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Joe Biden's HHS secretary, Xavier Becerra, a radical abortion promoter, is launching a stealth attack on pro-life pregnancy centers in four states, according to the SBA Pro-Life America organization.
He plans to ban the use of TANF dollars, those available under the program for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, in pro-life pregnancy centers.
According to SBA's Katie Daniel, such a move goes directly against the support among the American people for the centers.
The rule change, proposed "stealthily" by Becerra weeks ago, would ban the use of TANF funding for pregnancy resource centers in Missouri, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Indiana.
Those four states, individually, use some $1 million to $7 million for those centers now.
Daniel said the funding is only a drop in the bucket next to the $670 million taxpayer dollars that went to the abortion industry giant Planned Parenthood in 2021-2022.
"Biden’s twisted attempt to hinder pregnancy centers’ ability to serve women in need demonstrates his administration is not pro-choice, but pro-abortion. Sixty percent of women who have had abortions say they would have preferred to give birth if they had more financial or emotional support. Yet, Democrats have gone out of their way to ensure women facing unexpected pregnancies are steered toward only one option – abortion," she said.
Becerra has chosen to single out pregnancy centers in his ideological move, the SBA report said.
"On its face, the rule is not viewpoint neutral. . . HHS scrutiny of a state including Pregnancy Resource Centers in its TANF program seems tied to a Center’s disfavored (by the current administration) views rather than whether it is a good partner that is successfully effectuating the purposes of TANF," explained SBA and the Charlotte Lozier Institute in comments on the plan.
Lawmakers from those states already have objected.
"The proposed rule suggests PRCs are not good partners for state-run TANF programs. We disagree with that assertion and contend this is for the states to decide. As elected officials, voted for and held accountable by our neighbors, we are closest to the people and know which entities within our communities can best fulfill the goals of TANF to help families flourish," they said.
One executive of a pregnancy center, who requested anonymity, said, "Our clinic serves over 150 families each year. When a woman with an unexpected pregnancy first walks through our doors we welcome her with open arms and assist her in every way we can for almost two years – from free ultrasounds, medical exams, and counseling, to food, diapers, furniture, and clothing after her baby is born. We offer mentoring, educational programs, and financial assistance during that time – help with housing, transportation, utilities, and even college tuition. Unfortunately, this new policy harms the women and families TANF was created to help."
The latest move is just a continuation of Biden's war against such centers.
"In 2022, Yelp placed a discriminatory warning label on centers, a move which 14 Democrat attorneys general praised in a recent letter. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats have called for pregnancy centers to be shut down. Colorado, this year, passed a law banning abortion pill reversal (APR) treatment. Additionally, California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing two pregnancy centers for helping women save the lives of their babies with APR," SBA said.
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The medical profession around the globe has been focused over the last few flu seasons on COVID and its after-effects.
That includes those medicine manufacturers, some of whom profited by billions of dollars for their work producing those experimental COVID shots.
But that focus has come with a cost: that some medicines now are hard to find, delayed and worse, unavailable.
A report in the Daily Mail explains that shortages now are being noticed for meds used against blood cancers, pneumonia and even mental illness.
The publication's investigation found that some patients are having to wait more than a year.
"One notable medicine in short supply is the antibiotic amoxicillin; used to treat bacterial infections, including the bacterial infection partly driving the so-called 'white lung' outbreak in Ohio and China," the report said.
Official figures obtained by the research found the number of medications in short supply was up 30% from 2021 to 2022, hitting a five-year high of 295.
It reported the American Cancer Society confirmed one patient in 10 "has been affected by shortages," and they've turned to substitutes or delayed treatment.
It reported the mother of a 9-year-old girl with leukemia was told to expect a 15-month wait for a $10 drug that would save the child's life, the report said. The mother found one dose available nationwide after calling hundreds of hospitals, and the treatment was successful.
The report noted most of those treatments in short supply are those most in demand, the generics that cost patients less.
