San Francisco High School to Offer First LGBT Studies Course
A San Francisco high school will offer the first-of-its-kind “LGBT Studies” course next fall.
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Christian Pastors: ‘Prepare for Massive Civil Disobedience’ if Supreme Court Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
In an interview with Breitbart News, Rev. Bill Owens said that, should the Supreme Court decide in favor of same-sex marriage, he envisions another civil rights movement of Christians of various churches and massive civil disobedience.
Bobby Jindal on Common Core: From Supporter To Aggressive Opponent
Jindal has heard the complaints of many parents in his state and has said that as a parent himself he could see the difficulties his own son was having with Common Core math. Ultimately, he unveiled an aggressive plan to eliminate Common Core in Louisiana, one that exposed how the state board of education and department of education can attempt to work around government rules and the state legislature in order to meet its own goals.
Gallup: Americans Rate 4-Year College as High as Community College
Are four-year colleges any better than community colleges? Americans don’t think so, according to a new Gallup survey that finds 66 percent of respondents rated the quality of community colleges as “excellent” or “good,” while 70 percent rated four-year colleges the same way.
Pearson VP Compares Common Core Scorer Training to McDonald’s
The vice president of content and scoring management at Pearson North America agreed to a comparison of the training for scorers of the Common Core tests to how a restaurant chain monitors its employees’ work.
Mexico Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage: Marriage Not for ‘Procreation’
The Supreme Court of Mexico ruled on Friday that the definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman is discriminatory and unconstitutional.
Social Conservative Insiders Say ‘It’s Not Over’ If SCOTUS Decides in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage
“From all of [the candidates], I am looking for a Lincolnesque response – that the decision, like Dred Scott, is wrong and unacceptable,” the insider said. Insiders also want to hear candidates affirm the basic nature of marriage and “God’s design for marriage as one man and one woman.”
New Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Common Core
The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) announced Monday that it has joined in filing a lawsuit against the governor of North Dakota and other officials that claims the state’s participation in one of the federally funded interstate Common Core test consortia and the implementation of the Common Core standards is unconstitutional and violates federal laws that ban federal control of public schools and curriculum.
Connecticut’s Best Kept Secret Could Be Its Religious Liberty Exemptions Against Same-Sex Marriage
In April of 2009, the Connecticut state legislature amended a law to codify same-sex marriage to read that churches and religious groups cannot be forced “to provide services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods or privileges” to a same-sex marriage, or be forced to “provide adoption, foster care or social services” to a same-sex marriage.
Jeb Bush Protested by Common Core Opponents in Home State of Florida
It’s been a rough first week on the trail for Jeb Bush. First, protesters — from the left and the right — greeted Bush in New Hampshire. Then, opponents of the Common Core standards protested their state’s former governor in Tampa Friday at the Hillsborough County Republican Lincoln Day dinner.
House Republicans Aim To Strip Planned Parenthood’s Funding
The House Appropriations Committee’s draft of its fiscal year 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) funding bill “eliminates all funding for the controversial Family Planning Program, saving taxpayers nearly $300 million.” The bill would also substantially cut so-called “comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention programs,” but double funding for abstinence-centered or Sexual Risk Avoidance (SRA) programs.
Bobby Jindal Slams Obama’s Call for Gun Control After Charleston Shooting: ‘Completely Shameful’
Appearing on Fox News’s Neil Cavuto show on Thursday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said President Obama’s use of the horrific shooting in Charleston to call for gun control is “completely shameful.”
Supreme Court: Speech Is ‘Free’ On Signs and Billboards, Not On License Plates
The U.S. Supreme Court took different paths in two rulings delivered Thursday on cases concerning the First Amendment’s right to freedom of speech.
Pope Francis Appoints German Climate Change Expert to Vatican’s Science Academy
Pope Francis has appointed Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, a prominent German climate change expert, to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the goal of which is to promote the progress of the mathematical, physical, and natural sciences.
D.C. Cardinal Wuerl To AFL-CIO: Catholic Social Teaching ‘Explicitly Recognizes Organized Labor As Instruments of Solidarity and Justice’
At an address delivered at AFL-CIO headquarters, the archbishop of Washington, D.C. announced that organized labor is recognized by the Catholic Church as one of the “instruments of solidarity and justice,” and that such solidarity should not be taken for granted or denied.
Jeb Bush Greeted By Protesters of All Political Stripes In New Hampshire
Who wants him? Protesters from all political persuasions stood outside the Adams Memorial Opera House with signs that blasted Jeb Bush for his support for the Common Core standards, NSA spying, as well as his apparent failure to articulate an environmental plan.
Pew: Majority of US Catholics Believe in Global Warming, but Less Than Half Attribute It to Human Activity
A new Pew Research Center survey, released as Pope Francis publishes an encyclical on the environment and climate change, finds that 71% of self-identified American Catholics believe the earth is getting warmer, but only 47% attribute the perceived warming to human activity.
WaPo: Common Core’s Test Scorers Are ‘Nation’s Largest Human Scoring Experiment Ever’
“[I]f graders around the country complain publicly that the new tests are not being handled fairly or competently,” Education Columnist Jay Mathews warns, “the debate will become more serious, and one of America’s most ambitious school reforms will be in jeopardy.”
Carly Fiorina on Foreign Policy: ‘When We Are Not Leading, the World Is a More Dangerous Place’
GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina told the Wall Street Journal’s Opinion Journal Monday that when the United States is “not leading, the world is a more dangerous and a more tragic place, and unfortunately we are not leading.”
Economist Frank Roche Seeking To Unseat Rep. Renée Ellmers: Fast-Track and ObamaTrade A ‘Net Loss’ To America
Rep. Rene Ellmers insists she suppoorts trade deals, even if she doesn’t understand them. “I will tell you I’m not sure exactly the process, but the fact of the matter is if we don’t have the trade promotion authority, we literally give up our ability to have that oversight and that final say,” she told a radio interviewer.
ForAmerica’s Bozell on Jeb’s 2016 Announcement: ‘Exercise in Futility’
“We’ve said it before and we say it again: Jeb Bush is unelectable. Not only is he not conservative, but he gave Hillary Clinton an award for public service and her campaign will undoubtedly find a creative way to humiliate him with it,” Brent Bozell says.
America’s Openly Gay Ambassadors Boast: ObamaTrade ‘Will Export’ LGBT Agenda
The op-ed’s authors state that they are already promoting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) abroad. “In speaking about these agreements, we often use the word ‘values,’” they write. “We promote transparency, public participation, accountability and the rule of law, and we advocate for our host countries to join us in setting the global standard.”
No Child Left Behind Rewrite To Face Another Showdown in House
Republican leaders seem poised to resume attempts to convince the conservative base of their party that the bill will reduce federal involvement in education and return it to the states and localities.
High School ‘Social Justice’ Lesson Turns into #BlackLivesMatter Indoctrination
A high school honors assignment art display that was supposed to provide a reflection on the meaning of “social justice” ended up furthering students’ indoctrination in the “#BlackLivesMatter” movement.
20-Week Abortion Pain Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act was introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) with 45 co-sponsors.
