Pope Francis to Elevate Four Nuns

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Pope Francis to Elevate Four Nuns

Christian Today report– Pope Francis will canonise four nuns in May, the pontiff announced on Saturday.

The women – Maria Cristina dell’Immacolata, Jeanne Emilie de Villeneuve, Mariam Baouardi, and Marie-Alphonsine Ghattas – each founded orders two centuries ago.

Mother Maria Cristina lived from 1856 to 1906, and founded the Sisters Expiatory Victims of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in Naples, Italy. Known for her devotion to the Eucharist, she was beatified by John Paul II in 2003.

Emilie was born in France in 1811, and founded the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Castres in 1836. She passed away 18 years later from cholera, and was beatified in 2009.

Blessed Mariam Baouardi of Palestine was born in 1846, and was said to have experienced stigmata, levitation, and other supernatural events. She helped found a monastery in Bethlehem and a Carmelite Order in Mongalore, India.  She died at the age of 33, and was beatified in 1983.

Another Palestinian nun, Blessed Marie-Alphonsine Ghattas (1843-1927), founded the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem, and a school for girls in Beit Sahour. She was beatified in 2009 by Cardinal Angelo Amato on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI.

All of the women have had two miracles performed through their intercession – a requirement for canonisation that is at times waived.

Pope Francis has canonised 17 saints during his papacy, which began in March 2013. Pope Saint John Paul II canonised a record 110 saints during his 26-year papacy.

Source: Christian Today

Controversy Arises Ahead of anti-Islamisation Pegida Protest in Newcastle

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Controversy Arises Ahead of anti-Islamisation Pegida Protest in Newcastle

Christian Today report– An anti-Islamisation ‘Pegida’ march due to be held in Newcastle later this month has attracted protests and counter-protests as controversial MP George Galloway has said he will join the demonstration against Pegida.

Pegida (which in German stands for ‘Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West’) began regular protests in Dresden, East Germany in October. The peaceful marches grew from a few hundred people to tens of thousands within a matter of weeks.

They claim to want to protect the country’s Judeo-Christian heritage, though numerous Christian groups have condemned Pegida, and counter-demonstrations with a pro-immigration message have attracted even larger numbers across Germany. This week’s Pegida march in Dresden only attracted about 2,000 people, suggesting that enthusiasm is waning.

Galloway, the Respect Party MP for Bradford West, last week called on the Home Secretary to ban the Newcastle march scheduled for February 28, and said that he would attend a counter-demonstration if it went ahead.

“Freedom of speech has its limits,” Galloway told the Newcastle Chronicle. “I can’t shout ‘fire’ in a crowded cinema, no one can racially abuse or threaten another person without legal consequences. So I don’t accept that Pegida, an openly racist party from abroad, has the right to spew hatred on our streets.

“I know that the police have only limited powers to stop these marches but the Home Secretary has the power to nip this in the bud by banning these knuckle-dragging thugs from the streets of Newcastle and elsewhere in the country,” Galloway said.

The counter demonstration has been organised by Newcastle Unites, a multicultural group that has also protested against the far-right English Defence League.

But some are protesting the Bradford MP’s involvement in the anti-Pegida demonstration. Two students wrote an open letter saying that they were concerned about how Galloway’s controversial political views, such as his stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict, would reflect on the counter-demonstration.

The MP has described the open letter as ‘defamatory’. “I’m extremely disappointed that two individuals with their own agenda, in a highly-defamatory letter over which I am taking action, are effectively undermining the opposition to Pegida,” Galloway told the Newcastle Chronicle.

Newcastle Unites posted a comment on its Facebook page about Galloway’s attendance, saying: “Some may not agree with his politics, or some of his views, however we can’t deny that he’s been a leading voice against fascism for many years, and in recent years against the rise of Islamophobia.

“He is highly respected by many including many Muslims, so therefore we are proud to announce that George Galloway MP has confirmed that he’ll stand united with Newcastle Unites Against Pegida on 28th February.”

Pegida has spread to a number of European countries in the past few months, although marches held outside Germany have not received anywhere near as much support. The first protest in Malmö, Sweden on 9 February only attracted around 30 people, with an estimated crowd of 3,000 gathering to protest against Pegida.

