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Christian pastor in Germany fined for ‘inciting hatred’ against homosexuals, By Jonathan Van Maren
February 12, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — In a stunning sentence late last year, a court in Bremen, Germany, sentenced Rev. Olaf Latzel of St. Martini (part of the Evangelical Church in Germany: EKD) to a fine of €8,100 for “inciting hatred” against homosexuals in private remarks made to church couples. During the seminar, Latzel defended the biblical definitions of gender and sexuality, condemning the Berlin Pride March and referring to gender ideology as “an attack against God’s order of Creation.”
The War For Your Worship, By Trevin Wax
There is a war going on for our worship. Being humans, by nature we will worship something. The question is, will we worship the God who made us in His image or something we make in ours?
Judge permits Texas’ Medicaid ban of Planned Parenthood, By Tom Strode
AUSTIN, Texas (BP) – Texas has won the latest legal battle in its lengthy effort to remove abortion giant Planned Parenthood from the Medicaid program.
In a Wednesday (March 10) ruling, State District Judge Lora Livingston rejected Planned Parenthood’s request for an injunction to block enforcement of the state’s decision to terminate its Medicaid contract with the organization. Livingston’s denial came about five weeks after another district judge in Travis County granted a temporary restraining order that kept Planned Parenthood in the program.
Mississippi bill prevents transgender athletes from competing in girls’, women’s sports, By Emily Wagster Pettus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill today (March 11) to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls’ or women’s sports teams.
Mississippi is the first state this year to enact such a ban, after a federal court blocked an Idaho law last year. Mississippi’s Senate Bill 2536 is set to become law July 1, although a legal challenge is possible.
Supreme Court rules college student’s free speech case will continue, By Scott Barkley
WASHINGTON (BP) – In an 8-1 vote, the Supreme Court ruled today (March 8) that $1 in damages is enough to revive the lawsuit of a Georgia college student who said his free speech rights were violated in 2016 as he attempted to share the Gospel.
Chike Uzuegbunam’s case stemmed from his attempts to discuss his faith while he was a student at Georgia Perimeter College in Lawrenceville, a suburb northeast of Atlanta. After he filed suit, the college changed its free speech policy, leading to favorable rulings for the school by a federal judge and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.