In lawsuit, former teacher tells court she lost her job for refusing to use pronouns contrary to students' biological sex KANSAS CITY – A Christian teacher claims she lost her job at a Kansas City public school because she followed her biblical convictions by refusing to use pronouns contrary to her students’ biological sex. Geri Bachman, who taught at Smith-Hale Middle School in the Hickman Mills School District, has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Alito sounds alarm after Christians denied jury duty in Missouri court
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article includes additional reporting from The Pathway. WASHINGTON (BP) – The barring of two Christians from jury duty in a trial involving a lesbian is evidence that Christians with a biblical worldview are increasingly seen as bigots, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said after Missouri asked the High Court to review the ruling. Such treatment of Christians is what he warned of in his dissent in the Obergefell v. Hodges legalization of same-sex marriage in … [Read more...]
NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines urges Americans to ‘defend girls’ during HLGU presentation
HANNIBAL (HLGU) – Riley Gaines, a 12-time NCAA all American swimmer, advocated for girl’s and women’s sports at Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU), Jan. 31, in a speech peppered with humor and greeted with two standing ovations. Gaines is a leader defending women’s single-sex spaces, advocating for equality and fairness, and standing up for women’s safety, privacy, and equal opportunities. She graduated from the University of Kentucky, where she was a 12-time All-American … [Read more...]
Religious exemptions from Title VII rules vary in courts
SEATTLE (BP) – Christian companies have seen conflicting legal decisions about religious exemptions from Title VII LGBTQ rules after the U.S. Supreme Court said in 2020 that the statute prohibits bias based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Most recently, a Washington state district court said Nov. 28 that World Vision erred in rescinding an employment offer to an applicant after learning she was a lesbian in a same-sex marriage. Months earlier on June 20, a Fifth Circuit appeals … [Read more...]
ERLC urges rescindment of proposed LGBTQ+ foster care regulation
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has released a letter urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to rescind a recently proposed regulation regarding foster care providers and foster children who identify as LGBTQ+. The regulation, proposed on Sept. 28, specifies steps foster care agencies must implement or maintain so that children in foster care who identify as LGTBQ+ are ensured a “safe and appropriate” placement if requested. ERLC … [Read more...]
Iowa parents win temporary relief from transgender school policy
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (BP) — Iowa parents have temporarily blocked a public school policy requiring their children to use the preferred pronouns of their transgender classmates and share bathrooms with them or face expulsion. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals granted Parents Defending Education (PDE) a preliminary injunction Sept. 29 blocking enforcement of the Linn-Mar Community School District’s Administrative Regulations Regarding Transgender and Students Nonconforming to Gender Role … [Read more...]
‘Sound of Freedom’ exposes sin of trafficking
KANSAS CITY – “Sound of Freedom” is a deeply unsettling and unpleasant viewing experience. It’s also a well-done, well-acted, riveting movie which – with a few caveats – demands to be seen. You may have heard of the film in recent days, perhaps due to its surprise success at the box office, its dark subject matter, its circuitous path to your local theater, or maybe all three. “Sound of Freedom” is based on the true story of Tim Ballard, federal agent on a crusade to rescue children … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court: Colorado can’t force Christian web designer to support LGBT agenda
SCOTUS protects free speech of creative professionals in 303 Creative v. Elenis ruling WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court today upheld the right of creative professionals to “just say no” to creating works that violate the creator’s religious conscience. In a 6-3 vote, the Justices said, “The First Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees.” Denver web designer Lorie Smith wants to do … [Read more...]
Missouri Gov. Parson signs bill banning sex changes for minors
Another Missouri bill prevents boys from playing girls sports EDITOR’S NOTE: This article includes reporting from the Concerned Women for America communications team and from Pathway staff. JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill, June 8, preventing minors in Missouri from accessing puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries that can alter their bodies irreparably. The bill (SB 49) was passed in the wake of St. Louis Children’s Hospital becoming a focus of national attention when … [Read more...]
First U.S. law banning public drag shows ruled unconstitutional
NASHVILLE (BP) – A federal district judge has ruled unconstitutional a Tennessee law prohibiting gender-bending drag performances in front of minors, which had been the only such law in the nation. Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act (AEA) violates constitutionally protected freedom of speech, U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker ruled late June 2 in the Western District Court of Tennessee. “The AEA’s regulation of ‘adult-oriented performances that are harmful to minors under § 39-17-901’ … [Read more...]
UK’s foremost expert: Gender ideology is ‘made up’
EDITOR'S NOTE: Will Hall is executive editor of the Louisiana Baptist Message (LBM). This article was first published on the LBM website here. CORRECTED, JUNE 10, TO CLARIFY INFORMATION ABOUT DR. AZ HAKEEM IN PARAGRAPH FOUR. BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) – In a stunning interview on Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Dr. Az Hakeem, who was identified as “the only psychiatrist in the UK to specialize in working psychotherapeutically with gender dysphoria patients, which he has done for 23 … [Read more...]
Jackson County law criminalizes gospel’s call to conversion
“I know a leading psychiatrist who thinks it a bad week if he does not help two or three of his patients to (place faith in) Christ,” the Christian apologist and Oxford don Michael Green once wrote. Unfortunately, should that psychiatrist ever move to Kansas City, Mo., he could be the target of government prosecution for sharing his faith with patients – particularly, if he shares the gospel with children confused about their gender. As previously reported in The Pathway (here and here), … [Read more...]
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