But the problem now is getting attention, including a committee in the U.S. Senate which met this week to hear testimony about the depth and breadth of the troubles.
The Daily Mail noted Dr. Jason Westin, of a Lymphoma Clinical Research program in Houston, explained, "The absence of a generic and cheap drugs like fludarabine [used to treat blood cancer] literally can be the difference between life and death."
He warned often patients simply don't have time to wait, and described physicians making "impossible choices" on which patients to treat, as the cancers are life-threatening, but so are the shortages.
One issue is the patents on medicines, which the Biden administration moved against this week, claiming the right to confiscate those patents should the White House decided to do that.
Patents on older drugs have expired, meaning multiple companies compete to sell them, while newer drugs are locked into one production line, the report said.
Another problem is the supply chain through which medicines are assembled and delivered to consumers. The report warned 95% of key materials in U.S. medicines used in emergency care come from China and India.
The report noted the Food and Drug Administration told the publication it recognizes that there are drug shortages and continues to "strengthen the supply chain."
"We remain committed to partnering across government, academia, and industry to strengthen and diversify the supply chain, further address drug shortages and ensure Americans continue to have access to drugs that are of high quality, safe and effective," the agency said.
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A school in Ludlow, Massachusetts, now is facing a $10 million lawsuit brought by a teacher who was fired for talking with parents about their child, actions that school officials wildly claimed was "conduct unbecoming a teacher."
It is the organization Mass Resistance that has the latest report on the war by the school against traditional ideas and morals.
"Bonnie Manchester had a spotless record in 23 years as a teacher at Baird Middle School. She laid it all on the line when she saw what was now happening to vulnerable children," the organization reported. "Bonnie Manchester is a Christian middle school teacher who was fired from her job in 2021. Her 'crime' was informing a father and mother that school officials were referring to their daughter as a boy and keeping it secret from them."
The situation is becoming more and more common these days as Joe Biden's agenda to push the transgender ideology on Americans becomes more and more aggressive. He's often used the bureaucracy to create "rules" requiring such indoctrination for schools and others.
The Mass Resistance report said Manchester's $10 million lawsuit is against the town, the town's school committee, and multiple school employees "who were part of the effort to fire her," including the former and current superintendents, former Baird Middle School principal, former counselor, and former librarian, a transgender who is accused in the filing of pushing that ideology onto children.
The parents of the child involved earlier had filed a lawsuit against the school, which already is at the appellate level.
Mass Resistance explained it has monitored that school situation for a long time.
"The sexualization of middle school children in the Ludlow schools goes back nearly a decade. Objections from parents and school staff were rejected or dismissed. The 65-page lawsuit filing describes in detail how the 'transgender' middle school librarian (a woman who dressed as a man) allegedly began grooming children with graphic sexual, homosexual, and transgender-themed books and other inappropriate material starting in 2014. The books were not only given to children directly in special 'individual reading time' sessions but also brought into the classrooms," the report said.
According to the filing when parents complained school managers refused to act, even demeaning the parents.
Manchester was shocked that school officials were delivering explicit sexual content to children and was subjected to "harassment and intimidation" because of her objections, the report said.
Even worse, "The lawsuit describes how the school counselor and others maliciously coached troubled children to take on 'transgender' identities with opposite-sex names and pronouns," the report said.
In the specific case involving the young girl, the parents had instructed the school managers not to have any private conversations as she was already in counseling.
They ignored the request, the filing charges, and "secretly persuaded the daughter that she was really 'transgender' and encouraged her to use a male name and 'pronouns,'" the report notes.
Incidentally, the report explains the lawsuit explains the counselor had few if any, professional qualifications in child psychiatry and child development.
Then the school used deception, instructing school officials to call the girl "he" in school, but "she" when talking with her parents.
Manchester, who previously had been asked by the girl's parents to help her with various school projects, was sent the school's instructions to deceive the parents and told the father.
The school retaliated, the lawsuit charges, by claiming that what was contained in an email sent to the school in general was "confidential" and dismissed Manchester.
