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October 12 2019 By virtueonline Beto O'Rourke pledges to penalize churches that oppose gay 'marriage'

At the CNN LGBTQ Equality town hall, co-sponsored by the pro-LGBTQ Human Rights Campaign, O'Rourke also said that efforts to help people overcome unwanted same-sex attractions, dubbed as "conversion therapy" by critics, "should be illegal" because it is "tantamount to torture" of children. "We will ensure that there are penalties stiff enough, enforcement vigorous enough to make sure it does not continue," he added.

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October 11 2019 By virtueonline U.K. Court Decision Affirms Transgenderism Is A Religion Of Complete Self-Worship

The judge's language is awkward but nonetheless revealing insofar as it acknowledges it is an affirmation of faith to declare that a tall, bearded man is, in some mystical sense, a woman. The claim that a male can be (or become) a woman is religious, not scientific.

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October 07 2019 By virtueonline Jim Wallis Says It's Time to "Reclaim Jesus"

Perhaps the most incendiary comment all night came from Wallis, who announced, "Trump is not the anti-Christ. He is too small. But what he runs -- the politics -- that's anti-Christ." Acknowledging its inflammatory nature, Wallis explained that what he specifically meant are those who are anti-immigration and anti-universal healthcare. Later in the talk, he added anti-gun control and climate change deniers.

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October 03 2019 By virtueonline 35 million young people to have abandoned the Christian faith by 2050 -- report

The 131-page report, titled The Great Opportunity, pulls together the data of numerous studies to examine millennial attitudes toward religion and relies most heavily on four major research efforts.

The report was completed in a collaboration between Pinetops Foundation and The Veritas Forum.

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September 23 2019 By virtueonline 'Big term' for religious liberty expected at US Supreme Court in 2020

The Supreme Court has agreed already to hear a handful of cases that carry religious freedom implications, while the court is set to consider other religious liberty petitions that Becket lawyers feel have a good shot at being taken up by the justices.

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September 11 2019 By virtueonline The LGBT endgame is to destroy Christianity

Note that Brees did not say or do anything that could be even remotely construed as being anti-LGBT. In fact, he has previously appeared in anti-bullying ads supporting that community.

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September 10 2019 By virtueonline A New Level of Cultural and Moral Insanity

This article tells us that a 12-year-old drag star named Desmond Napoles is one of a growing number of kids who, "Have embraced an LGBTQ identity at an early age. He, according to the article, has already come out as gay. Recent postings on his Instagram feed, which has 181,000 followers, feature him posing in a purple wig with red lips pursed or in a rainbow dress at Brooklyn Pride.

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September 09 2019 By virtueonline Media Put Positive Spin on 'Gay Gene' Study

Instead of reporting the limitations of this new study up front, the media deployed misleading headlines, knowing that few people read beyond them.

The New York Times headline was: "Many Genes Influence Same-Sex Sexuality, not a single 'gay gene.'"

The Washington Post entry was: "Study: No 'gay gene,' but genetics linked to same-sex behavior."

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September 09 2019 By virtueonline A Church Without Theology? A Parable of What Happens When Politics Replaces Christianity

What would be the story? Well, the headline would be, "A Congregation That Is United By Cause If Not Faith." Well, let's just think about that for a moment. Now in the headline, we're being told of a congregation that is united in political cause rather than in any kind of theological conviction. The story looks interesting. I guarantee you it is interesting.

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August 30 2019 By virtueonline No single gene associated with being gay

Advocacy group GLAAD said the study confirmed "no conclusive degree to which nature or nurture influenced how a gay or lesbian person behaves."

The researchers scanned the genomes - the entire genetic make-up - of 409,000 people signed up to the UK Biobank project, and 68,500 registered with the genetics company 23andMe.

Participants were also asked whether they had same-sex partners exclusively, or as well as opposite-sex partners.

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