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#HeterosexualPrideDay Hashtag Trends on Twitter, Induces Debates In Gay Pride Month
With June designated as LGBT Pride Month, some people are celebrating a little day of pride of their own: Heterosexual Pride Day. The hashtag #HeterosexualPrideDay started trending on Twitter early Wednesday morning, with some people calling for fairness and tolerance in celebrating sexuality.
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Military Adultery Ban Unfair To Heterosexuals, Asserts Air Force Officer
Attorneys for an Air Force officer who was charged with rape, adultery and other crimes assembled a unique argument that the military ban on extramarital sex discriminates against heterosexuals because it doesn't specifically include same-sex couples.
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Texas Mom Who Fatally Shot Daughters 'Loved God,' Says Neighbor
A Texas mother shot and killed her two daughters at their Katy, Texas, home Friday evening before she was shot dead by a responding police officer, authorities say. The incident occurred on the 45th birthday of the girls' father, but the shooting occurred after a family argument. The couple had been separated but recently reconciled.
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Tim Tebow Leads Prayers, Helps Family on Delta Flight During Medical Emergency
Super athlete and player on God's team, football star and analyst Tim Tebow helped a family during a mid-air medical emergency on a Delta flight from Atlanta to Phoenix on Sunday. According to several passengers posting to social media, after a man fell unconscious due to heart problems, Tebow left his first-class seat to come to the back of the plane to offer any help he could.
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Transgender Girl Can Use Boys' Restroom after Judge Orders Virginia School Board
A federal judge in Virginia ordered Gloucester County School Board members to allow a female student, who identifies as male, to use the boys' urinals and restroom at the public high school.
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Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values
In order an effort to promote traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, in collaboration with Macao YMCA, Guangzhou Suigang'ao Teenagers Institute, and the Teacher Chang Foundation of Taiwan, has conducted a survey on teens measuring their cultural awareness. They found that Hong Kong youths generally identify with and support the values of traditional Chinese culture.
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Global Lutherans celebrate Reformation Day, ‘trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time’.
Yesterday, October 31, was Reformation Day, and Lutherans around the world held various events in commemoration. In Singapore, the Lutheran Church advocated for Christian communion, while the German Lutheran Church encouraged believers to face the challenge of “trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time.”
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Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues
American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.
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2.1M Korean Christians estimated at joint worship service to affirm family, oppose gay marriage, pray for nation
In the afternoon of Reformation Sunday, Oct. 27, some 2.1 million Christians gathered for a joint worship service from 2pm to 5pm in Seoul, Korea to “unite for repentance, revival, and restoration of holiness in our society.” According to organizers, an estimated 1.1 million joined onsite despite the bad weather with another 1 million joining online. The unprecedented joint worship service brought together Korean churches across denominations as they affirmed traditional marriage and family and
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Willow Creek Community Church invites believers to write prayer cards for the next president
This past Sunday, Willow Creek Community Church based in Illinois invited believers to “pray for the next president” during the service. The church not only expressed its concern for the upcoming election but also emphasized the role believers should play in the process and the importance of offering prayers for the nation's leaders.