More than 15,000 people have ‘liked’ the Pegida UK Facebook page, and so far 653 people have said they plan to attend the Newcastle rally.

Source: Christian Today

 

Freedom from Fasting as Chinese New Year Falls on Ash Wednesday This Year

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Freedom from Fasting as Chinese New Year Falls on Ash Wednesday This Year

Christian Today report– Chinese Catholics facing a tricky decision between fasting for Ash Wednesday and celebrating Chinese New Year have been excused by their bishops.

Some clergy in East Asia are reportedly granting dispensations to their churches, who usually abstain from food on the holy day, because this year it falls on the same day as the celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Traditionally, the New Year celebrations include a big family meal.

Catholic News Agency reports that Cardinal Luis Tagle of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, told his archdiocese in a letter earlier this month that they would not be expected to fast “in view of the… cultural and spiritual importance and the traditional practices” associated with Chinese New Year.

“We therefore grant dispensation from the obligation of fasting and abstinence to our Chinese-Filipino and Chinese Catholics in the Archdiocese of Manila from the afternoon of February 18, 2015 until midnight,” he said.

“Those availing of the dispensation must engage in some other forms of penance, acts of mercy and charity, especially to the poor and those who suffer, in keeping with the penitential spirit of the season of Lent.

“May our celebration of the start of a new year and the Lenten Season bring us to the path of renewal and conversion towards God’s Kingdom! Have a meaningful Lenten season and a Happy Lunar New Year!”

Vancouver Archbishop Micahel Miller also excused his church members, around 20 per cent of whom are of Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Malaysian descent.

Miller noted the “dilemma” of wanting to ring in the New Year on the same day that Catholics are expected to “fast, abstain from meat and have ashes spread on their foreheads” in a letter to congregants. He therefore said he was “pleased to dispense the faithful from the obligation”.

However, the Archbishop did suggest that those faced with the decision should observe a day of fasting on a later date instead.

“Please note that this relaxation of the rule for such a significant day in the Church’s liturgical year is a one-time dispensation only and is not valid for future years,” he added.

Source: Christian Today

 

Church of England Calls for a ‘new direction’ in Politics

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Christian Today report– The Church of England today published a call for a “new direction” in politics and encouraged all its members to use their vote in the general election.

The pastoral letter was leaked to the conservative secular press over the weekend, where it was widely interpreted as an attack on the Conservative Party and a bid to end the legacy of the late Margaret Thatcher.

Criticising the growing appetite to “find scapegoats” in political life, the letter, from the Church’s bishops, says they want to help churchgoers and others “negotiate these dangerous times.” The bishops draw on the Catholic concept of the “common good”, a concept also spoken of openly by David Cameron when he became Prime Minister.

The bishops, including the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Bishop of London Richard Chartres, lament the fact that “deep divisions and the gulfs between people and communities” seem to be widening.

They openly state their desire to leave Thatcherism behind, accusing her administration of bringing in competitive individualism, consumption and of fragmenting social solidarity.

Different administrations since Lady Thatcher “have treated the market-orientated and individualistic emphasis of her governments as part of the undisputed political landscape,” the bishops write. They say we are now “as distant in time” from her government, elected first in 1979, as she was from Attlee’s Labour government of 1945.

Controversially, the bishops call for closer European integration and also make a case for scrapping Trident. “The sheer scale of indiscriminate destructive power represented by nuclear weapons such as Trident was only justifiable, if at all, by appeal to the principle of mutually assured destruction,” they write. “Shifts in the global strategic realities mean that the traditional arguments for nuclear deterence need re-examining.”

Bishop of Leicester Tim Stevens said the pastoral letter was a call to resist the reduction of politics to “self-interest” as the only clear moral imperative. “In particular we seek to resist politics as an extension of consumerism in which parties tailor their policies to attract tightly defined electoral groups, appealing to sectional interests in pursuit of a narrow slice of swing votes.”

Bishop of Norwich Graham James said: “The danger of demonising racial or religious groups is considerable, especially at a time when international terrorism is a destabilising factor among the community of nations. We have to resist this.

