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NEW BILL APPLAUDED BY EDITOR

April 8, 2021

Baptist and Reflector

NASHVILLE — Tennessee recently became the third state to enact legislation that requires transgender athletes to compete in school sports according to their sex at birth.

Gov. Bill Lee signed the bill into law on March 26, and his actions were applauded by many conservative voices around the state, including Baptist and Reflector editor Lonnie Wilkey.

In a recent blog — entitled “Common Sense Finally Prevails” — Wilkey praised Tennessee lawmakers for not bowing to “political correctness” regarding this bill. [Read more…]

COMMON SENSE FINALLY PREVAILS

March 29, 2021

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

Late last week, Tennessee became only the third state in the United States to pass legislation that requires transgender students in the state to compete in sports according to their sex at birth.

Hallelujah! Finally, a law has been passed based on common sense and not political correctness.

According to The Tennessean newspaper, the bill quickly advanced in the state legislature and was signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee on March 26. Supporters of the bill say it will protect women sports by ensuring fairness and eliminating a competitive edge they say transgender women may have over their cisgender (one who identifies with his or her sex at birth) peers. [Read more…]

SLIPPERY SLOPE OF SIN KEEPS SLIDING ALONG

March 25, 2021

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that same-sex marriage is protected under the Constitution and is now legal in all 50 states.

Christians decried that decision then and we still do today. However, there were some who naively believed that was “the end of the story.” Instead, it was just the beginning.

That Supreme Court decision not only did away with the biblical concept of marriage being between a man and a woman, it has opened the door for others outside the traditional roles of male and females to seek government protection of lifestyles that are 100 percent opposite of God’s intended roles for male and females. [Read more…]

TRANSGENDER THERAPY FOR DALLAS BOY CLOSER TO REALITY AFTER JUDGE’S RULING

August 20, 2020

By Diana Chandler
Baptist Press

James Younger with his twin sons.

DALLAS — A Dallas boy whose father says is content as a boy may face transgender therapy after a district court judge gave the child’s mother full conservatorship, according to news reports.

Without holding a scheduled hearing, Dallas District Court Judge Mary Brown on Aug. 10 reversed her earlier ruling that upheld joint conservatorship for both parents, who divorced in 2015 when James was 3. The son is one of twin boys.

The boy’s true desire regarding his gender is not known. In the controversial case dating back to 2018, James’ mother Anne Georgulas, a pediatrician, has said the boy desires to live and dress as a girl. The boy’s father, James Younger, has said he has only seen his son behave as a boy. [Read more…]

SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF GAY, TRANSGENDER RIGHTS

June 15, 2020

By Tom Strode
Baptist Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court issued a watershed decision on gay and transgender rights today (June 15) by finding longstanding, non-discrimination protections in federal workplace law cover “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.”

The justices ruled in a 6-3 opinion the category “sex” in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act applies to homosexual and transgender employees. Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch — typically among the high court’s more conservative members — joined the four-member liberal wing in the majority. Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.

Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), and others disturbed by the decision expressed concerns about its impact on religious freedom and the meaning of words in laws. [Read more…]

GENDER NEUTRAL DOLLS: MATTEL MUDDIES THE WATERS

October 2, 2019

By Todd E. Brady
Assistant Professor of Ministry and Vice President for University Ministries, Union University

In 1949, George Lemer invented the Mr. Potato Head doll — a plastic body of a spud that could be decorated with various interchangeable parts like ears, eyes, shoes, a hat, a nose, and a mouth. As a kid, I had a Mr. Potato Head. My kids have a Mr. Potato Head. It’s funny to design silly faces with different pieces. Lemer, who died in 1995 probably never imagined that people would be picking and choosing preferential parts and specially-designing their own human being dolls. If he were alive, he’d probably laugh that there are actually people who are serious about this.

With Mattel’s latest line of dolls called Creatable World, that seems to be exactly what is happening. Mattel once divided the doll world into Kens and Barbies, but now they are putting forth gender-neutral dolls for “boys, girls and children in between.” These dolls are “designed specifically to have a youthful gender neutral appearance.” [Read more…]

WHEN A TOY IS NOT A TOY

September 30, 2019

The world is getting crazier by the day.

When I was a kid, toys were a luxury. You usually received them on Christmas and birthdays. Now, kids get toys year-round, mainly from grandparents who spoil their grandkids (and I confess that I am among that number). Shame on us.

But one toy my grandkids won’t be receiving is the new gender-fluid Creatable World doll from Mattel (see BP story). Barbie, Hot Wheels and countless other toys have worked well for Mattel for years. The long-time toy company certainly didn’t need to join the gender debate. [Read more…]

ERLC: LAW DOES NOT INCLUDE GAY, TRANSGENDER RIGHTS

September 4, 2019

By Tom Strode
Baptist Press

WASHINGTON — Non-discrimination protections in federal workplace law do not cover “sexual orientation” or “gender identity,” the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and other faith-based organizations have told the U.S. Supreme Court.

The ERLC signed onto friend-of-the-court briefs filed Aug. 23 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) that urge the high court to rule that the classification “sex” in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act does not include “sexual orientation” or “gender identity.” [Read more…]

NEW HHS RULE ON GENDER TRANSITION DRAWS PRAISE

May 30, 2019

By Tom Strode
Baptist Press

WASHINGTON — Religious liberty and pro-life advocates have praised a newly proposed federal regulation to revise an Obama administration rule that required doctors to perform gender transition procedures as well as abortions.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposed regulation May 24 to rescind a 2016 rule that defined discrimination “on the basis of sex” to include gender identity and abortion. The redefinition of “sex” by the Obama-era HHS described gender identity as “an individual’s internal sense of gender, which may be male, female, neither or a combination of male and female, and which may be different from an individual’s sex assigned at birth.” [Read more…]

FROM TRANSGENDER TO TRANSFORMED

August 11, 2017

Baptist Press

Francine, left, and Laura with a family photo album

BARTLESVILLE, Okla. — Francine Perry and her daughter Laura recently sat down to look at family photos. As they reflected on the good times, they also could see how God was at work, especially through the difficult times — and there were many of those.

On the heels of rebellious teenage years, Laura lived as a transgender man for nearly a decade of her adult life. Other than her family and select friends, though, most people just knew Laura as “Jake.” [Read more…]

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