The lawsuit notes that Manchester didn't violate any school board-approved policy, any ordinance any education standard, any state law or regulation.
And the parents had previously asked Manchester to talk to them about their daughter.
And, the report notes, "Moreover, the school had always encouraged communications between teachers, students, and their families. In fact, since 2013 the school has made communication with parents and families an important criterion of the teacher’s biennial performance evaluations. In the past when Bonnie informed parents on other issues, she was given accolades."
WND reported when the firing occurred that "B.F.," the daughter, was coached by the school to be transgender.
A commentary at PJMedia described the situation as a "groomer school" where officials coached children into transgender ideologies while hiding their actions from parents.
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A psychiatrist stunningly has claimed that the nine men who gang-raped a 15-year-old girl were just releasing "frustration and anger" that they felt over their "migration experiences and socio-cultural homelessness."
And eight of them got no prison time.
A report from the Daily Caller said the case developed in Germany, and was documented by news outlet NIUS.
The 15-year-old was at a party in Hamburg Park during fall of 2020. The report explains she allegedly was dragged into the bushes and raped by 11 men.
Two of the defendants were acquitted at trial and nine were found guilty. But only one of those nine got a prison sentence, the report said.
That 19-year-old got two years and nine months behind bars.
"The other eight defendants all received youth sentences of one to two years, which were all suspended under Germany’s preliminary probation law, the outlet reported," the Daily Caller said.
German sources said the judgments are not yet final or binding.
But NIUS said the defendants were from Germany (4), as well as Kuwait, Poland, Egypt, Libya and Iran. Several of those nations are dominated by Islam, which teaches Muslim men that women of other faiths can be raped with literal impunity.
"A female psychiatrist testifying on behalf of the defendants argued that their alleged gang rape was a 'means of releasing frustration and anger' stemming from their 'migration experiences and socio-cultural homelessness,' the report explained.
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A public school in Michigan has launched a campaign that focuses on the "decentering" of Christmas that would include bans on holiday symbols, decorations and expression, and even colors.
And a premier legal team, Liberty Counsel, is calling them out.
"We write to demand that Holt Public Schools … retract the unconstitutional bans on Christmas symbols, decorations and expression set forth in the 'Winter Celebrations Communications FAQ," the legal team told the district in a letter to Sup. David Hornak.
It also insists on the retracting of a "Decentering Christmas … Racial justice Guide."
Liberty Counsel said its "demand letter" was a result of "multiple complaints from teachers."
"Instead of being 'inclusive,' these directives are rooted in Critical Race Theory and promote hatred for and discriminate against Christianity and associated holidays, such as Christmas. They violate school policy, the First Amendment and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by showing hostility on the basis of religion and on the basis of race," Liberty Counsel charged.
The "Holiday Celebrations" email was from the district’s then-Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Matt Morales, who claimed, "Many students, teachers, and staff may express excitement during the upcoming weeks as we look forward to having an extended break and possibly engaging in holiday activities. While this may be an exciting time for many people, others may lack a sense of belonging. As we continue our commitment toward creating a more inclusive learning community with intentional equity work, I want to provide additional opportunities for reflection and growth. Therefore, I ask that you review the meaning of Decentering Christmas and the reflection questions provided below. While reviewing this material, please understand that a diverse display of non-religious celebrations demonstrates support for the winter season and the importance of community."
His messaging charged that teachers should "dismantle the hierarchy of religious practices and holidays," and ask themselves "How might you be centering your own traditions and beliefs?"
And "recommended resources" included the leftist "Racial Justice Guide to the Winter Holiday Season for Educators and Families" and "Christian Privilege, Hegemony, and the Winter Holiday Season," as well as resources on Islam and the holiday season.
Some of those were called, "Dear White People, the Holiday Season is the Best Time to Tell Our Grandparents To Stop Being Racist" and "Why is Santa Claus Always White?"
