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(SRN NEWS) – The Border Patrol has been hiring chaplains to help with mounting distress suffered by its officers. With immigration at the forefront of the country’s debate, agents wrestle not only with security challenges and an unprecedented surge in illegal immigrants, but also rapidly shifting policies and criticism by liberals.  One agent tells the Associated Press “The hardest thing is, people don’t understand what we do — we’ve been called terrible names.”  While most chaplains are Christian, Muslims and Jews have also been trained recently. 

A growing number of major corporations have opted to abandon the LGBT agenda lately and experts say many more will likely do so now that President Trump is returning to office.  Mr. Trump has vowed to take direct aim at so-called Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs through executive orders and other policies that affect private companies, especially federal contractors.  But angry complaints from customers got the ball rolling over the past year, with companies such as Lowe’s, Harley-Davidson and Ford all quitting DEI before the election.

Attorneys for a transgender athlete have urged the Minnesota Supreme Court to allow him to compete in the women’s division at powerlifting events, saying he’s protected against discrimination by the Minnesota Human Rights Act.  USA Powerlifting rejected J.C. Cooper’s application in 2018 to compete in the women’s division of its events on the grounds that he is a man and enjoys strength advantages over actual women. Cooper sued in 2021, and a trial court sided with him, but the Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed that decision.

The LGBT agenda is again causing problems for religious soccer players.  Rainbow-colored captain’s armbands were issued to the 20 clubs in England’s Premier League this month, but Sam Morsey of Ipswich says he won’t wear one.  Morsey, a practicing Muslim, says he made the decision due to his religious beliefs. Meanwhile, Crystal Palace captain Mark Guehi (GOOEY) opted to wear the rainbow armband but added the phrase “I love Jesus” to it for a match against Newcastle.  Soccer players in Europe have been punished for refusing to promote homosexuality.