NASHVILLE (BP) – Pro-family voters scored wins at the polls Nov. 3. Houston overturned a measure granting protected status to homosexuals and transgendered persons. Both Kentucky and Mississippi elected governors who are pro-life and opposed to same-sex marriage, and Ohio defeated recreational marijuana. Ryan Anderson, a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, wrote in an online commentary that Election Day 2015 disproved the “conventional wisdom ... that social liberalism is an … [Read more...]
Daily fantasy sports betting investigated
NASHVILLE (BP) – As news breaks of a federal investigation into the fantasy sports industry, Baptist commentators warn that betting in fantasy leagues is not harmless fun. The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 14 that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is “investigating [the] daily fantasy sports business model” to see if it violates federal law. A front-page story in the Oct. 15 New York Times stated the fantasy website DraftKings appears to be the focus of the probe, with rival site … [Read more...]
Southern Seminary donor Matt Bevin elected Kentucky governor
LOUISVILLE (SBTS) – Matt Bevin’s landslide victory in Kentucky’s Nov. 3 gubernatorial election is “good news” for the state because of his strong Christian values, said R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, in response to the surprise electoral results. “It’s good news for Kentucky that someone with Matt Bevin’s values has been elected convincingly,” Mohler said. “Matt Bevin is a man of character; he is a Christian who loves the gospel of Jesus … [Read more...]
Christian colleges affirm biblical marriage
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities announced resignations, Sept. 21, of two schools that sparked dissension – and prompted other schools to withdraw from the council – after expanding their hiring and benefits policies to embrace same-sex marriage. The pro-homosexual policy changes at these two colleges – Goshen College of Goshen, Ind., and Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisburg, Va. – left Bible-believing institutions with CCCU membership, like … [Read more...]
Christian colleges affirm biblical marriage
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities announced resignations, Sept. 21, of two schools that sparked dissension – and prompted other schools to withdraw from the council – after expanding their hiring and benefits policies to embrace same-sex marriage. The pro-homosexual policy changes at these two colleges – Goshen College of Goshen, Ind., and Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisburg, Va. – left Bible-believing institutions with CCCU membership, like … [Read more...]
Faith-based schools face LGBT dilemmas
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WNS) – In the months since the Supreme Court decided same-sex marriage should be legal throughout the United States, faith-based high schools have entered a new frontier. While some Christian schools are fighting to teach biblical views on sexuality, others have changed to fit in. Last week, Lance Sanderson was sent home from his all-boys high school in Tennessee. He asked the administration for permission to bring a boy to Christian Brothers High School’s homecoming … [Read more...]
Hilton hotel chain removes porn channels
MCLEAN, Va. (LifeSiteNews) – The worldwide Hilton hotel chain has removed all porn channels from its hotels in 85 countries after a campaign that saw top executives each getting as many as 1,000 emails a week opposing the presence of porn in the hotels. “Partly it was the public pressure,” said Pat Truman, president and CEO of the National Center of Sexual Exploitation, which organized the three-year public campaign that convinced Hilton to make the move. “But to give Hilton credit, they … [Read more...]
Hilton hotel chain removes porn channels
MCLEAN, Va. (LifeSiteNews) – The worldwide Hilton hotel chain has removed all porn channels from its hotels in 85 countries after a campaign that saw top executives each getting as many as 1,000 emails a week opposing the presence of porn in the hotels. “Partly it was the public pressure,” said Pat Truman, president and CEO of the National Center of Sexual Exploitation, which organized the three-year public campaign that convinced Hilton to make the move. “But to give Hilton credit, they … [Read more...]
Hilton hotel chain removes porn channels
MCLEAN, Va. (LifeSiteNews) – The worldwide Hilton hotel chain has removed all porn channels from its hotels in 85 countries after a campaign that saw top executives each getting as many as 1,000 emails a week opposing the presence of porn in the hotels. “Partly it was the public pressure,” said Pat Truman, president and CEO of the National Center of Sexual Exploitation, which organized the three-year public campaign that convinced Hilton to make the move. “But to give Hilton credit, they … [Read more...]
Hilton hotel chain removes porn channels
MCLEAN, Va. (LifeSiteNews) – The worldwide Hilton hotel chain has removed all porn channels from its hotels in 85 countries after a campaign that saw top executives each getting as many as 1,000 emails a week opposing the presence of porn in the hotels. “Partly it was the public pressure,” said Pat Truman, president and CEO of the National Center of Sexual Exploitation, which organized the three-year public campaign that convinced Hilton to make the move. “But to give Hilton credit, they … [Read more...]
Abedini prayer vigils set globally 9/26
NASHVILLE (BP) – The wife of imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini is on a 21-day “Daniel” fast and is organizing prayer vigils internationally Sept. 26, the third anniversary of her husband’s imprisonment in Iran for his Christian faith. Naghmeh Abedini, in asking Christians to pray for her husband and the persecuted church, also is promoting a letter-writing campaign to ask United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to advocate for Abedini’s release when Iranian President Hassan … [Read more...]
IRS promise met with caution
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Internal Revenue Service will not revoke the tax-exempt status of religious organizations that object to same-sex marriage, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen has promised at least twice in recent weeks. But some tax code experts say the commissioner’s commitments are not a guarantee of tax shelter for organizations with religious objections to the Supreme Court’s nationwide legalization of homosexual marriage this summer. Michael Batts, a CPA who specializes in … [Read more...]
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