Republicans argue that the bill endangers women, threatens religious liberty, and burdens small businesses. - National Review
"The report shows 5.6 percent of people in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ, up from 4.5 percent in 2017." - N. Review
"In orders released Monday, the high court denied certiorari in the combined cases of All Saints’ Episcopal Church v. Diocese of Fort Worth and The Episcopal Church et al. v. Diocese of Fort Worth. As a result, an earlier ruling awarding the 60 church properties to the breakaway diocese that voted to leave the denomination over theological differences on issues like same-sex marriage and the ordination of women will stand." - C.Post
“I wounded people in ways that were devastating....I should have done better. It grieves me that my words have hurt or been used to hurt the LGBTQ community. I apologize to you and I ask forgiveness of Christ.” - C.Post
"'The timeline of the Holy Spirt is driving our decision to launch LMX at this moment, and we are responding to that call,' the Rev. Althea Spencer-Miller said during a presentation Sunday evening following the denomination’s first online worship service." - RNS
"In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit declared unconstitutional two ordinances banning sexual orientation change efforts therapy — which is often derisively called 'conversion therapy' — in the city of Boca Raton and Palm Beach County, Florida." - CPost
"The stakes are high. The coming General Conference faces multiple proposals to resolve longtime debate over homosexuality by splitting the denomination along theological lines." - C.Leaders
"Pastor Brent Kipfer of Maple View Mennonite Church in Wellesley told the magazine that his church began a discernment process after members of the evangelical congregation noticed a 'more widely varying theological diversity within MC Eastern Canada and MC Canada.'" - CPost
