LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By Rich McKayReuters The United Methodist Church plans to split into two later this year, church officials said on Friday, a schism that follows years of contention over whether the church should end its ban on same-sex marriage and gay clergy. The … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: For several years, Lighthouse Trails has been following the story of Lisa Miller, her daughter Isabella, and the men who helped her escape. The following news article gives the background of the story as well as the current status. By Heather ClarkChristian News Network The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to stay the … [Read more…]
Dear Lighthouse Friends, When I searched your blog, I did not find information on “Vicky Beeching.” She is apparently a big figure in Christian pop music. So you might want to put her on your blog list. I did not know about Vicky Beeching until yesterday: claiming to be an evangelical Christian, she revises Scripture … [Read more…]
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship has come under public heat because it recently announced they were giving an ultimatum to employees who saw nothing wrong with same-sex (homosexual) marriage. In a Charisma magazine article (we are not endorsing Charisma), the author states: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is one of the leading campus ministries, and its publishing arm, InterVarsity … [Read more…]
“There are churches who are moving forward and there are churches who are almost regressing and making it more of a battle”—Kristen Bell (Rob Bell’s wife) By A.S. Rob Bell and his wife, Kristen, are making headlines again, this time about gay marriage and the church. Before we start, just a point to our emergent … [Read more…]
By Daniel Burke CNN (CNN) – Pope Francis said a “gay lobby” exists inside the Vatican, a surprising disclosure from a pope who has already delivered his share of stunners, and a resurrection of church conflicts that had bedeviled his predecessor’s papacy. “In the Curia,” Francis said, referring to Catholicism’s central bureaucracy, “there are holy … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Less than a year after the “Boy Scouts reaffirm ban on homosexuals despite relentless protest campaigns,” the organization will be deciding soon on whether to lift that ban. In the video below, the President of the United States says that homosexuals should be able to have access to Boy Scouts and to every walk of life. Today, the … [Read more…]
Note: Some have asked why Lighthouse Trails has always included a category “Children at Risk” when our ministry focus is exposing the truth about the New Spirituality. We have determined, over the course of several years of researching, that certain elements fit within the scope of the “New Age/New Spirituality.” Each of these elements has two … [Read more…]
Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that makes California the first state to ban a controversial form of psychotherapy that’s aimed at making gay teenagers straight. Effective Jan. 1, mental health practitioners are prohibited from performing sexual orientation change efforts — known as reparative or conversion therapy — for … [Read more…]
By Charlie Butts OneNewsNow Exodus International, a ministry formerly aimed at helping homosexual men and women leave the lifestyle through Christ, has changed directions, and one expert contends it has damaged the ministry. Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, based in Illinois, has posted a video of Exodus International leader Alan Chambers, himself a former homosexual, … [Read more…]
By Becky Yeh OneNewsNow Democrats may make history this weekend by adopting “gay marriage” in the party’s platform. Democrats may include support for same-gender marriage in the party’s platform before the fall Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. The issue is being discussed for the first time this weekend with a push from California … [Read more…]
Statement released in June 2012 by Joint College of African American Pentecostal Bishops: The Joint College of African American Pentecostal Bishops (“Joint College”) recognizes that every human being is valuable in the sight of God, and we seek to minister to all men and women in the spirit of Jesus Christ. Our most important foundational … [Read more…]
By Travis Loller Associated Press NEW ORLEANS – A day after electing their first black president, Southern Baptists are considering a resolution opposing the idea that “gay rights” are civil rights. The resolution up for a vote Wednesday affirms Southern Baptists’ beliefs that marriage is “the exclusive union of one man and one woman” and … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: While the United States races toward being a country that fully embraces “gay” marriage, we know that some of the blame lies with the “new spirituality” Christian figures, who have, either directly or indirectly, promoted the view that the homosexual lifestyle is not sinful. Below is an e-mail we received yesterday after Barack Obama … [Read more…]
Julie Pace Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he now supports same-sex “marriage,” ending months of equivocation on a subject with powerful election-year consequences. President Obama has declared his unequivocal support for “gay” marriage, becoming the first president to endorse the politically explosive idea. The move injects a polarizing issue into the 2012 … [Read more…]
MARIA ST.LOUIS-SANCHEZ The Gazette COLORADO SPRINGS – In an historic move for First Presbyterian Church in downtown Colorado Springs, almost 90 percent of its membership voted Sunday to leave the church’s main governing body in the United States. “What is broken down is a common vision and a common purpose,” Senior Pastor Jim Singleton told … [Read more…]
By Aaron C. David Washington Post Maryland will join seven states and the District in allowing same-sex marriage, ending a year-long drama in Annapolis over the legislation and expanding nationwide momentum for gay rights. The Senate passed the measure by a vote of 25 to 22 Thursday night, and Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) has vowed … [Read more…]
By Michael Gormley Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. – The effort to legalize gay marriage in New York is getting an all-out lobbying effort from Democrats and celebrities, but there’s still no sign of wavering among a critical bloc of Senate Republicans who led the defeat of the measure and blunted national momentum two years ago. … [Read more…]
by Douglas Stanglin USA Today The Obama administration says it will no longer defend the constitutionality of a law that bans recognition of same-sex marriage. In a statement today, Attorney General Eric Holder says President Obama has concluded that the administration can no longer defend the federal law that defines marriage as only between a … [Read more…]
Associated Press HONOLULU – Same-sex civil unions may soon become law in the Rainbow State. Hawaii lawmakers gave final approval to civil unions Wednesday and sent the legislation to Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who plans to sign it into law within 10 business days. Civil unions would begin Jan. 1, 2012, making the state the seventh in … [Read more…]
