(1) 10 key issues taken directly from party platforms (PDF)
*** Here’s a helpful resource from the American Family Association, a side-by-side comparison of the two political parties on several social and cultural issues.
(2) Title IX and the “shame list”: breaking both down | The Cardinal & Cream
***This is from my alma mater, Union University, a fine institution that seeks to remain faithful to Christian conviction in each generation, while also with grace to issues of the day. Even when full of graciousness, however, Christian conviction has been “shamed” by the progressive sexual and gender agenda of the day.
Read the entire piece, but here’s a clip:
“We wanted to say, ‘Hey, we want to offer married student housing because we want to support students who are married, but here’s what we believe about marriage. It’s between one man and one woman, for a lifetime,’” Oliver said. “That was the point of asking for the exemption, to be clear about who we are and what we believe, and to protect the mission of the institution moving forward.”
Union received the exemption in March of 2015, and it allowed the University to consider sexual orientation, gender identity and marital status, among other things, when considering a prospective student for admissions. It was not the first exemption the school had received; previous ones include an exemption so that residence buildings could be separated by gender.
The 2015 exemption also allowed Union to restrict married housing to heterosexual couples and restrict assignment of housing, restrooms and locker rooms to a person’s birth sex, according to the official response letter written by Catherine Lhaman, assistant secretary for civil rights for the U.S. department of Education.
Additionally, it allowed Union to hold students to codes of conduct and behavior regarding sexual orientation, gender identity, sex outside of marriage, pregnancy and abortion. Oliver said the university wanted to be clear that they were not singling out any single demographic of campus, but rather protecting Union’s right to advocate for a biblical sexual ethic and lifestyle across the board for all students.
(3) Roy Moore trial leaves supporters hopeful |Baptist Press
As Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore stood trial today (Sept. 28) on charges he defied federal court rulings on same-sex marriage, an attorney for the Alabama Baptist Convention’s public policy auxiliary said he was “optimistic” Moore would retain his job.
…Moore, a Southern Baptist, was elected chief justice again in 2012.
At issue in the current case is a Jan. 6 administrative order in which Moore stated Alabama’s 68 probate judges had “a ministerial duty not to issue any marriage licenses contrary to” the state’s ban on same-sex marriage until the Alabama Supreme Court clarified the relationship between state law and the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage.
Three months after Moore’s administrative order, the Alabama Supreme Court rejected challenges to same-sex marriage in the state and ruled the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell ruling required its legalization.
The JIC alleges in a 293-page complaint filed in May that Moore “failed to respect and comply with the law,” citing Obergefell among other cases, and seeks to have Moore removed from office.
When Moore arrived at his trial, he received a standing ovation from courtroom onlookers, according to a live Twitter feed of the proceedings hosted by AL.com. His popularity also was reflected in an August poll that found him atop the field of likely 2018 Republican gubernatorial candidates, AL.com reported.
In Moore’s testimony to the JIC, he said it was “ridiculous” to suggest he told probate judges to defy the U.S. Supreme Court, according to tweets posted on AL.com.
“I don’t encourage anyone to defy a federal court or state court order,” Moore said according to the Associated Press. “I gave them a status in the case, a status of the facts that these orders exist. That is all I did.”
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