Liberty Counsel explained, "The email posits 'opportunities for reflection and growth' claiming on the one hand that 'Decentering Christmas' does not mean 'canceling' Christmas but instead eliminating any positive aspects of Christmas (and any reference to 'Christmas') under the guise of 'dismantling the hierarchy of religious practices and holidays.' The email also claims 'non-religious' aspects of the holiday such as Elf on the Shelf, Santa, and decorated trees 'are actually centered on Christian beliefs and practices' and even these secular aspects must also be eliminated. The email promotes racism and discrimination based on ethnicity, ancestry, color, and Marxism and communicates that Christianity, Christmas, and 'whiteness' are problems to be remedied. Decorations deemed 'religious' by the school district including Christmas trees and the colors red and green must be eliminated in favor of 'a tree that is winter themed or has plain light bulbs.'"
The legal team noted, "These anti-Christian, anti-Christmas, and race-based directives are not only inconsistent with school board policies, they are also unlawful especially considering three recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Shurtleff v. City of Boston, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, and Groff v. DeJoy.
"These three cases ruled that it is unlawful to censor religious expression, buried the 'Lemon Test' formerly used to remove religious symbols and displays from the public square, and strengthened Title VII protections for employees regarding religious discrimination."
The letter described Liberty Counsel's victory in Shurtleff at the Supreme Court, which said Boston "violated the First Amendment by censoring a private flag in a public forum open to 'all applicants' merely because the application referred to it as a 'Christian flag.' According to the court’s reasoning in Shurtleff, a city then cannot encourage employees to decorate spaces for holidays at employee discretion and then censor religious viewpoints on the holiday."
"These absurd directives violate the First Amendment and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by showing hostility on the basis of religion and race. The First Amendment does not permit public schools to eliminate traditional Christmas holiday symbols or expression associated with a federal and state holiday under the guise of being 'inclusive,'" charged Liberty Counsel chief Mat Staver. "The First Amendment also does not permit school administrators to promote racism to staff and students; nor does the First Amendment or Title VII permit the public schools to demean people on the basis of race. Holt Public Schools must retract and rescind their unconstitutional directives and comply with the law.”
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Democrats in America in recent years have made the promotion of abortion around the globe one of their top priorities. They want U.S. funding predicated on advocacy for that, and even U.S. tax money directed to that industry.
Joe Biden, of course, has made transgenderism one of his highest priorities, promoting repeatedly the processes that end up surgically mutilating even children.
Then there are the terrorists in Hamas, who have gotten a huge boost from Democrats in America lobbying on their behalf.
There's no doubt Democrats, in pursuit of power and their leftist ideologies, have repeatedly engaged in questionable election maneuvers over that time period.
Now a conservative columnist openly is asking whether Satan is in charge of the Democrat party.
Wayne Allyn Root, on his website, cites what could be described as evidence of such a command structure.
"In the past week, the Biden administration gave another $10 billion dollars to the world’s worst terror state, Iran. What sane person would do that? And why? [Barack] Obama gave a hundred billion to Iran a few years back. Biden (and his boss Obama) have given Iran $80 billion more since Biden was elected - including $6 billion only a couple weeks before the Hamas terror attack on Israel," he wrote.
Some of those billions even came after Hamas' terror attack on Israel.
"How can anyone explain the fact that Biden (and his boss Obama) just released another $10 billion to Iran AFTER the worst mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust? No one in the world can be that dumb. Not even a brain-dead president wearing diapers. So this is more about evil, than dumb," he wrote.
Then, too, there is the issue of America's open borders under Biden.
"Who in their right mind would leave our border with Mexico open and wave the whole world in- including violent criminals released from the world’s worst prisons, rapists, murderers, drug traffickers, human traffickers, pedophiles, migrants bringing third world disease, MS-13 gangbangers, Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists, and military-age males from our worst enemy - China."
And the drugs coming across the border, and their connection to the deaths of Americans, maybe up to 250,00 annually.
"That’s a lot of dead Americans - mostly young Americans," Root wrote. "Over the next decade that could add up to TWO MILLION dead American kids."
