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November 12, 2023
40 Davids Challenge 3 Goliaths in Battle for Queer Rights at Religious Schools
There is a legal battle challenging LGBTQ+ discrimination within religious colleges in the United States. It revolves around the religious exemptions granted by the Department of Education under Title IX, allowing certain religious institutions to receive federal funding while circumventing regulations designed to protect LGBTQ+ students from discrimination. There are also financial interests at stake, involving non-profit organizations such as the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), both of which have intervened in the case.
November 1, 2022
Opinion: When Advocacy Becomes Propaganda
CBN has repeatedly had issues with being transparent with their sources, unclear methodology, and conspiracy-theory level bias. Founder Pat Robertson has crossed many ethical boundaries with explicit hate speech and threatening propaganda. For many evangelical Americans, this rhetoric validates their persecution complexes. They feel like they have advocates.
November 1, 2022
Opinion: Bible College Critic-Turned-Journalist Takes on ‘Evangelical Industrial Complex’
In 2018, blogger Julie Roys took on the powers that be at the Moody Bible Institute's Spokane campus. Four years later, the campus has been shut down, and The Roys Report lives on.