“We hope that this will animate Christians to engage in politics, what we want them to do is to engage in the political processes. We are conscious that there are a number of voices around – probably the most famous of which is Russell Brand – telling people that they shouldn’t bother with voting and shouldn’t bother to exercise their hard-won democratic freedoms,” Bishop James added.

“I’m conscious just going around some of our youth groups and speaking to youth groups that that has had a more profound effect than I had anticipated,” he said. “And while one may think that bishops of the Church of England don’t quite have the sex appeal of Russell Brand we think that we should counter it.”

Conservative MP Nadine Dorries was among those who criticised the document.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, she said the Church is “always silent when people are seeking its voice” but “very keen to dive in” when no one is asking for its opinion.

She also accused the bishops of “glaring inaccuracies”, such as the claim that unemployment has not risen as fast as expected under the Coalition, when it has actually fallen.

She said: “I would much rather the Church stuck to becoming involved in issues where people are really seeking the Church’s voice, such as gender abortion, late term abortion, issues to do with the human tissue and embryology bill.”

Referring to the last Labour administration, she added: “Britain endured the longest, deepest recession globally. Where were the bishops’ voices when the last Labour government went on a spending frenzy. Where were the warnings then?

“The Bible is very clear about the immorality of leaving our children and our grandchildren with debts to pay. The bishops didn’t speak up then. It seems to me there is a very definite left-wing leaning to their message. It seems they only want to get involved when it’s opportune for them to do so. They have only just accepted women as equals and brought in women bishops. On their message of equality that is going out today their premise for having authority is very biased.”

Source: Christian Today

 

Isreali Prime Minister Calls for ‘Mass Immigration’ of Jews to Israel After Denmark Synagogue Attack

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Isreali Prime Minister Calls for ‘Mass Immigration’ of Jews to Israel After Denmark Synagogue Attack

Christian post report– Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for “mass immigration” of Jews to Israel from Europe after a deadly shooting at a synagogue in Denmark, the second synagogue shooting in Europe in two months after last month’s synagogue shooting in Paris, sparking fear of growing anti-semitism in Europe.

“I would like to tell all European Jews and all Jews wherever they are: ‘Israel is the home of every Jews. To the Jews of Europe and to the Jews of the world I say that Israel is waiting for you with open arms,'” Netanyahu told the Israeli cabinet Sunday, according to JewishPress.com.

Netanyahu’s call comes the day after a gunman shot two police officers near a synagogue in the Danish capital of Copenhagen. The man then shot a civilian multiple times in the head before fleeing the scene. The officers were wounded but the civilian later died.

“Jews have been murdered again on European soil only because they were Jews,” Netanyahu added, according to The New York Times. “Of course, Jews deserve protection in every country, but we say to Jews, to our brothers and sisters: Israel is your home.”

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who is on a visit to Israel, agreed with Netanyahu.

“I understand what he’s saying,” Huckabee, a likely 2016 Republican candidate for president, was quoted as saying.

“The Jews have been through this kind of horrible situation before, when they were hunted down and murdered, and he’s saying to many Jews in Europe, ‘terrorism is not isolated to the Middle East, it’s global, it’s happening in Oklahoma City, Fort Hood, in Copenhagen… and the one place that Jews can be protected is in Israel. And I can’t blame him a bit – and he’s probably dead right to say it.”

However, Jair Melchior, Denmark’s chief rabbi, disagrees.

“People from Denmark move to Israel because they love Israel, because of Zionism, but not because of terrorism,” he told The Associated Press. “If the way we deal with terror is to run somewhere else, we should all run to a deserted island.”

Meanwhile, several hundred tombs in the Jewish cemetery of Sarre-Union near the German border were vandalized in France, Reuters reported Sunday.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said police had opened an inquiry. “Everything will be done to identify, arrest and judge the perpetrator or perpetrators of this ignominious act,” he was quoted as saying. “The country will not tolerate this new injury which goes against the values that all French people share.”

The same cemetery was defaced in 2001 when 54 tombs were destroyed. Another 60 gravestones were overturned and thrown to the ground in 1988.

Last month, 17 people, including journalists and police, were killed in three days of violence in Paris that began Jan. 7 with an attack on the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.

