(SRN NEWS) Several elite U.S. colleges have made deals with President Trump’s administration, offering concessions in order to keep their federal funding. Ivy League schools Columbia, Brown and the University of Pennsylvania have reached agreements to resolve federal investigations into campus anti-Semitism, DEI programs and promotion of the LGBT agenda. The Republican administration is pressing […]
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(SRN NEWS) Several elite U.S. colleges have made deals with President Trump’s administration, offering concessions in order to keep their federal funding. Ivy League schools Columbia, Brown and the University of Pennsylvania have reached agreements to resolve federal investigations into campus anti-Semitism, DEI programs and promotion of the LGBT agenda. The Republican administration is pressing for more, citing the deal it negotiated with Columbia as a road map for other schools. Harvard is currently negotiating with the White House even as it fights in court over taxpayer dollars it is trying to retain.
( ) The liberal mayor of Hungary’s capital has been questioned by police over accusations of helping organize a Gay Pride parade — one of several LGBT displays that the government has banned. The Pride march in Budapest in June was the largest event of its kind in the country’s history, according to organizers. While the event was illegal, Hungarian authorities say they will not press charges against attendees but will seek out the organizers. Hungary’s legislature has passed a number of laws designed to limit the effect of the LGBT agenda on the nation’s small children — especially in the public schools.
( ) A church in Nigeria’s megacity of Lagos has become a community for people who are deaf. The pastor preaches in sign language, and the vibrations of drums signal when to pray or kneel at the Christian Mission for the Deaf church. An estimated 10 million of Nigeria’s 220 million people are deaf or have difficulty hearing. And disability advocates say that in the absence of inclusive churches and institutions, the Christian Mission church is critical. Especially in African societies where the perception of people with disabilities is influenced by traditional beliefs. Some see any disability as a punishment from God.
( ) The U.S. military chaplaincy is marking 250 years — even as the military as a whole does so. In 1775, a year before there was a United States and six weeks after the Continental Army was formed, George Washington made a declaration that has shaped the military ever since: “We need chaplains.” Two-hundred and fifty years later, across the globe, thousands of clergy in uniform continue to provide counsel and care to military members of a range of faiths. One Navy chaplain says “It’s the one place that people can go where there’s essentially a sanctuary around them, wherever they find themselves.”