President Trump Celebrates Appointment of 150th Federal Judge

President Trump Celebrates Appointment of 150th Federal Judge



On Wednesday, President Trump gathered with top Republican lawmakers and Justice Department officials to commemorate the appointment of his 150th federal judge, according to Fox News.


Trump called the occasion a “profoundly historic milestone and a truly momentous achievement.” The Trump administration hopes to appoint 182 federal judges in total. One hundred and twelve of those judges have been confirmed to district courts; 43 to appeals courts and two on the Supreme Court.


“In terms of quality and quantity, we are going to be just about number one by the time we finish—number one of any president, any administration,” Trump continued. “So I want to thank all of you for the incredible job you’ve done. They will uphold our Constitution as written.”


During the celebration, the president handed the stage over to onetime rival Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) who praised Trump for his work.


“The defining moment of your presidency was the Kavanaugh hearing,” Graham, a staunch supporter of the Supreme Court justice, said. “This room would be empty if we had failed Brett Kavanaugh. Brett Kavanaugh lived a life we should all be proud of. He worked hard. And the way he was treated was the worst experience I’ve had in politics. A lot of people would have pulled the plug on him. Mr. President, thank you, for not pulling the plug.”


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Drag Queens Mock Pro-Life Activists in Planned Parenthood Fundraiser

Drag Queens Mock Pro-Life Activists in Planned Parenthood Fundraiser



In a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood, drag queen performers in Washington state mocked pro-lifers and area pastors by auctioning off cardboard cutouts of local Christians. 


According to the Christian Post, the drag queens used large cutouts of the faces of pastors Ken Peters and Afshin Yaghtin, as well as the founder of 500 Mom Strong, Anna Bohach, and lined up on the stage for auction. The highest bidder won each of the “effigies,” Activist Mommy wrote on her blog.


The Planned Parenthood fundraiser was put on by pro-abortion group Spokane United Against Religious Extremism and The Church of Planned Parenthood. According to the group’s Facebook page, its purpose is to act as a “peaceful counter-protest and rising voice to religious extremism that is happening in our community.”


Particularly, the group is “focused on the hateful actions and rhetoric of the Church at Planned Parenthood and their affiliates.”


The Church at Planned Parenthood is a group of pro-life activists who meet in front of a Planned Parenthood building in Washington “for the worship of God and the corporate prayer for repentance for this nation, repentance for the apathetic church and repentance of our blood-guiltiness in this abortion holocaust.”


According to the Christian Post, the fundraiser raised $1,865 for Planned Parenthood. The abortion giant was also in…

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Judge Overturns Trump Rule that Protected Doctors Opposed to Abortion

Judge Overturns Trump Rule that Protected Doctors Opposed to Abortion



A federal judge Wednesday overturned a new Trump administration rule that protected the freedom of conscience of health care workers who are opposed to procedures such as abortion, suicide and gender-change procedures on religious or moral grounds.


The Department of Health and Human Services finalized the new rule in May, saying it protects “individuals and health care entities from discrimination” on the basis of conscience and fulfilled President Trump’s “promise to promote and protect the fundamental and unalienable rights of conscience and religious liberty.” 


But U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, who was nominated by President Obama, ruled HHS exceeded its authority and that the rule was not needed.


“The Rule represents a classic solution in search of a problem,” Engelmayer wrote in a 147-page decision.


He acknowledged the rule protects some “important rights” and said the decision leaves HHS at liberty “to consider and promulgate rules governing these provisions.” But future rules from HHS must fit “within the confines” of the Administrative Procedure Act – a law that governs federal agencies – and within “the Constitution.” 


In May, HHS said the new rule would protect health care workers “from having to provide, participate in, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for, services such as abortion, sterilization,…

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Seven-Year-Old Son Embroiled in Transgender Court Case Chooses to Attend School as Boy

Seven-Year-Old Son Embroiled in Transgender Court Case Chooses to Attend School as Boy



Following a publicized, international custody battle, seven-year-old James Younger chose to attend school as a boy for the first time, according to the Christian Post.


James was the center of a fierce legal dispute when his mother, Anne Georgulas, wished to transition her son to a girl against his father’s wishes. After a jury agreed to allow Georgulas full consent to socially transition their son, family court Judge Kim Cooks of the 255th District of Texas stepped in to give joint managing conservatorship to both parents.


Georgulas assents she never wanted to “chemically castrate” her son, but Jeffrey Younger, the boy’s father, disagrees, according to the Dallas Morning News.


Because Jeffrey is under a gag order to not speak to the press on the matter, a friend of the family posted a photo of James and his twin brother, Jude, attending school dressed as boys. The family of three was also seen wearing suits to attend church.


“Jeff emailed the principal today and James and Jude’s teachers had reported that there was zero stress or disruptions in the classroom today. Just another day in school. Prayers answered,” the post said.


Friends of Younger set up a website called SJSaveThousands.com after the original website, SaveJames.com, was shut down due to the gag order. The new website speaks up for other children and parents…

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62- year-old vicar reveals tattoo to shocked parishioners

The 62-year-old Father Andrew Myers has had ‘In you I live and move and have my being’ based on a verse from Acts in the New Testament of the Bible tattooed on his left forearm.

The vicar of Middleton in Leeds revealed his new body art during a Sunday service to a mixed reaction from parishioners after he got the tattoo to raise cash for a church youth club.

