God "Blessed" Church With COVID Outbreak, says Pastor
"The favor of God is on this house," screamed the pastor.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has pushed through new regulations just under the wire of the administration change that allows for taxpayer-funded contractors to discriminate in the name of religious freedom.
When Pastor Greg Fairrington’s church made the news for having a COVID outbreak while defying health guidelines, he did what any pastor with a persecution kink would do: He celebrated. (Turn the volume down before you get to the end of this video.)
In a Texas high school where it’s perfectly fine for female students to wear nail polish if they choose, an openly gay teenage boy has been suspended for exercising the same fashion choice. The school superintendent, condescending to the utmost degree, said the dress code is what it is and he’ll take community complaints about the double standard into consideration for next year.
The Supreme Court did the right thing in regards to a lawsuit to overturn Pennsylvania’s election result… but the fact that that’s newsworthy at all doesn’t bode well for this Court’s future.
We learned some surprising facts about atheist youth from a study conducted by American Atheists and the Secular Student Alliance. It seems younger non-religious Americans are 2.5 times more likely to conceal their non-religious identity than adult non-believers.
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Focus on the Family has created a resource guide for Christian parents of public school children. Parental involvement in education is almost always a good thing, but this guide has nothing to do with boosting children academically. It’s really about promoting anti-LGBTQ bigotry in the school system.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has firmly reminded a Utah school board that opening board meetings with prayer is unconstitutional. And if the threat of a lawsuit isn’t enough, FFRF pointed to a similar case they won last year, costing a California school district over $250,000.
Trump attorney Jenna Ellis has COVID and this parody of her reaction from Blaire Erskine is just perfect:
Okay, one more post about Jenna Ellis:
It turns out there is a whole series of Kenneth Copeland heavy metal sermons and they’re more diabolical than anything you’ll hear at Ozzfest.
Finally, a sad reminder of the only thing Trump did to stop COVID. (It didn’t work.)
