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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on LGBT Book Readings in Elementary Schools

2 days ago | washingtonstand.com | Sarah Holliday

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Mahmoud v. Taylor — a case that marks not only a major step in the fight for parental rights, but also in protecting young children from LGBT-themed, sexually explicit material. Several justices appeared to lean toward the parents, signaling support for their claims.
A Christian Response to an Increasingly Violent ‘Assassination Culture’

2 days ago | washingtonstand.com | Sarah Holliday

In a world where death threats flood phones and vandalism becomes a political statement, the words of Jesus in John 10:10 ring truer than ever: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” If we view the “thief” as the destructive forces of the world, the flesh, and the devil, it helps bring the chaos of our society into sharp focus. We live in a paradoxical age — hyper-connected through technology yet profoundly isolated.
More States Reject Trump’s EO to Protect Girls’ Sports

3 days ago | washingtonstand.com | Sarah Holliday

Another day, another state defying President Donald Trump’s executive order barring men from women’s sports. When Trump signed the EO, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” early February, he warned that any school that didn’t fall in line risked losing federal funding. It turns out some states, such as Maine, and some schools, such as the University of Pennsylvania, wanted to test their luck. Now, their federal money supply is dwindling as a result.
Oklahoma Joins Growing Number of States Pushing Back against Same-Sex Marriage

3 days ago | washingtonstand.com | Sarah Holliday

In 2015, the Obergefell decision from the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Six years later, a Gallup poll revealed that a majority of Americans on both sides of the aisle favored this legal recognition. Today, The New York Times’ Amy Harmon claims that it’s been “more than a decade since same-sex marriage dominated the national political discourse.” But could that be changing?
Louisiana’s Education Comeback: Rising to the Top amid National Decline

4 days ago | washingtonstand.com | Sarah Holliday

The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as “the nation’s report card,” revealed that an overwhelming amount of American students have not recovered from the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. For years, it appears most states have only seen a continual decline in scores. “National scores are below pre-pandemic levels (2019) in ALL tested grades and subjects,” the report noted. However, at least for Louisiana, there’s been a significant upward shift.
Can Parents Opt Out? Supreme Court Takes on School LGBT Story Hour Case

4 days ago | washingtonstand.com | Sarah Holliday

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Mahmoud v. Taylor on Tuesday, April 22, marking a key step in Maryland parents’ ongoing effort to shield their young children from mandatory participation in LGBT-themed, sexually explicit storybook reading sessions in elementary schools. Parents represented in the case, most of whom are Muslim, Christian, and Jewish, want the option to pull their kids out of these story hours, which promote LGBT books containing sexually explicit content.
Illinois’s Assisted Suicide Bill Would Turn Medicine into a ‘Culture of Death,’ Representative Warns

5 days ago | washingtonstand.com | Sarah Holliday

Ten U.S. states have legalized assisted suicide. Now, Americans are watching anxiously to see if Illinois will become the 11th. Senate Bill 9, also known as the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act, permits doctors to prescribe suicide drugs — whether face-to-face or through the mail — to adults with terminal illness who have been given six months to live.
Christ Could Have Fled Calvary, but He Never Would Have

1 week ago | washingtonstand.com | Sarah Holliday

Christ’s crucifixion, drenched in agony, stands as a pivotal moment in human history. On the cross at Calvary, divine love, justice, and mercy converged in a singular act of redemption. Far from an accident or a tragedy beyond His control, Christ’s death was the deliberate culmination of His mission as the God-Man. Yet, even in His final moments, He faced the scorn of mockers who taunted His power and authority.
The Harrowing of Hell and the Goodness of God

1 week ago | washingtonstand.com | S.a. McCarthy

The story of Jesus Christ’s life, passion, death, and resurrection is unequivocally the most consequential story in the whole of human history, literally defining the course of the world over the past 2,000 years. To many Christians, the story is intimately familiar, repeated time and time again — especially in the days leading up to Easter Sunday — and recounted and analyzed in countless sermons and homilies, theology and philosophy books, and even documentaries and podcasts.
‘Why Are We Not Protecting Our Children?’ Mother of Slain Illegal Immigrant Victim Speaks at White House

1 week ago | washingtonstand.com | S.a. McCarthy

Maryland mother-of-five Rachel Morin was brutally raped and murdered in 2023 by an illegal immigrant ushered into the country under the Biden administration. After her killer, El Salvador national Victor Martinez-Hernandez, was convicted this week, the victim’s mother spoke at the White House, urging journalists who cover subjects such as illegal immigration to “tell the truth” about the damage done to the nation by noncitizens.