The director of last year’s family film Mary Poppins Returnis hoping for a gay rights theme in a future film – if one is made.

Rob Marshall, who is gay, directed the 2018 Disney film that grossed $171 million. Disney hasn’t announced if there will be a “Mary Poppins 3,” but Marshall told Advocate.com he’d support it having a gay rights angle. Advocate’s Daniel Reynolds noted that women in the first two films “fight for causes.” In the 2018 film, Jane Banks worked as a union organizer. 

“You’re right about that,” Marshall said. “That was a conscious decision to have [Jane in Mary Poppins Returns] follow in the footsteps of her mother. I will say, I never approached it like, Oh, I’m making a film for kids. It’s that great thing that Walt Disney said, ‘Our films aren’t for children. They’re for the child in all of us.’ Which is such a great quote and it’s so true. But this one, I honestly felt was for adults.”

Asked if he saw the “next generation” advocating “for causes like gay rights, LGBTQ rights,” Marshall said he’d back it.

“Wouldn’t that’d be great? Please, Lord. That’s exactly what should be happening,” Marshall responded. “I’m always so aware of that, being a gay man myself. I mean, our movie takes place in the ’30s. But if it were to take place now, that’s exactly what it should be. I understand so deeply what it’s…

Video hosting site Vimeo has removed some videos from Oklahoma’s Fairview Baptist Church’s account after the church uploaded videos of its February conference.

The February conference, “God’s Voice,” was a gathering dedicated to “bring(ing) biblical clarity to the recent confusion surrounding the issues of ‘revoiced’ sexuality and ‘LGBTQ+ Christians.”

Vimeo first removed the church’s account and then on March 15, restored the account and many videos, but all videos from the “God’s Voice” conference remained unavailable on the church’s account.

An employee with Vimeo’s “Trust and Safety” department told the church in an email that “Vimeo moderators will generally remove accounts or content” in which uploads:

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  Make derogatory or inflammatory statements about individuals or groups of people
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  Are intended to harm someone’s reputation
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  Have an overall mean-spirited vibe

The email also said the site “forbids” content that promotes Sexual Orientation Change Efforts.

“It appears that your account had a series of live streams promoting these views,” the email said.

Fairview Baptist responded to the email in a public Facebook post, warning other churches to be aware of Vimeo’s policy.

“Christians should be worried,” the post said. “It is only getting worse in America. Churches using Vimeo should be…

After collapsing from a serious brain injury last September, doctors did not believe college football player Christion Abercrombie would survive. Now the athlete is praising God that he is alive.

According to WSB-TV 2, Abercrombie – a former middle linebacker for Tennessee State University – collapsed during a game against Vanderbilt, from what he thought was an excruciating headache.

The student-athlete was rushed to the hospital where doctors determined that he had suffered several strokes and was suffering from a severe brain injury. CBN News reports that doctors did not expect him to make it through the night. 

Upon hearing this news, athletes from both TSU and Vanderbilt decided to huddle together at the 50-yard-line and pray for their teammate and friend.

The moment was captured and posted to Twitter by Jeremy Buchanan. The photo was captioned, “Vanderbilt and Tennessee State met at the 50 yard line after the game to pray for injured player Christian Abercrombie.”

Vanderbilt and Tennessee State met at the 50 yard line after the game to pray for injured player Christian Abercrombie @VandyFootball @tsu_football @KySportsRadio pic.twitter.com/lS7cp2J8m4

— Jeremy Buchanan (@jeremyrbuchanan) September 29, 2018

Abercrombie’s parents also prayed for their son that night as they stayed by his side. Staci Abercrombie,…

Evangelical leaders from the U.S. met with Brazil’s new President Jari Bolsonaro – an outspoken Christian – on Tuesday to talk about the future of his country.

According to CBN News, pastors, CEOs and community leaders – including Pat Robertson, Reinhard Bonnke and Joel Rosenberg – gathered with Bolsonaro to pray over him and his country as they discussed policy and the importance of upholding traditional Christian values.

. Magazine reports that in the meeting – which was set up by the Christian Broadcasting Network– Bolsonaro shared that he wants to move Brazil away from liberal “left-wing leaning” politics and toward more conservative policies.

Among the things he wants to do, Bolsonaro said he would like to move the Brazilian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, strengthen Brazil’s relationship with Israel, strengthen legislation that protects unborn babies and reverse the effects socialism has had on Brazil.

According to CBN News, Bolsonaro also touched on the current crisis in Venezuela noting that he wants to continue to provide aid to the country in whatever capacity he can. 

Many of the leaders also took turns praying over Bolsonaro. 

CBN founder and Chairman Pat Robinson prayed, “We pray, Lord, the anointing of the Holy Spirit come upon [Bolsonaro]. That he may have wisdom. That he will hear a voice in his…

From the roaring applause of the room and the familiar voice of a past presidential candidate, one would have thought they were in a campaign rally.

As former Presidential candidate and the 42nd Vice President of the United States, Al Gore, stood on stage in front of thousands of people, it was clear that he was in his element. 

Last week, 2,000 people gathered in Atlanta, Georgia to receive training from Gore through the Interfaith Climate Reality Project. This was the organization’s first Interfaith climate reality training. 

Since 2006, Gore has been on a mission to train as many people as he can on what he calls “the number one danger that we are facing today,” climate crisis. Many in the evangelical community struggle with this assertion, putting Gore at odds with some mainline evangelicals.

A 2015 Pew Research Poll found that only 28 percent of white evangelicals believed that the Earth was getting warmer as a result of human activity. This was by far the lowest percentage of any religious demographic in the survey.

While this may be the case, during a round table event with reporters, Gore noted that he welcomes other point of views from the evangelical community and would welcome mainline evangelicals to come to the table. 

Since the Interfaith Climate Reality Project’s inception, Gore has trained more than 19,000 people. 

During…