(SRN NEWS ) Brent Leatherwood has resigned as head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s policy arm after nearly four years on the job. The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has been a strong advocate against abortion and the LGBT agenda while promoting religious liberty and a pro-Israel stance. Church representatives in June voted to retain […]
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(SRN NEWS ) Brent Leatherwood has resigned as head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s policy arm after nearly four years on the job. The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has been a strong advocate against abortion and the LGBT agenda while promoting religious liberty and a pro-Israel stance. Church representatives in June voted to retain the commission, rejecting efforts by some in the SBC to abolish it. Leatherwood emphasized balancing conviction and kindness in advocacy work. Vice President Miles Mullin has been named acting president until a vote can be taken on a new, permanent ERLC leader.
( ) 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 Peruvian survivor of priest sex abuse has brought her public campaign for reforms to Chicago — the hometown of new Pope Leo the 14th. Ana Maria Diaz accuses the Pope of failing to investigate her case when he was a bishop in her home country and says he needs to step up now as leader of the world’s Catholics. Speaking at a gathering of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests Diaz said “I’ve been quiet since the pope has been elected, but I’m not planning to be quiet forever.” Ahead of Leo’s May election, SNAP filed a formal complaint against then-Cardinal Robert Prevost with the Vatican secretary of state.