He concluded, "This is the intentional destruction of America. The people who are purposely leaving the border open, allowing America to be overrun by an invasion of barbarians sent by our enemies…that will either bankrupt us all and collapse our economy under a mountain of debt…or kill our children with drug overdoses…or kill us all with disease…or just murder us…"
He wrote, "We know exactly who is doing these terrible, evil, unimaginable things to America- Joe Biden (and his boss Obama) and the Democrat Party. … Are they crazy? Mentally insane? Suicide bombers? Communist traitors?"
Root, known as "the Conservative Warrior," has television shows on Real America's Voice TV Network as well as on FrankSpeech.com. He also hosts a radio program and has released multiple books.
A possible answer: "Are Democrats being bribed billions of dollars into offshore accounts to allow our enemies to poison our population, collapse our economy, murder our own people, and destroy the greatest nation in world history?"
"There is only one other explanation… Could Biden (and his boss Obama), and the leadership of the Democrat Party be taking orders from the devil himself? Is this Satan’s vision the Democrats are carrying out? Is Satan in charge? Are we in 'end times?'"
He warned, "Democrats are either insane…evil…self-hating suicide bombers…communist traitors…corrupt, bribed and playing for our enemies…or playing for Satan.'
He said, "Only God and a second term of Trump can save us now."
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The atrocities of the Hamas terror attack on Israelis on Oct. 7 already have been well-documented, including videos that offer a truly detailed look at the horror inflicted.
Babies beheaded and whole families burned alive are among the gritty details that have emerged from the assault that killed 1,400. In addition, of course, to the reports of rape and abuse that also have been made.
But it gets even worse.
Now a report says some of the attackers, the terrorists who inflicted atrocities against Jews not seen since the Holocaust, were children.
An investigation by the Washington Free Beacon cited Eran Smilansky, a 28-year-old potato farmer who reported watching Gazan children going from house to house, laughing as Hamas terrorists killed people.
"They were like young, young kids," Smilansky charged.
He had defended his home from terrorists for more than six hours that day.
"They were going in front of the terrorists, laughing with their friends and looking very calm. I remember thinking, What the f***?"
The Free Beacon reported Smilansky was one the survivors of the Nir Oz massacre who reported witnessing boys or women "from the Gaza Strip" who were looting the kibbutz that day.
The youngest children were around 10 years old, according to several of the survivors, one of whom provided photographs of some of the women and children he saw, the Free Beacon reported.
The report said evidence of that even exists in the public domain, as an online video of a 12-year-old Israeli boy's abduction "appears to show a Gazan boy of about the same age accompanying the kidnappers."
It already had been reported that ordinary Gaza residents "joined in Hamas's bloody rampage across southern Israeli communities."
The reason isn't complicated, said Michel Milshtein, head of the Palestinian Studies Forum in Tel Aviv.
"Hamas directed the education system, the media, and the religious institutions to brainwash children, who make up half of Gaza's 2.2-million-person population. Israelis got their first up-close look at this Palestinian Gen Z on Oct. 7."
The report cited other evidence:
Eyal Barad, who hid in a safe room during the attack, had a camera set up outside his home and recorded not just Hamas commandos with automatic weapons, but also ordinary men and women. And at least a dozen children, ages 10-15.
Amotz Bazer, a 52-year-old farm worker, was hiding in his safe room when he heard gunmen push two young boys through a window. They then opened the front door for the terrorists.
"They were not older than 10," said Bazer.
And Natali Yohanan, a 38-year-old English teacher, was hiding in a safe room and watched a Gazan woman, accompanied by terrorists, come in, heat up leftovers, watch TV and sing and dance in Yohanan's home.
Raziel Tamil, 26, was hiding near festival grounds where a music event had been going on, and watched as Hamas' prisoners begged for their lives.
"I heard the screaming," he told the Free Beacon.
Then, he said, commandos "gave some of the children rifles and directed them to execute hostages, which they did. The terrorists shot more of the hostages and loaded the survivors into the truck, he said," according to the report.
