| | LA school district pushing LGBT ideology, documents show | | Curated for you byCP Editors | | Good afternoon! It's Monday, July 25, and today's headlines include a Los Angeles school district that is urging teachers to denounce the gender "binary," the identities of two American soldiers who were killed in Ukraine, and world-renowned Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson's recent message to the Church. | | Christopher Rufo, a senior fellow at the conservative think tank Manhattan Institute, took to Twitter to share documents he obtained from the Los Angeles Unified School District's Human Relations, Diversity, and Equity Department showing that LAUSD is pushing teachers to embrace LGBT ideology when it comes to gender. "Los Angeles Unified School District encourages kindergartners to experiment with non-binary pronouns, trains teachers to subvert 'mainstream white cis-heteropatriarchy society,' and promotes sexual identities such as 'trans,' 'pansexual,' 'two-spirit,' and 'genderqueer,'" Rufo tweeted. | | Among LAUSD's documents was a "Queer and Trans-Affirming School Calendar" titled "Queer All School Year." A PowerPoint presentation focused on "Queering Culture & Race" has since been removed from the district's Human Relations, Diversity, and Equity Department's website. An October 2021 slide from a professional development workshop discussed "breaking the binary in education," claiming that "our language is binary due to the society around us." Other workshops at the same conference included a panel discussion with queer seventh-grade students to "produce counter narratives against the master narrative of mainstream white cis-heteropatriarchy society that seeks to erase and oppress our lived experiences." Another workshop advised teachers to abandon terms such as "ladies and gentleman" in favor of "non-gendered expressions." A chart obtained by Rufo listed "privileged social groups," which it identified as "white people, Anglo-Saxons, citizens, males, gender-conforming men and women, heterosexuals, rich people, the able-bodied and mainstream Christians." Read more. | | P.S. CP is excited to announce the launch of FREEDOM POST, a free, twice-weekly newsletter highlighting breaking news and headlines on key issues ranging from freedom to religious liberty. Sign-up today to get FREEDOM POST delivered to your inbox every Monday and Thursday. Subscribe now. |
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| Volunteer American soldiers killed in Ukraine identified | | The two American volunteer soldiers recently killed fighting Russian troops in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region have been identified as Luke Lucyszyn and Bryan Young. The two were part of the Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and stationed at the village of Hryhorivka near the Siversk town, Ukrainian commander Ruslan Miroshnichenko told Politico over the weekend. They were killed alongside a Canadian and a Swedish citizen after a Russian tank opened fire during an hours-long battle on July 18. Read more. | | Islamic extremists kill Christian man in Uganda | | A 28-year-old man was killed in eastern Uganda after eight Muslims put their faith in Christ during an open-air debate about Christianity and Islam. Robert Bwenje had accompanied Assistant Pastor Ambrose Mugisha of Elim Pentecostal Church in Nyamiringa village to the debate on July 6. Following the conversion of the eight Muslims, including two women, Pastor Mugisha says, "We saw men dressed in Islamic attire coming from the bush in different directions and shouting ‘Allah akbar, Allah akbar [Allah is greater].'" The assailants burned all books but the Quran and beat the men with sticks. Pastor Mugisha managed to flee. Passersby found both men and took them to a nearby clinic for first aid and then to a hospital where Bwenje later succumbed to his injuries. Read more. |
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| The surprising roots of gender madness | | F. LaGard Smith, a retired Pepperdine University professor, writes about the misguided ideals of "a gender-blind ideology," noting that individuals like the trans-identified swimmer Lia Thomas expose the reality that biology and chromosomes matter. "Teaching boys and girls that they 'can be whatever they want to be' is the right idea, but—given today’s trans world and God’s ordained gender roles—perhaps the wrong message," Smith concludes. Read more. | | What does the Bible say about the end of the age? | | People have debated the end times for centuries, writes Michael Brown, who notes that addressing the Bible's details on the subject is anything but simple. In this op-ed, Brown discusses various theological debates regarding the Bible and signs to look for in anticipation of Jesus' return. Read more. |
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| Jordan Peterson to Christians: Focus on your duty before it's 'too late' | | In a "Message to the Christian Churches," world-renowned Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson cautioned that young people, especially men, are facing an unparalleled demoralization due to the West's weaponized guilt. Peterson called on the Church to remind people, including young men, "perhaps even first and foremost, that they have a woman to find, a garden to walk in, a family to nurture, an ark to build, a land to conquer, a ladder to Heaven to build, and the utter terrible catastrophe of life, to face stalwartly in truth, devoted to love and without fear." Peterson's message had over one million views as of Sunday but did not come without criticism. Tyler Huckabee, senior editor of the Christian magazine Relevant, called Peterson's remarks "the essay-length version of a 'do better' tweet," asserting, "Peterson says we have to do more to be good. But the call of Jesus is to be more than good. It’s to be forgiven." Read more. | | Also of Interest... | | Jordan Peterson: 'The Bible is more than just true,' it's the bedrock of civilization‘I found God’: Jordan Peterson’s daughter Mikhaila talks finding peace in prayer, reading the Bible'Devil at the crossroads': Jordan Peterson talks Christianity, suffering at Hillsdale College Jordan Peterson ponders the Bible and consciousness after death |
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| SNL alum Jim Breuer talks faith amid wife's cancer battle | | Stand-up comedian and former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Jim Breuer recently spoke on an episode of "The Brueniverse Podcast" about his wife's cancer diagnosis and why he's not mad at God. Describing the seriousness of his wife's condition, including doctors saying there is nothing more they can do because "[the cancer] is everywhere," Breuer explained, "If anything, I'm not mad at what I will not have. I'm not mad at what's being taken away. I'm not mad about what I'm not going to have anymore, but I am so ... blessed for what I had, and what I still have." 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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