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Court backs Baptist college that expelled trans student for lying on application

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English: The 100,000 square-foot Yeager Center is the hub of the CBU campus and features classrooms, offices, stores, restaurants and key student service departments including admissions, financial aid and career services. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) A California court has  sided with  a Baptist college that was  sued for discrimination after expelling a cross-dressing male nursing student who lied on his application and said he was a female.   The school discovered Domaine Javier’s deception after he appeared on an episode of MTV ’s “ True Life ” reality show called “I’m Passing as Someone I’m Not,” in which he revealed that he was only pretending to be female. Javier sued California Baptist University for $500,000 in damages after the school expelled him for fraud, arguing that his expulsion was a violation of California’s civil rights act, which explicitly forbids discrimination based on “gender, gender identity and gender expression.” On Friday, Superior Court

There is no ‘third way’ — Southern Baptists face a moment of decision (and so will you)

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English: Al Mohler, President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) June 2, 2014 ( Albert Mohler ) - Southern Baptists will be heading for Baltimore in just a few days, and the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention is to be held in a city that has not hosted the convention since 1940. This time, Baptists attending the meeting will face an issue that would not have been imaginable just a few years ago, much less in 1940 — a congregation that affirms same-sex relationships. Just days before the convention, news broke that a congregation in suburban Los Angeles has decided to affirm same-sex sexuality and relationships. In an hour-long video posted on the Internet, Pastor Danny Cortez explains his personal change of mind and position on the issue of homosexuality and same-sex relationships. He also addressed the same issues in a letter posted at Patheos.com. In the letter, Cortez describes a sunny day at the beach in August of 2013 whe

Well meaning scripture twisters and homosexual sin

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Tony Campolo: Author and speaker on political and religious topics (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Responses to Steve Chalke 's comments in support of homosexuality have ranged from disappointment and sadness, to strong criticism. Chalke shocked the evangelical community on Tuesday with an article in Christianity magazine explaining his decision to support same-sex relationships. The leading evangelical figure explained that he now believes permanent, faithful, stable homosexual relationships are not sinful. In his article, he also criticised the attitude of the church towards gay people and called for greater inclusion. “Rather than condemn and exclude, can we dare to create an environment for homosexual people where issues of self-esteem and wellbeing can be talked about; where the virtues of loyalty, respect, interdependence and faithfulness can be nurtured, and where exclusive and permanent same-sex relationships can be supported?” he wrote.  This man has a social gospel no

Progressive theology on homosexuality is code for blatant sin

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Official seal of City of Dayton (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) ‘I don’t want to be the reason for the church to split, and potentially for family members to be at odds with one another,therefore, I felt that it was in the best interest of everyone to resign.” A pastor resigned after announcing to her congregation that she had married a woman. Bishop Allyson Abrams, 43, stepped down from Zion Progress Baptist Church in Detroit . She told her congregation earlier in the month that she married Diana Williams in March in Iowa, where gay marriage is legal. She served as pastor at the church for five years, according to the Michigan Chronicle . Abrams told the Chronicle that she was not forced out, but chose to resign because she didn’t want to cause a divide within the church. The pastor, who was previously married to a man, told the Free Press she hadchanged her views a year ago and would not classify herself when it comes to sexual orientation. “I progressed in my theology

Cross-dressing student stings then sues Baptist university after being expelled for lying about his sex

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RIVERSIDE, CA , March 12, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews ) – A 24-year-old man who has been living as a woman has sued California Baptist University for $500,000 in damages after the school  expelled  him for lying on his application paperwork.  Domaine Javier applied to Cal Baptist ’s nursing program in 2011 as a transfer from Riverside City College .  When asked to check a box indicating whether he was male or female on the school’s admission application, he marked ‘female’ despite the fact that he is biologically male and only dresses as a woman. “I didn’t do anything wrong,” Javier told The Press-Enterprise during an interview in 2011. “They said, ‘On your application form you put female.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, that’s how I see myself.’” Cal Baptist discovered Javier’s deception after he appeared on an episode of MTV ’s “ True Life ” reality show, where he revealed that he was only pretending to be female.  The episode in question was called “I’m Passing as Someone I’m Not.”

NZ ignores majority to ban immoral homosexual marriage

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Church leaders are making a last-minute appeal to MPs to protect teachers who believe marriage should only be between opposite sexes even if Louisa Wall 's gay marriage bill is passed tomorrow. National leaders of the Catholic , Presbyterian , Baptist and several Pentecostal churches issued an open letter yesterday asking MPs to vote down the bill. Failing that, they want them at least to amend it to prevent discrimination against any teacher or other person who believes that marriage should only be between a man and a woman. Christian Network director Glyn Carpenter said it was still possible for the bill to be defeated when it comes up for a second reading about 8pm tomorrow. But, after a vote of 80-40 at its first reading last August, he urged MPs to at least amend it. He proposed an amendment that "any person or organisation shall retain the right to hold the belief (on cultural, religious or other grounds) that marriage should only be between opposite sexes, and per

Bahamas Baptist bishop: Strong, loving families 'last bastion against homosexual avalanche'

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NASSAU, February 28, 2013, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - A Baptist bishop says the best way to avert the growing homosexual subculture in the Bahamas is to promote and encourage stable, natural families. Bishop Simeon Hall, the senior pastor of New Covenant Baptist Church in Nassau and former president of the Bahamas Christian Council, said that spousal abuse, incest, and rape in families have irreversible negative effects on children and weaken families, contributing to the growth of a lesbian and homosexual community in the Bahamas. Bishop Hall said he believes that, although some persons choose a lesbian or homosexual lifestyle, "some studies show that most practicing homosexuals come from dysfunctional families ." "We must, in imitation of Christ, reach out with love to those persons chained to this lifestyle," the answer to the "homosexual avalanche" lies in promoting faithful marriages of one man to one woman, strenthening and supporti

Homosexual Thought Police are coming to your church!

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Many Christians and pro-family advocates were disappointed to learn that New York Jets QB  Tim Tebow  had backed out of a scheduled speaking engagement at the  First Baptist Church  in Dallas – following an online lobbying blitz by homosexual activists urging him to cancel because the church’s pastor is “anti-gay.” Last Thursday, Tebow  tweeted  that he was pulling out of the April 28 appearance with First Baptist  Pastor Robert Jeffress  “due to new information that has been brought to my attention.” A conflicted Tebow reportedly told the Texas pastor that he would like to speak at the Dallas mega-church at some point in the future, but “he needed to avoid controversy right now for personal and professional reasons,” the liberal  Daily Beast reported. The  Daily Beast  article is gratuitously headlined: “Tim Tebow’s ‘Hate’ Pastor Responds to Quarterback’s Withdrawal.” Turns out that Jeffress not only preaches that homosexual behavior is a sin — he also opposes Mormonism and