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Public school textbook publishers who signed up for the leftist "wokeism" agenda, including having ideological concepts like critical race theory and social-emotional learning in their books, are finding out that that decision is biting back.
Because in some states those publications aren't even being considered for use.
Dan Hart at the Washington Stand reports that eight publications recently were withdrawn from consideration in Oklahoma.
And in Florida officials said they have rejected 54 out of 132 textbooks for failing to meet the state's standards, the report said.
All of those texts were in math.
The report said the withdrawal of eight books pending before the Oklahoma State Department of Education was the result of a 2020 state law that adds a layer of review to determine if texts are "of poor quality or contain controversial ideologies," the report said.
Oklahoma Supt. Ryan Walters told "Washington Watch with Tony Perkins" that it was just a matter of using common sense standards.
"It’s amazing what happens when you speak clearly and you hold folks accountable,” he explained. “We have been very clear — we are not going to allow woke indoctrination or classroom. We’re going to get back to focus on the basics. … [O]ur parents have spoken loudly and clearly: get the woke ideology out, help our kids learn to read and do math. And that’s exactly what we’re doing."
He said lawmakers decided the state would not do CRT in classrooms.
"We’re not going to allow all this sexualized material into the classroom, either," he said.
The report explained such situations, already evident in Oklahoma and Florida, are growing.
Florida already confirmed that 54 of the 132 proposed math texts were rejected for failing to meet the Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking Standards or included CRT and SEL concepts.
Walters continued, "[I]t’s a multi-faceted effort to get this ideology out of schools. Number one, you’ve got to go get it out of your public schools. … But number two, you’ve got to get more of an ability for kids to go to private and Christian schools if their parents want them to. And so we have the first Christian charter school in the country that’s going to open up here in Oklahoma. … [T]hese Christian schools, you’re not going to see them wanting to go push some kind of radical atheist ideology. … [G]ive parents the opportunity to send their kids to Christian schools so that your kid is going to have a great education and not have this type of left-wing ideology in their day-to-day school."
He said the state is not hurting for the lack of access to a couple of books, either.
"[T]here’s plenty of great materials out there. I mean, there [are] plenty of conservatives and Christians that are putting together materials. … The Left lost their mind here in Oklahoma when we made Prager University available statewide for every student [and] parent. … [T] there’s plenty of great material out there that talks about our founding. There’s plenty of great math material that can help students read on grade level. We’re never going to be held captive by woke companies trying to dictate to our state what our education system is going to look like."
He said getting education "back on track" is just a matter of rejecting the teachers' union's ideologies about wokeism and embracing parents.
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Religious schools in Minnesota are arguing in court that their students are facing unconstitutional discrimination from the state because of their faith.
The fight is over an offering by the state that allows students, while still in high school, to earn some college credits.
But Christian colleges are banned from participating, according to claims in the fight.
"Minnesota is waging a senseless campaign against students and the faith-based schools that wish to serve them. Private schools don’t become public schools just because they accept students who receive state funds, and to argue that they do is a transparent attempt to control Minnesotans’ religious beliefs and practices," said Diana Thomson, counsel at Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which is representing the schools.
The schools, along with a number of Christian families, sued the state this year for excluding two Christian colleges from the state's Post Secondary Enrollment Options program.
It offers free college credits to high school students in the program.
But leftists in the state government decided to exclude universities that have their students sign a statement of faith, to comply with the private schools' own requirements.
The state had promised last summer not to enforce the ban while the fight plays out in court, but then the Department of Education there filed counterclaims against the schools, suggesting that since the schools' students receive public funds through grants and loans, "they are state actors," Becket explained.
That would make the statement of faith requirements for the private schools unconstitutional.
The PSEO program is 40 years old and is to allow students to attend any eligible public or private school of their choice.
"Melinda and Mark Loe and Dawn Erickson are parents in Minnesota who have used PSEO funds for their older children to attend two outstanding Christian schools—University of Northwestern – St. Paul and Crown College—that uphold their religious values.
