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Apr 08 2024
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NAIA Bans Transgender Women From Women's Sports
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced on Monday that it is banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports at NAIA colleges.
For Context: The NAIA is made up of 241 schools, most of which are small and private. The NAIA is smaller than the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which is made up of over 1,000 schools. This decision
Washington Post Fox News (Online News) NewsweekJan 13 2020
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United Methodist Church Proposes Split
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On Friday, January 3rd, global leaders of the United Methodist Church released a plan called "A Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separation".The plan details a future in which conservative churches Abridge NewsMay 02 2024
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United Methodists Remove Official Language Denouncing Homosexuality
United Methodist delegates voted to remove language condemning homosexuality from their official social teachings on Thursday, a day after voting to remove a ban on gay clergy.
Key Quotes: The restrictions ended on Wednesday had banned “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained as ministers. The language removed on Thursday had deemed “the practice of homosexuality” to be
Houston Chronicle Associated Press Washington TimesApr 15 2019
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Students, alumni outraged, 'shaking' after Vice President Pence invited to give commencement
Vice President Mike Pence is getting pushback from Taylor University students and alumni after the small evangelical Christian school tapped the former Indiana governor to be this year's commencement speaker.
Over 3,300 people have signed a change.org petition to get Pence's invitation to the mid-May commencement ceremony rescinded, claiming the "Trump-Pence Administration's policies"
Fox News (Online News)Jan 07 2022
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Odd Couples: From Enemy to Eulogy
Note: This piece was originally created by The Village Square and published on respectandrebellion.comIn 2009, when Iowa legalized same-sex marriage, political activist Donna Red Wing decided to move from the mountains of Colorado to the Midwest so she could marry her longtime partner. Four years later, another friend of Donna’s died unexpectedly - someone who had believed in “the power of
Respect + RebellionNov 14 2020
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Justice Alito Reflects on Current Events, Drawing Different Reactions
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke to the conservative Federalist Society on Thursday, discussing his views on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, LGBTQ+ rights, free speech and other issues.
Alito's speech was a focus of news media on all sides of the political spectrum. Coverage of the speech from right-rated sources generally focused on Alito's stated concerns about religious
USA TODAY Fox News (Online News) SlateJun 04 2019
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Centrist Democrats are back. But these are not your father’s Blue Dogs.
Capitol Hill’s Blue Dog coalition has a host of new members, whose demographic profiles are more reflective of today’s Democratic Party. Some say as the center has shifted left, the group’s agenda has moved as well.
When Mikie Sherrill first ran into the congressional Blue Dog coalition in 2018, she wasn’t sure it would be the place for her.
She knew the caucus focused on fiscal
Christian Science MonitorNov 24 2018
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Review Military Transgender Ban
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday, to issue a "quick" ruling on President Trump's policy that bars most transgender individuals from military service. The policy was initially announced by President Trump via Twitter in 2017 and later officially released by Secretary of Defense, James Mattis.
BBC News New York Times (News) Fox News (Online News)Oct 22 2018
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Trump Administration Considers Legally Defining Sex as Biologically Fixed at Birth
The Trump administration is considering defining gender as biologically fixed at birth, a move that has been described by some as writing transgender Americans "out of existence," while others have said it is using obvious scientific and objective reasoning.
The Hill National Review (News) NBC News (Online)Apr 01 2024
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Biden's Transgender Day of Visibility Proclamation Sparks Reflection, Backlash
President Joe Biden proclaimed March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility. This decision sparked both reflection on the experience of transgender Americans and backlash due to the day coinciding this year with Easter.
Transgender Understanding: A writer in USA Today (Lean Left bias) reflected on his own experiences as a transgender man, voicing fear that “the visibility of transgender
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