A number of formerly gay and transgender individuals have gathered in the nation’s capital for the second annual “Freedom March,” celebrating the shedding of their former identities and testifying to the newfound freedom they have found in Christ.

Around 200 previously fully-fledged members of the LGBT community came together on the grounds of the Washington Monument over the weekend to tell of the grace and healing they have found through having a relationship with Jesus.

“Look at this! This is Amazing! They say we don’t exist!” declared the march’s co-founder, M.J. Nixon, according to Life Site News. The event has tripled in size since its inception last year, with many more testifying of the transformative power of the Holy Spirit in their lives.

“It was the power of the Holy Spirit and the grace of Jesus Christ that fell on all of us,” said former trans woman Jeffrey McCall.

Another one of the attendees, Angel Colon, was a survivor of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting in Orlando, Florida. Some 49 people were shot dead when a gunman opened fire in the gay nightclub back in June 2016. Colon recounted his remarkable conversion and journey with Jesus, which began when he was lying on the floor dying from a gunshot wound sustained during the mass shooting.

“As I lay on the ground shot multiple times —…

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating airports in San Antonio and Buffalo for religious discrimination after Chick-fil-A restaurants were banned from their facilities.

“The FAA notes that federal requirements prohibit airport operators from excluding persons on the basis of religious creed from participating in airport activities that receive or benefit from FAA grant funding,” said a statement provided to Fox News.

First Liberty, a Texas-based law firm, said it filed a complaint with Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao in March after the San Antonio City Council voted to exclude the national food chain from the San Antonio International Airport. The Texas legislature also took swift action in response to the council vote, passing the so-called “Save Chick-fil-A” bill, which protects businesses from government action for exercising their religious rights. Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the measure into law.

Keisha Russell, associate counsel for First Liberty, called San Antonio’s action “blatant, illegal religious discrimination against Chick-fil-A.”

“American business owners should not have to suffer because they want to operate their businesses in accordance with their religious beliefs,” she said. “Few things are more un-American than government hostility against religion.”

During its March 21 meeting over the…

A new Gillette ad showing a father teaching his transgender son how to shave has been viewed more than 1 million times on Facebook and ignited a social media debate.

The ad shows Toronto’s Samson Bonkeabantu Brown – who was born female – talking about transgenderism. 

“I always knew I was different,” Brown says. “I didn’t know that there was a term for the type of person that I was. I went into my transition just wanting to be happy. I’m glad I’m at the point where I’m able to shave.”

The ad then shows Brown standing over a bathroom sink, holding a razor. Brown’s father gives instructions: “Now, don’t be scared. Shaving is about being confident.”

Brown says: “I’m at the point in my manhood where I’m actually happy.” 

“It’s not just myself transitioning,” Brown says. “It’s everybody around me transitioning.” 

Viewers then read a message from Gillette: “Whenever, wherever, however it happens. Your first shave is special.”

About 3,000 people commented on Gillette’s Facebook page. Some were positive.

“Been buying your products for the past few years,” one person wrote… you’ve just earned yourself a loyal customer for LIFE!!!”

Others, though, said Gillette should have stayed on the sidelines in the transgender debate.

“I won’t be buying Gillette ever again,” one person…

Devastating tornadoes ripped through Ohio and Indiana into the early morning hours of Tuesday, leaving trails of wreckage behind them and millions without power.

According to The Guardian, several tornadoes ripped through Dayton, Ohio, Monday night and into early Tuesday morning, leveling entire communities. 

Reportedly the storms caused heavy debris especially in areas where two tornadoes followed each other closely and at one point even crossed paths. Highway crews were reportedly using snowplows to move debris from an interstate. 

The storms have left some five million people without power as of Tuesday morning and a least a half a dozen communities suffered severe damage across eastern Indiana and central Ohio. Dayton Power said in a Tweet Tuesday morning that some 64,000 of their customers were without power. They did not know when the power would be restored, but they wrote that it would be a “multi-day restoration effort.”

Dayton residents are also being encouraged to conserve water, as water plants and pump stations in the area are also without power.

According to MSNBC, in Kokomo, Indiana – where a Starbucks was completely leveled by one of the tornadoes – winds were as high as 138mph when the twister first touched down. 

@Starbucks absolutely destroyed blocks from my hotel @CourtyardHotels in Kokomo, IN! 😳 pic.twitter.com/QevPLSPuA5

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JOS, Nigeria, May 27, 2019 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen stormed a church choir practice and kidnapped 17 Christians in north-central Nigeria the night of May 18, and the same night gunmen killed a Christian and kidnapped two others at a Baptist church, sources said.

Each attack took place in Kaduna state, where assaults on Christians with impunity have recently ramped up in the increasingly lawless country.

In Dankande village, in the Dogon Dawa area of Birnin Gwari County 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of the city of Kaduna, the gunmen attacked Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) after midnight, at 12:30 a.m. on May 19, as a combined choir made up of members of two churches was at a 9 p.m.-to-1 a.m. rehearsal, one of the choir members said.

“As we were in the church, Fulani herdsmen numbering over 20 just surrounded the church and started shooting,” Ezekiel Ishaya told Morning Star News. “Everybody was terrified, but there was no way we could run because they had already surrounded the church. They were asking for the pastor’s house, and they threatened to shoot us if we don’t show them the house. Some of them went to the pastor’s house while others kept watch over us.”

The Rev. Nathaniel Waziri, chairman, of the ECWA Zaria District Church Council, confirmed in a press statement on Thursday (May 23) that the gunmen kidnapped the…