Society & Culture

“The Supreme Court of the United States is not the final authority nor is the culture itself,” declared Ronnie Floyd, the elected leader of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. “The Bible is God’s final authority about marriage and on this book we stand.”

The Pope ” called for a new global political authority tasked with “tackling … the reduction of pollution and the development of poor countries and regions””

“Voting 23 to 14 last week, California’s Senate approved the End of Life Option bill (SB128), which now goes to the state Assembly for debate. The vote, drawing inspiration from the physician-assisted suicide of Brittany Maynard, was largely along party lines with the Democratic majority having enough votes to move the legislation forward.”

“A U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week upset many people who thought the court rewarded a man who frightened his ex-wife with his social media postings.” WORLD

“Compared to just a few years ago, we have a completely different set of ideas about what constitutes acceptable behavior … Increasingly, we don’t want to judge others for anything, even if what they’re doing is destructive.”

“The next natural step is for churches and other religious organizations to take away from government the right and authority to decide for them who is married and who is not.

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“[T]here likely is ‘much more to this particular story than Scriptures that were just in a public place.’”

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“World also reports that much of this money goes to fund efforts to turn young evangelicals into environmentalists.” Cornwall Alliance