There is a familiar statement that’s quoted often, “Behind every number, there is a name.” For the 400,000 children in the U.S. foster care system, they all have names. To Bethany Christian Services, one of the largest foster care and adoption agencies in the nation, every child is much more than a number. They are a person that deserves the love of Jesus Christ and the benefit of a stable family.

To help find homes for children in the foster care system, Bethany recently started a partnership with Willie Moore Jr., an actor, producer, speaker, comedian, radio host, Christian R&B artist and a licensed minister. The partnership between Moore and Bethany started in December 2018 on Moore’s 40th Birthday.

This year, Willie and his wife Patricia, launched a tour of marriage events in about a dozen cities across the United States. The pair minister to couples regarding strengthening their marriages, and he has also very creatively tied marriage, family, and growing your family through adoption, as well. So far, the efforts of Moore and Bethany seem to be paying off, as 215 African-American families have been recruited.

As an African-American male, Moore is particularly concerned about the racial disparity in the American foster care system. Black children make up 23 percent of the children in foster care, although African-Americans only…

Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke released his plan for “LGBTQ+ Equality” Wednesday and one element of the plan would ensure that transgender males would be allowed to compete on female sports teams. In announcing the plan, O’Rourke exclaimed that it would “ensure LGBTQ+ Americans can live openly without fear or discrimination or violence and would immediately reverse the Trump Administration’s Discriminatory policies.”

O’Rourke, the Texas Democrat who gained national popularity during his failed bid to defeat Senator Ted Cruz in 2018, details the plan on his website. First, he lists executive actions that he would take “to protect LGBTQ+ People,” including rolling back several executive orders by President Trump, opening the asylum process to “LGBTQ+ individuals fleeing persecution,” and protecting “LGBTQ+ youth from conversion therapy.” In the second part, he details legislative action he would pursue and in the final part of the plan he promises to work for LGBTQ+ equality across the globe.

Under the second aspect of the plan, he pledged that he would work to ensure passage of the “Equality Act.” The Equality Act would add gender identity to the protected classes under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and would have profound effects on many aspects of American society, including Title IX. Since 1972,…