It was Gov. Tim Walz, who advocates for leftist ideologies, who signed a law that targets the two schools, excluding them from the program over the statements of faith their students sign.
Becket explained, "The Department of Education filed counterclaims against Northwestern and Crown in an unrelenting effort to force the schools to abandon their religious admissions criteria. For the first time, the state is claiming that the schools’ acceptance of PSEO students means that they are subject to the same constitutional requirements as the government, and that their Christian campus communities are unconstitutional—an argument that would extend not just to Crown and Northwestern, but to every private school that accepts students who receive government aid. With the help of Becket, the schools asked the court today to dismiss the state’s retaliatory counterclaims."
Colin Hoornbeek, president at Northwestern – St. Paul, said, "Northwestern strives to offer a Christ-centered education to every student who joins our campus community to equip them to serve effectively in their professions and give leadership in the home, community, church, and world. Our university wants to ensure that this essential mission is available to both undergraduates and PSEO students alike. We are praying that the court protects our ability to serve all those who want to take advantage of what our campus community has to offer into the future."
In fact, the Supreme Court previously ruled that Christian schools are eligible to participate in tax-funded benefit programs that help students on the same basis as public institutions.
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A "helpline" for children that is being promoted to children in Colorado schools has been found to be bringing up the idea of suicide when troubled youth call, according to a new report.
And the promotions for the service publicly bash parents.
It is a report from Fox News that describes how a Colorado mother, and parental rights advocate, posed as a 9-year-old to contact the state line.
As the conversation concerned the "child's" poor feelings, but without any reference to suicide on her part, the "counselor" on the line asked, "Has this brought up any thoughts of killing yourself?"
"I was sickened," Lori Gimelshteyn told Fox News Digital. "My first gut instinct is, oh my gosh, we have to protect these kids."
It was Gimelshteyn, the chef of the Colorado Parent Advocacy Network, who posed as a child and contacted the line.
She explained she told the person answering the line she was "just sad" and wanted to be a boy, according to screenshots shared with Fox by CPAN.
"I think I am trans but don't want anyone to know [sic]," Gimelshteyn texted.
The person on the other end said it can "help to explore your gender identity on your own terms before discussing with others," then asked, unsolicited, if this has "brought up any thoughts of killing yourself?"
The "counselor" also said the information in the messages would not be seen by the child's mom, and then the "counselor shared a link to the Trevor Project," Gimelshteyn said.
A spokesman for Colorado Crisis Services declined to confirm or deny the messages.
"Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people," explained Marc Condojani, of the state Behavioral Health Administration. "We want to make sure that the young people know that they're seen, that they're valued, and that that help is available if they're struggling."
While the line reportedly is intended to help someone in a crisis, such as depression, grief, suicidal thoughts, trauma, and more, "parents in the Cherry Creek School District flagged Gimelshteyn about posters promoting the crisis line in their local elementary school," the Fox report said.
The promotion posters, in fact, say, "My family is great at pointing out my faults," and "My family never fails to cause frustration and stress."
A Cherry Creek official said the posters are "required by state law."
The report confirmed that two other CPAN members "also texted the crisis line in late October, posing as sad or bullied 11-year-olds."
"Neither brought up suicide or self-harm, but in screenshots from both examples, a crisis specialist asks whether the sadness is 'making you want to kill yourself at all,'" the report said.
The report said the state, which holds an extreme leftist, pro-abortion, pro-LGBT ideology, created CCS with a budget of $31 million, of which about 10% goes to the crisis line.
"Why are you engaging with somebody, 9-year-olds, and telling them that you're not going to tell their parent about it and then giving them resources to explore their gender identity?" Gimelshteyn asked.
Fox reported that retired Morrison, Colorado, Police Chief George Mumma helped CPAN craft the plan, but he said "it's not okay" that counselors are telling kids to keep secrets from parents.
"As a parent, I don't want somebody telling my child that they're the trusted adult and they can keep the secrets from me. And that's exactly what's been going on."