REPOST FROM MAY 2012 BECAUSE OF DOMA OVERTURN By Way of Life Ministries If homosexuality is fully legalized, meaning if homosexual activists are given every right they demand, citizens in western nations will be robbed of many liberties they have heretofore enjoyed. This is not a guess; it is a judgment based on current facts. … [Read more…]
WORLDNETDAILY – “ACLU vows to bring marriage battle to states” “We did it!” declared ACLU President Anthony D. Romero in a fundraising email sent out within an hour of the announcement of the Supreme Court decisions on same-sex marriage Wednesday. The email featured a photograph of ACLU client Edie Windsor being hugged by her partner, … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network WASHINGTON – The United States Supreme Court has struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), ruling that it violates the “dignity” of homosexuals in the country and states that decide to legalize homosexual “marriage.” It also declined to rule on California’s Proposition 8, stating that those who challenged … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: We post the following news story with sadness. Yet, we have anticipated this coming for a while now as we began to see Alan Chambers, the founder of Exodus International and a former homosexual-turned-Christian, lean toward minimizing the serious and multi-faceted ramifications of homosexuality. We remember, back in the early days of Lighthouse Trails, … [Read more…]
From Christian Newswire SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 12, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ — Assembly Bill 1266 narrowly passed out of the Senate Education Committee this morning. AB 1266 requires schools to authorize students to participate in sex-segregated school programs, activities, and to be allowed access to facilities consistent with his or her gender identity. “AB 1266 forces San … [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…]
Associated Press LOS ANGELES, CA — The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America elected its first openly gay bishop to a six-year term on Friday at an annual assembly in Southern California, officials said. The election of Rev. Dr. R. Guy Erwin comes after the church’s controversial rule change in 2009 that allowed gays and lesbians … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network NEW YORK – A prominent homosexual advocacy group is continuing its push to end the ban on openly homosexual leaders in the Boy Scouts of America. GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) states that while it applauds the recent vote to allow avowed homosexual youth as members in … [Read more…]
Elizabeth Weise USA TODAY The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to allow gay youth to participate in scouting. The historic vote, with 60% in favor, signals another shift in American public opinion about homosexuality but still leaves the organization with many future hurdles. “It brings the Boy Scouts back into the American mainstream,” said … [Read more…]
Associated Press from Fox News With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units. The proposal to be put before the roughly 1,400 voting members … [Read more…]
By Berit Kjos Kjos Ministries “… because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you…. If they persecuted Me they will persecute you… for they do not know the One who sent Me.” John 15:19-21 What goals are driving our government today? What can … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network Following the announcement that NBA star Jason Collins had come out as a homosexual, ESPN commentator Chris Broussard declared on national television today that homosexuality is a sin against God, and that a person who willingly lives an unrepentant lifestyle cannot call themselves a Christian. “I’m a Christian,” he … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: We believe this article, written by a Lighthouse Trails reader, goes hand in hand with our recent article, “4 Reasons Why Holman Publishers Should Not Have Inserted an Article by a Contemplative Author into Their King James Bibles. ” Both that and this article below show that the King James Bible is being … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network Dallas, Texas – The Boy Scouts of America announced a proposal today to lift its ban on openly homosexual members, while retaining its existing policy barring openly homosexual leaders. The proposal, which will be voted on by approximately 1,400 scouting members next month in Texas, is stated to come … [Read more…]
Lornet Turnbull Seattle Times The state attorney general’s surprising lawsuit against a small florist in Eastern Washington has energized gay-marriage opponents who all but disappeared after failing to defeat same-sex marriage in Washington last fall. They are rallying around Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene’s Flowers of Richland, who cited her relationship with Jesus Christ in … [Read more…]
Washington Post Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguayan lawmakers voted to legalize gay marriage, making the South American country the third in the Americas to do so. Supporters of the law, who had filled the public seats in the legislative building, erupted in celebration Wednesday when the results were announced. The bill received the backing … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Show us a Christian college that is becoming laxed in its views toward homosexuality, and we’ll show you a college that has been promoting contemplative spirituality for some time. They go hand in hand. Liberty University is just such a place. By Heather Clark Christian News Network Lynchburg, Virginia – Liberty University is coming … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: For several years, Lighthouse Trails has been warning that thanks to the emerging church and to the mega-leaders who have promoted it, the views on sexuality within the evangelical church would change. And it has, as you can see from this CNN article below. After you have read this article, please read some … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs two important cases on homosexual marriage, scout leaders and parents of scouts have announced the formation of a coalition to keep the ban on open homosexuality in the Boy Scouts of America. The coalition converged in Orlando, Florida over the weekend, where 15 … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network As the Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in the case of Hollingsworth v. Perry, otherwise known as the California’s Proposition 8 challenge, and will hear argument today in United States v. Windsor, otherwise known as the effort to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act, pro-family groups across … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network Just days after word broke that Rob Bell, author of the best-selling and controversial book Love Wins, which challenges the Christian teaching of Hell, came out in support of the homosexual lifestyle, Bell has reiterated his beliefs to the media. This week, Odyssey Networks posted a video interview with … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network San Francisco, California – Rob Bell, author of the best-selling and controversial book Love Wins, which challenges the Christian teaching of Hell, came out in support of homosexual marriage on Sunday and called “narrow” Christians to repentance. According to reports, Bell was speaking at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco … [Read more…]
London, England – An elementary school teacher in London is facing disciplinary action after she refused to read a book to her class about gay penguins. The teacher, who is only going by “Mrs. A” in the media in order to protect her identity and her job, had begun to read And Tango Makes Three … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network Courtesy My Word Like Fire Ministries Ottawa, Ontario – The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Biblical speech opposing homosexual behavior, including in written form, is essentially a hate crime. On Wednesday, the court upheld the conviction of activist William Whatcott, who found himself in hot water after … [Read more…]
LTRP Commentary: The article below our commentary written by Washington Times is a sign of the times. Here is the sign: If a bill is passed in California that removes the non-profit tax-exempt status from any youth organization that doesn’t allow those openly practicing homosexuality to be leaders in that organization, it is just a matter of time … [Read more…]
Michael F. Haverluc OneNewsNow.com After being sued late last year by the American Civil Liberties Union to put the book In Our Mothers’ House back on the library shelves of Utah public elementary schools, the Davis School District caved in to the legal pressure and settled with the homosexual advocacy group to make the book … [Read more…]
By Leonardo Blair Christian Post A Gresham, Ore., baker is now facing fire and praise from both advocates and opponents of same-sex relationships, and an investigation from the Oregon Attorney General’s Office after he refused to make a cake for a lesbian wedding citing his Christian faith . . . “I apologized for wasting their … [Read more…]
Fox News Some religious groups say they are encouraged by the Boy Scouts announcement that delays a decision to allow [homosexual] people to serve as scout leaders. Boy Scout leaders were going to decide whether to allow [homosexuals] to serve as Scout Leaders. They were possibly going to leave it up to individual troops, but now they … [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…]
LTRP Note: See below this article the January 28th media release by the Boy Scouts of America saying they may be lifting their ban on homosexuals being allowed as Scout leaders. Alan Keyes WorldNetDaily Like many men of my generation, experience with the Boy Scouts was part of my upbringing. According to reports, the people … [Read more…]