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Illinois Baptist State Newspaper

Churches question impact of Court’s LGBT ruling disconnecting sex from biology

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Christians and conservatives are grappling with what the Supreme Court ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, which extended civil rights to the LGBT community, will mean for churches and religious institutions. The 6-3 decision, handed down June 15, referenced Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts which was signed into law in 1964. Title VII […]

Gorsuch surprises conservatives in LGBT ruling

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Washington, D.C. | United States Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch (right) shocked religious conservatives by authoring the majority opinion in Bostock v. Clayton County, a ruling delivered June 15 extending civil rights to LGBT cases. The same anti-discrimination protections granted to women by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act now applies to gays, bisexuals, […]

Pro-life advocates protest new clinic

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Waukegan | As non-essential businesses remained closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Planned Parenthood opened a new clinic in northern Illinois. The clinic is the organization’s 19th in Illinois and, like its predecessor in Fairview Heights, was built in secret. The Waukegan Health Center is located within a 1.5-mile radius of both a middle and […]

Pritzker, Lightfoot object to president’s call to reopen churches

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Illinois | Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot responded negatively to President Donald Trump’s call for state governors to reopen houses of worship this Memorial Day weekend, May 23-24. President Trump identified houses of worship — churches, synagogues, and mosques — as essential at an early afternoon White House press conference Friday, […]

Chicago mayor fines churches for reopening early

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Chicago | Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot threatened to fine the three churches that reopened May 17 violating Governor JB Pritzker’s stay-at-home executive order. She followed through with it by issuing citations and fining the churches $500 each on Wednesday, May 20. The churches, none of which are Southern Baptist, are Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church, Metro […]