The attacks in France ended Jan. 9 after police killed brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, the two alleged gunmen in the Charlie Hebdo attack, in a standoff just outside Paris where they had taken a woman hostage. Police also killed Ahmedy Coulibaly, a gunman involved in a deadly standoff at a kosher market in eastern Paris, another attack apparently targeted at Jews. The gunman had already killed four hostages.

Source: Christian Post

The Great Divorce by Kirk Franklin

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The Great Divorce by Kirk Franklin

Patheos report– This one may start off like it’s just for the fellas, but ladies I think you can find a seat in the car as well. Let’s go!

It was a year into my marriage with Tammy. Still honeymooning, all lovey dovey, and beaming with that newfound boy meets girl type of romance. One day, Tammy and I were out to eat at a pretty nice restaurant, when a very attractive young lady walked past our table right in the middle of our conversation. Whatever Tammy was talking to me about, her voice suddenly changed into the teacher on the Charlie Brown cartoon.

The spirit of ADD attacked my mind, the focus of my eyes left the beautiful bride in front of me and turned to this mean horrible lady who shouldn’t have worn such a sexy dress and sweet smelling perfume. How dare she steal my attention from the woman of my dreams! It was her fault that I was about to get the worst thrashing in my twelve month covenant to Mrs. Franklin. Tammy stopped talking as she noticed my attention had turned to the young lady that had passed, began to roll her neck and suck her teeth like only a sista is gifted by God to do.

As i sat guilty, sweaty, in fear for my life, she spoke with the quietness of a lamb, yet the authority of a soldier. She said, softly, “ Babe, I know this is new for you, being married and everything, but you’ve got to make a choice, quickly. You can either look at her backside, or mine. But you can’t look at both.” (I’m giving you the Christian, Sunday morning Easter version of the conversation. Basically, she informed me that the old man was not going to be able to coexist in the new covenant.)

I had to choose one and divorce the other.

I had old habits I developed before I understood that salvation and sanctification were two different things and took some old hurtful habits into my marriage: promiscuity, a carnal approach to putting the past behind me, childhood addictions of pornography. Of course, my wife’s shoulders were not built for my unhealthy past. I almost crushed her in the beginning of our marriage, because one woman cannot keep up the performance of several. God never intended her to.

I never realized how much renewing my mind needed until God put Godly men in my life.

Whether its sex, power, or control (which is the same as power), you can never be who the new you in Christ was intended to be until you divorce the old one. The biggest problem in the walk with the King I’ve learned is we want to take some spoils of war with us. Men talk a lot about their crusades, women hang their “children trophies” (or whatever the celebratory identity thing it may be for them at the moment) and it defines us. It gives us the aroma of identity. But the new us — waiting at the foot of the cross or at the alter after conversion — never gets to grow and mature because we value “who we were” more than “who we are.”

Mainly because “who we are” now needs nourishment, time, and development and death. Daily.

The first thing that had to change in my new relationship to Tammy is I had to

BURN THE PHONEBOOK.

Do any of you remember the phone book? Its where you kept the numbers of those “friends” (yeah… friends.)

After I knew tammy was the one, I had to call those “friends” and tell them things were going to change. My flesh had to submit to the truth that the calls were necessary, no matter how painful.

What is interfering with your new walk in the faith? A job, a position, a bottle? Whatever you run to first — before the lover of your soul — is your phone book. You will never get the full benefits of your new marriage if your heart still belongs to someone [or even something] else. You will only get the basic package.

The premium package cost more. You gotta go deeper into your pocket when you want the premium package. You can tell the operator all day what you want. But after you “negotiate,” you have to hand over the credit card information or the next sound you’ll hear is a dial tone.

God requires all, or nothing at all; He will NEVER negotiate. Who you were, what you’ve won, who you knew, doesn’t give you a front row seat when it’s prayer time. it boils down to:

“How bad do you want it?”

“What are you willing to give up?”

“What will you divorce?”

The sacrifices my wife has seen me make has deepened our love and our intimacy. Showing her I love her for her is what erases what I had so I can enjoy what I have. As Paul counted it all garbage for the gain of knowing Christ as his Lord, I count that girl walking past me that day at the restaurant as nothing compared to the joy of knowing Tammy, my queen. But I’m careful… my victory today can be my failure tomorrow if I don’t sign the divorce papers… daily.

