Homosexuality

WASHINGTON (BP) – A Supreme Court ruling today over two cases out of Idaho and West Virginia upheld the rights of schools to determine gender according to biological sex, and not by gender identity, when it comes to sports.

Every June, television airwaves, business storefronts and social media are flooded with messages celebrating LGBTQ “Pride Month,” a challenging time for Southern Baptists who uphold the integrity of marriage between one man and one woman in a covenant relationship. The month brings parades through city streets filled with rainbow flags and individuals promoting sexual freedom and promiscuity.

WASHINGTON (BP) – A federal appeals court should have applied a different level of scrutiny to determine whether a Colorado law infringed on a Christian counselor’s protected speech, the Supreme Court ruled in an 8-1 vote March 31.

WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to revisit its 2015 ruling on same-sex marriage misses a chance to right the matter but doesn’t change God’s Word, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Interim President Gary Hollingsworth told Baptist Press.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A call to overturn the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide is on the agenda Friday (Nov. 7) for the justices' closed-door conference.

WASHINGTON (BP) – The case of a Colorado counselor’s right to express her faith values while discussing issues such as same-sex attraction and gender identity with adolescents will appear before the Supreme Court next Tuesday, Oct. 7.

WASHINGTON (BP) – The United States Supreme Court ruled Friday (June 27) that parents of public-school children in Montgomery County, Md., have a right to opt their kids out of classroom reading times with books the school board labels as “LGBTQ inclusive.”

A decade ago, the United States crossed a threshold when the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage throughout the country in Obergefell v. Hodges. Looking back, it is clear that the Court’s decision effectively codified our cultural descent into a no-holds barred approach to sexuality, and, a bit later, gender. Grounded in what Carl Trueman terms “expressive individualism,” this mentality is divorced from biological realities, sociological data, common sense, and the clear testimony of Scripture.

FRANKFORT, Ky. — As expected, Kentucky’s Republican-dominated legislature flexed its muscles Thursday (March 27) and voted overwhelmingly along party lines to override Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill to halt his restrictions on conversion therapy and keep Medicaid from covering transgender medical care. They also overturned Beshear's veto of a bill that clarifies the state's abortion ban.

WASHINGTON (BP) – In public schools in Montgomery County, Md., 3- and 4-year-olds might be read the board book “Pride Puppy” and asked to spot photos of things seen while trying to find their lost dog at a Pride parade.