 

Rev Myers told Premier why he decided on that particular verse: “I chose that one because I think it speaks to our community. We do not want any judgement in our community. We want to be affirming where Christ incarnates. But also, because my prayers become simpler and simpler as I’ve got older and I use that verse frequently in my meditations in the mornings.”

“The reaction was mostly supportive. Some people said it’s not the sort of thing they expect vicars to do because they think it’s not respectable, but most people were supportive.”

The priest said he is considering having the beatitudes tattooed on his right arm.

 

 

He told Premier the main reason he got his tattoo: “It helps to remind me when I’m in a dark place, to remind me of what life is all about, what the Jesus life is all about. So I’m going to have the Beatitudes tattooed on too.”

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Churches accused of pressuring single women as Hollywood actress Emma Watson declares herself ‘self-partnered’

Jackie Elton has been speaking out after Hollywood actress Emma Watson described herself as “self-partnered” rather than single.

The Harry Potter star told British Vogue about the pressure of turning 30 next year.

 

She admitted feeling “stressed and anxious” in the past year – about things like not being married or having a baby.

Elton believer Watson’s story isn’t an isolated one and church leaders need to be more understanding.

“When people walk into a church, there are so many messages that are talking being a ‘family church’,” she said.

“There’s so much about families, children, and there are so many events and festivals related around family issues. And we know from a major survey that we did a few years ago just how many single people feel that the church doesn’t know what to do with them. Most people who are single have had some kind of really painful and difficult experience at church.

“Sadly, so far, the Church is not really thinking about it and that’s particularly sad when the reality is that 40 per cent of adults in society are single. So the church is really focused on the much smaller number of people who are married, particularly married with children.”

Elton said she interpreted Watson’s “self-partnered” as a desire to describe herself as self-sufficient.

“It’s a positive fact that you can be fine being on your own that one can resist all the messaging…

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High School Football Player Prays with Opponent Who’s Mom Has Cancer, Photo Goes Viral

High School Football Player Prays with Opponent Who’s Mom Has Cancer, Photo Goes Viral



A high school football player has been praised for his compassion after stopping to pray with an opponent after their game. Texas players Gage Smith and Ty Jordan were pictured kneeling down together in prayer following the game between Sherman and Mesquite High Schools.

Smith reportedly asked Jordan if he could pray with him after learning that his mother had stage 4 lung and bone cancer.


“It was meant for just me and him to have a moment and to pray over his family and for his mom,” Smith told TODAY. “I just wanted to let him know there are other people thinking about him and his family, and let him know he has somebody to turn to.”


An incredible image of the pair kneeling on the football field seeking the Lord together was snapped by the wife of Smith’s head coach, before being passed on to Jordan’s aunt Takka. Takka then posted the photo to Facebook where it went viral. According to ABC 8 News, the photo received more than 140,000 shares before Takka removed it from public view on Tuesday.


Smith was astonished that the photo had gotten so much attention. He told ABC 8 News, “To see that it blew up I was very surprised by it, and I wasn’t expecting it to be like that you know, I was just doing it for him and doing it for his mom and his family.”


Ty’s mother Tiffany Jordan, told TODAY that seeing the photo made her…

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Church of Scotland wins campaigning award after parishioner deportation battle

The campaign for the Bakhsh family, which received support from across the country, was recognised at the annual Herald Society Awards in Glasgow on Wednesday.

Former moderator Very Rev Dr Susan Brown said she was “surprised and delighted” to be given the award.

 

The Church’s campaign led to teenagers Somer and Areeb Umeed Bakhsh, from Possilpark Parish Church, winning a seven-year battle to stay in their adopted home city of Glasgow.

The pair, who have been granted limited leave to remain along with their parents, Maqsood and Parveen until February 2022, feared their lives would be in danger if they were sent back to Pakistan where Christians are persecuted.

Their minister Rev Linda Pollock led the campaign for them to stay.

Praising her work Dr Brown said: “Ours was, and is, a campaign to right what seems so wrong on behalf of one family who are a part of our Christian family.

“We are only doing what family do – standing up for each other.

“The family, linked with the passion of Rev Linda Pollock, started the ball rolling.

“The compassionate and persistent skills of the Church’s communications team, alongside partnerships with the local MP and local MSP gave the campaign traction.

“But we still feel that the lovely Umeed Bakhsh family should be given leave to stay in the UK permanently without having to raise fees that are beyond them for future applications.”

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Abortion Is Loving and Selfless, Says Controversial Pro-Choice Campaign

Abortion Is Loving and Selfless, Says Controversial Pro-Choice Campaign



A pro-choice organization ignited a social media debate this week with a new campaign claiming abortion is an act of love and selflessness.


The “Abortion Actually” campaign by the National Women’s Law Center is intended to “reframe” the conversation and “fight back against the assault on abortion rights in our country,” according to the campaign’s website.


“Abortion – and the people who have them – have been called a lot of things. But what is abortion actually? An act of love. An act of compassion. An act of healing. An act of selflessness,” the website states.


Graphics accompanying the campaign use a combination of those words, too.


Yumhee Park, senior manager of campaign and digital strategies for the National Women’s Law Center, wrote a blog explaining the usage of the words. 


“If you’ve had an abortion or are thinking about getting an abortion, we see your love – for yourself and others, we see your healing and the healing of your communities, we see your self-preservation and your selflessness, we see your…

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