Source: Patheos

ISIS Chops Off 3 Women’s Hands in Mosul

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ISIS Chops Off 3 Women’s Hands in Mosul

Christian Post report– The Islamic State terrorist organization has chopped off the hands of three women and whipped five men who were caught using their cellphones in the Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, a witness has claimed.

An unnamed source informed IraqiNews.com last Thursday that ISIS militants in Iraq’s second-largest city have cut off the hands of three women, although the charges against the women remain unannounced.

The source also informed the news agency that the militant organization also whipped five men after they were caught using their cell phones to talk to their families.

“[T]he ISIS militants cut three women’s hands off for unknown charges,” the man claimed. “They also whipped five people for using cell phones to contact their relatives while standing on the celebration stage in the Cultural Compound in central Mosul.”

The ISIS militants also issued a warning to citizens informing them that cell phone use is against ISIS’ law.

“ISIS told the people of Mosul that it would whip anyone 30 times if they were caught using cell phones,” the source added.

According to the International Business Times, later reports have suggested that the women’s hands were amputated as punishment for using mobile phones. However, hand amputation is a common Islamic punishment for stealing.

In December, ISIS issued an order stating that all Apple devices were banned from each of its provinces, out of fear that the American technology could be used by U.S. security agents to coordinate airstrike attacks against the caliphate. In the order, all GPS-enabled devices were also banned.

“[I]n order to shut one of the doors of penetration the enemy uses to attain its goals and strike with exactness by means of its war and remote-guided aircraft, it has been decided to forbid the use of any electronic device or a system that has access to service to enable precise location of positions,” the ISIS statement declared.

In November, ISIS cut the cell phone networks in Mosul. The next month, ISIS cut all the phone lines in Mosul and put the city on lockdown, banning citizens from leaving the city.

A resident told The Daily Mail that ISIS cut the phone lines out of fear that residents were phoning in the militants’ locations to government forces.

ISIS’ alleged 30-whipping punishment for cell phone use is yet another in the long list of cruel ISIS punishments.

In late January, 13 teenage boys were executed for watching the Iraq vs. Jordan Asia Cup soccer match, which ISIS claims is a violation of Shariah law.

Also in late January, two men were thrown off the roof of a multi-level tower in Mosul for committing homosexual acts.

ISIS has also instituted strict punishments for smoking and drinking alcohol. One resident in Raqqa told Al Monitor that an ISIS militant broke his fingers by bending them back and forth using a pair of pliers because he was caught smoking.

Source: Christian Post

 

Australia’s Policy as regards Asylum Seekers is Barbaric, Says Priest

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Australia’s Policy as regards Asylum Seekers is Barbaric, Says Priest

Christian Today report– A priest in Australia has spoken out against the Australian government’s policy towards asylum-seekers, calling it “barbaric” and a sign of the government’s failure in its responsibility to provide care for children in its jurisdiction.

“The world’s most vulnerable children are being deliberately detained and harmed for seeking asylum,” Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office Director, Fr Maurizio Pettena, told the Catholic News Agency.

“It is with deep sadness that we read the findings of the (Australian Human Rights Commission’s) report on children in detention,” he lamented.

Fr Pettena was referring to the recently-published report by the Commission, titled “The Forgotten Children,” that reviewed the conditions of child asylum-seekers who were detained for 15 months in detention camps in Nauru and Papua New Guinea.

According to the Commission, 128 detained children inflicted injury upon themselves, while 33 claim to have been sexually assaulted, and 27 refused to eat as a form of protest against their detention. In addition, 171 children threatened to injure themselves.

The child asylum-seekers fled their home countries to seek asylum and came on board boats. They are normally trafficked from Indonesia, but are intercepted by ships from the Royal Australian Navy before they can see Australian shores.

Fr Pettena criticised the Australian government’s policy towards the asylum seekers, and its decision to send intercepted children to localities that are potentially dangerous for them. The priest said the situation was leading to “innumerable cases of mental illness, developmental delays, sexual assaults and self-harm.”

“The findings in this report on children in detention leave no doubt about its credibility,” Fr. Pettena concluded.

