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House Dems want to strip tax-exempt status from pro-family groups who oppose homosexuality

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House Democrats are calling for 60 alleged “hate” groups, that include mostly socially conservative and some religious-based groups, to be stripped of their 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status for opposing, among other things, homosexuality, and LGBT ideology in general. On Thursday, the Oversight Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on “How the Tax Code Subsidizes Hate,” in which Democrats sought to link accredited 501(c)(3) nonprofits to “hate” speech and violence. Democrats at the hearing expressed concern that the federal government is in effect subsidizing groups with which it is at odds. No legislation was proposed, however. The Ways and Means Committee have targeted pro-family groups like The American Family Association for its medically backed warning about the dangers of the homosexual lifestyle. Rep. John Lewis  (D), a veteran civil rights advocate, issued remarks saying the federal tax code “exempts some charitable and educational organiza...

LGBT activists throw fit after pro-family Trump nominee approved by Senate

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LGBT and progressive pundits and politicos are short-circuiting over the U.S. Senate’s 50-47 party-line vote confirming conservative attorney Kyle Duncan’s appointment to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals .   After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in 2015, Kyle called the decision an “abject failure” that   “imperils civic peace” and which “raises a question about the legitimacy of the court.” Duncan, age 46 from Louisiana , has had a stellar career standing up for the immutable definition of marriage, standing against the infiltration of gender identity ideology in our courts, protecting the unborn, and defending religious liberty.   Yet this is precisely why progressives in general––and LGBTers in particular––have vehemently opposed his nomination by the Trump Administration every step of the way, and why now they are reacting to his confirmation so viscerally. “Quite simply, Duncan is bughouse...

Women’s shelters must admit ‘transgender’ men: Obama admin rule

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Women’s shelters must admit men who say they are “transgender” if they receive federal funding, according to a new regulation imposed by the Obama administration . The administration stripped out a provision that would allow shelters to deny a biological male access to the women’s facilities, under narrow circumstances, if they felt it would endanger women’s “health and safety.” The requirement applies to federally funded faith-based shelters and homeless facilities, as well. “Today, we take another important step to ensure full acceptance of transgender and gender nonconforming individuals in the programs HUD supports,” said Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro on Tuesday when the rule, originally proposed last October , was finalized. The final rule erased a measure that would have let shelters, which often protect women and children from their abusers, refuse to house a man in a women’s shelter based on safety concerns on a “case-by-case basis.” ...