fault?
It is that last question that I am still processing the most and would like to address here.