The priest said that the policy was a clear violation of children’s rights under the Convention for the Rights of Children and urged the government to examine its policy and release the 800 children currently in detention.

“All eyes are now on Australia, to see how we as a nation respond to this inquiry,” the priest said.

Source: Christian Today

French Catholic Church Refuses to Sign Charlie Hebdo Freedom of Expression Declaration

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French Catholic Church Refuses to Sign Charlie Hebdo Freedom of Expression Declaration

Christian Today report– The Catholic Church in France will not sign a declaration on freedom of expression written by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

The declaration, proposed in the wake of last month’s terror attack on satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo, is addressed solely to religious groups. It calls on them to support free speech, regardless of the possibility that faith could be criticised.

“No one’s concept of what is sacred may be imposed on others,” the declaration states. “Everyone is free to express criticism, even irreverent criticism, of any system of political, philosophical or religious thought.”

RSF’s Secretary General, Christophe Deloire, said the Paris shootings and subsequent fallout demonstrated “the need for a clear message in support of freedom of information”.

Public debate should not be “constrained or limited by the beliefs or sensibilities of this sector of that sector,” he added.

The declaration has received support from various faith leaders in France. The head of the Protestant Federation, François Clavairoly, Dalil Boubakeur, who leads the Paris Mosque and the French Council of Muslim Worship and the president of the French Buddhist Union, Marie-Stella Boussemart, have all signed the document.

Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia has lent his support to the principle of the declaration, but has called for a collective response from all faith leaders in France.

However, there is not a representative from the Catholic Church among the signatories. According to the Tablet, the president of the bishops’ conference, Archbishop of Marseille Georges Pontier, said that the declaration “seems to suspect religions of being not very active in supporting free speech, if not actually opposed to it”.

He noted that the Church does not sign declarations that it has not helped to draft, and expressed regret that the RSF’s campaign targeted only religious leaders, and no other groups.

Source: Christian Today

 

 

First Openly Bisexual US Governor Will Assume Office This Week in Oregon

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First Openly Bisexual US Governor Will Assume Office This Week in Oregon

Christian post report– As Oregon’s embattled Democrat Gov. John Kitzhaber announced Friday he will resign Wednesday, the state’s Secretary of State Kate Brown, also a Democrat, is set to become the first openly bisexual governor in U.S. history.

Kitzhaber is stepping down amid allegations that his fiancée misused her relationship with him to acquire contracts for her environmental consulting business, according to The Associated Press.

The state’s constitution requires that the secretary of state take over if a governor steps down or dies.

“This is a sad day for Oregon. But I am confident that legislators are ready to come together to move Oregon forward,” Brown was quoted as saying Friday. “I know you all have a lot of questions, and I will answer them as soon as possible. As you can imagine, there is a lot of work to be done between now and Wednesday.”

Though married to Dan Little since 1997, Brown has publicly identified herself as bisexual in the past.

In an essay for Out and Elected in the USA, Brown shared how she disclosed to her parents about her sexuality and how her gay friends called her “half-queer.”

“Some days I feel like I have a foot in both worlds, yet never really belonging to either,” she wrote.

Her spokesman, Tony Green, was quoted as saying that Brown still considers herself bisexual.

Brown, a Minnesota native, was earlier expected to be a top contender to succeed Kitzhaber only in 2018.

Brown, 54, will be governor until 2016.

She was appointed to the Oregon House in a similar fashion in 1991 when another Democrat resigned. She was later elected to the state Senate followed by her appointment as the first woman to serve as majority leader in 2004.

Brown is expected to influence state laws. “I witnessed the difference it makes when our community not only has a seat at the table, but sits at the head of the leadership table,” she said at a 2011 Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund brunch. “Because of my role as caucus leader to set the agenda, we were able to make civil rights and civil unions a priority.”

Last month, Brown was under suspicion for having written a letter to the Federal Communications Commission endorsing Comcast’s merger with Time Warner Cable after having received campaign contributions from Comcast, according to The Oregonian. Many consumer activists as well as the City of Portland had warned that the deal would to reduction in competition and thereby higher prices.

There are about 525 openly LGBT public officials, mostly Democrat, in government offices, according to the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund.

Source: Christian Post

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