| | Advocate: California law puts female inmates at risk of sexual assault | | Curated for you byCP Editors | | Good afternoon! It's Monday, April 17, and today's headlines include Woman II Woman founder Amie Ichikawa's comments during the "Unmasking Gender Ideology" conference, research exploring American views on religious bodies and traditional values, and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declaring that 100% of women do not have a penis. | | During The Christian Post's "Unmasking Gender Ideology" conference in Dallas last month, Woman II Woman's Amie Ichikawa shared how a new California state law could be placing female inmates at increased risk for sexual assault. Cathleen Quinn, a female inmate who has been incarcerated for over 20 years, filed a complaint in February 2022 prior to her parole board hearing in which she told commissioners with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) that she feared for her safety following the implementation of SB132, which allowed trans-identified men to request to be transferred to women's prisons. Quinn complained after an inmate who goes by the name Eva Reeves (formerly Michael Contreras) entered a dayroom restroom area and watched her use the facility. A separate rules violation report (RVR) filed by another inmate in July 2022 alleged in a second incident that Reeves—a convicted murderer—had walked in on Quinn while she was showering, even though she hung a towel on the outside of the enclosure. | | In an article written for the San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper, Reeves acknowledged that "consensual sex takes place" between trans-identified biologically male inmates and female inmates. The article also identified Ichikawa and other activists by name as proponents of so-called "hate propaganda." Continue reading. | | P.S. CP is thrilled to announce that it has taken home several 2023 Evangelical Press Association awards, including Second Place: Editorial, Second Place: Podcast, Fourth Place: Critical Review, and Fourth Place: Interview Article. |
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| Americans worry that religious bodies are abandoning traditional values | | A Rasmussen Reports survey has found that 75% of American adults agree that faith is important to their everyday lives, an increase from 71% in 2018. Fifty-two of Evangelical Christian respondents expressed concern over religious institutions watering down or abandoning their traditional beliefs, while 30% of Protestants, 41% of Jews, and 34% of Catholics agreed. Findings showed women were more likely than men to consider their faith to be very important to their daily lives. Read more. | | SFSU appears to blame student athlete Gaines for attack by trans activists | | San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney has accused Riley Gaines Barker of delivering a "deeply traumatic" and "discriminatory" speech. The university president’s comments came in response to the violent protesters who surrounded the athlete and punched her after her speech on campus, which resulted in her being barricaded in a classroom for three hours. Barker, an outspoken opponent of policies allowing trans-identified males to compete in women’s sports, has gained national attention after she spoke out about having to compete against a man in a women’s swimming championship spearheaded by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Mahoney characterized Barker's speech as one that "advocated for the exclusion of trans people in athletics" and called it "deeply traumatic for many in our trans and LGBTQ+ communities." Mahoney, university faculty, and student leaders have continued to defend the protesters, claiming they engaged in a peaceful protest despite Gaines saying she was "ambushed and physically hit twice by a man." Read more. | | Also of Interest... | | Female athlete slams effort to 'fully eradicate women,' deny 'basic truths'Female swimmer says NCAA ordered her to take lesser trophy for photo op despite tie with trans athlete | | UK PM says 0% of women have a penis | | U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declared that 100% of women do not have a penis during an interview with ConservativeHome. Sunak's comments came in response to Labour leader Sir. Keir Starmer declaring earlier this month, "For 99.9 percent of women, it is completely biological ... and of course they haven’t got a penis." While expressing the need for compassion, understanding and tolerance for those questioning their gender, Sunak declared, "[W]hen it comes to these issues of protecting women's rights, women's spaces, I think the issue of biological sex is fundamentally important when we think about those questions." Read more. |
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| The restless heart of Generation Z and the mental health crisis | | John Stonestreet and Shane Morris of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview discuss Gen Z's mental health crisis. The authors, who reflect on the connection between political views and psychological issues, highlight research on religiosity and happiness and assert, "God has made us for Himself. The kind of postmodern individualism that Gen Z was raised with will never deliver on its promises. This mental health crisis is a spiritual crisis." Read more. | | San Francisco’s road to perdition | | Whole Foods has announced the closing of its Eighth and Market location due to deteriorating conditions in the area. Cash App founder Bob Lee was stabbed to death in the city while onlookers did nothing to help. Earlier this month, a former San Francisco fire commissioner was beaten in broad daylight by a man carrying a metal pipe in the Marina District. Walgreens has shuttered several San Francisco locations due to crime and safety issues. While lawlessness continues to blanket the streets of the city, the left ignores the problem and denies the role it has played by defunding the police and choosing not to prosecute offenders, writes The Daily Signal's Jarrett Stepman. Read more. |
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| Junior and Shanda’s story | | Instead of you choosing from hundreds of pictures of children who need sponsors, your picture goes to the kids, and one of them will choose you. And in doing so, people like Shanda are experiencing God’s goodness through the simple act of a child. | | Shanda and her family said yes to sponsoring a child with World Vision while attending Soul City Church in Chicago. "We believe it's a part of our mission as believers in Christ," says Shanda about helping others. Their photo was taken, then sent to Mwala, Kenya, along with photos of hundreds of other Soul City congregants, to be displayed at a large community event. Learn more | | |
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| OM International founder George Verwer passes away | | OM International founder George Verwer has died at the age of 84. "George was one of the first white missions leaders to fully empower nationals to lead the efforts he initiated in the majority world. George was not only incapable of racism but he never treated anyone less than him," Archbishop Joseph D’Souza of the Anglican Good Shepherd Church of India said of the global mission leader. Read more. | | UMC creates ‘lighthouse congregations’ in response to schism | | The United Methodist Church's North Carolina Conference and Western North Carolina Conference have launched "Lighthouse Congregations" for those who have no desire to leave the UMC but whose congregations have voted to disaffiliate from the mainline Protestant denomination. The Garner-based NC Conference currently has 77 Lighthouse Congregations, while the Huntersville-based WNC Conference has 55 official Lighthouse Congregations, with 60 more slated to join the WNCC. Read more. |
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| Dylan Mulvaney claims 'sex assigned at birth' was 'not what God had in mind' | | Dylan Mulvaney, a male TikTok star who rose to fame for identifying as female, recently declared that he's "trying really hard to maintain a relationship with God." Mulvaney's comments came during his "365 Days of Girlhood" variety show, where he also stated that he doesn't believe God "made a mistake" with him, asserting, "[M]aybe one day, I will actually be grateful for being trans, that this isn't some curse, but it's just a different path to the same destination." Mulvaney, who described in one TikTok video that his "sex assigned at birth" as a "biological male" was wrong, claimed, "It's just not what God had in mind." The influencer, whose mental health has been questioned due to antics such as dressing up as 6-year-old Eloise from the popular 1950s book series, has accused women who don't support his parody of women of being transphobic. Read more. | | | | | | | | Thank you for spending part of your day with us. We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow! -- CP Editors |
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