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Kindergartner Kicked Out Of Baptist School After Adoption By Lesbian Couple

Hemant Mehta ✒ “They didn’t think this was a good fit,” said one of the parents.11-August-2022Bible Baptist Academy wanted nothing to do with Zoey because her new parents are both women.A Baptist school in Louisiana kicked out a child who was about to enter kindergarten because she was recently adopted by lesbians.It’s the latest example of Christian love in action.The story is even more tragic

NSS Probes Future Monarchs Over Gay Marriage Stance

National Secular Society ✒ has pressed the future monarchs to confirm their stance on homosexuality after the Church of England affirmed its opposition to gay sex and marriage.The NSS wrote to the Prince Charles and the Prince William last week to ask if they agree with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby's affirmation of a Church resolution which said same sex marriage was wrong and "

Glenn Beck Urges His Fellow Mormons To Call Down Miracles And Save This Nation

Right Wing Watch ✒ Right-wing commentator Glenn Beck and religious-right pseudo-historian David Barton teamed up for an event Tuesday that was organized by the Utah Eagle Forum on the dangers allegedly posed by “The Great Reset and ESG.”Kyle MantylaThe Great Reset is the name for a plan created by the World Economic Forum on how best to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and ESG refers to the

A Morning Thought @ 1525

The Oak Tree

Dixie Elliot ✒ continues in short story form.“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.He opened his eyes and wondered why he was lying fully clothed on a steel bed. The mattress was hard and it stank, the pillow felt no better. He was in a prison cell, a very old prison cell by the look of it, with a

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Ninety Nine

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousFintan O’Toole: Want to change the world? Join a unionMick Lynch vs The Media RemixTens of thousands of UK workers strike as inflation

‘The Great Replacement’ ✑ How New Atheists Legitimized And Spread A White Nationalist Conspiracy Theory

Eiynah ✒ A string of deadly far-right attacks across the globe in the past decade or so had one thing in common: a white nationalist conspiracy theory known as The Great Replacement. From Utoya, Norway in 2011 to the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, El Paso, Texas and Christchurch, New Zealand in 2019, to the mass shooting in a Buffalo supermarket on May 14 of this year—all these

A Morning Thought @ 1524

Leslie McCrory

Pádraic Mac Coitir ✒ shares his thoughts on learning of the death of a neighbour at the start of the month. Pádraic Mac Coitir with Leslie McCrory  I've lived most of my life in Lenadoon and have met many men and women but unfortunately as I get older a lot of those people are now dead.I got word from a friend yesterday telling me his cousin, Leslie McCrory, died in the early hours. I've known

Sleep

Frankie Quinn with a poem from his book Open Gates.SleepCome sleep, draw darkness onMy light, bring sleep charms♞♜♝And heavy arms to lean alongMy side.♞♜♝Whisper Morpheus’ secretsAnd brush gently on lace-curtained lashes♞♜♝Carry memories of feelings felt andDark days seen.♞♜♝Come sleep, come sleep, come sleepIn the deep, soft folds of me, sleep.⏩ Frankie Quinn is a former republican prisoner who