Beginning next year, students at public schools in Illinois will study the role of LGBT people in U.S. and state history, after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a controversial measure into law Aug. 9. The new policy, which goes into effect July 1, 2020, affects students of all ages, although the state’s School Code stipulates that […]
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Chair elected for retooled SBC committee
At its first meeting July 22, the new Credentials Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention elected Stacy Bramlett of Tennessee to serve as chair. The committee is charged with making inquiries and recommendations for action regarding sexual abuse, racism, or other issues that call a church’s relationship with the SBC into question. Bramlett is one […]
State funds earmarked for abortions
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced July 18 that Illinois will not accept an estimated $2.4 million in federal funding, so that family planning clinics in the state can continue to offer abortion services. New federal regulations now bar clinics that receive Title X funding from providing abortions and abortion referrals. (Title X is a longstanding federal […]
Chicago park rules called unconstitutional
A law firm specializing in defending religious liberty says Chicago authorities are suppressing free speech in the city’s Millennium Park. Mauck & Baker reported a Wheaton College student was sharing the gospel in March near Cloud Gate (a large stainless steel sculpture commonly known as “The Bean”), when a park authority said the student’s actions […]
Baptists debate ‘critical’ issue, take stand on 13 topics in Birmingham
The most discussed resolution at the Southern Baptist Convention in June centered on two theories many Baptists likely weren’t familiar with before the meeting. Resolution 9, the subject of so much debate that it eventually got its own hashtag on Twitter, focuses on critical race theory and intersectionality. Both frameworks have their roots in Marxism, […]
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