University Women’s Team Becomes Latest To Refuse To Play Against Trans-Identifying Male

The women’s volleyball team at University of Wyoming has become the latest to refuse to play against San Jose State University because the California school has allowed a trans-identifying male to play on the women’s team. In a statement posted on X from the Wyoming Cowgirl Volleyball, the team stated, “After a lengthy discussion, the University of Wyoming will not play its scheduled conference match against San José State University in the UniWyo Sports Complex on Saturday, Oct. 5.”
“Per Mountain West Conference policy, the Conference will record the match as a forfeit and a loss for Wyoming,” the statement added.

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Ex-LGBTQ Ally Fights Back Over Claim She Was Fired After Becoming a Christian, Renouncing Sin

A former staff member at a public college in New York City is fighting back over the claim she was fired after becoming a Christian. Teona Pagan was the fellowships and public service program coordinator at City University of New York’s Research Foundation until she requested a religious accommodation, which she claims was denied. Pagan, who filed a lawsuit on Aug. 28, told CBN News her job as the fellowships and public service program coordinator at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership made her responsible for helping “students to pursue their dreams through different fellowships.”

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California sues Catholic hospital for refusing to abort 15-week-old twins

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing a Catholic hospital after it refused to violate its ethical code to allow its doctors to abort 15-week-old twins whose mother was suffering from an early miscarriage. In a lawsuit filed in Humboldt County Superior Court, Bonta claims Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, California, violated multiple state laws because it did not perform two abortions for Anna Nusslock, who was having an “obstetric” emergency. Nusslock, who has a history of miscarriages according to local news reports, began to bleed at 14 weeks’ gestation and then shortly after that her water broke.

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Coroner calls for change after Australia man kills himself using wife’s assisted suicide pills

A coroner is calling for changes to assisted suicide laws in Queensland, Australia, after an elderly man was able to kill himself using his wife’s assisted suicide pills. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the man’s wife was declared eligible for assisted suicide in March of 2023; medication was delivered to the couple’s home a month later. However, the couple went to the hospital, where the man’s wife was euthanized using an intravenous drug instead. The man was supposed to return the assisted suicide pills delivered to their home, but never did. Instead, he took them on his own and died on May 16, 2023, just days after his wife’s death.

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Marriage Education Is For Parents, Too

There is great value in preparing couples for marriage before they tie the knot. Couples that I counseled during their engagement will sometimes reach out to me more than a decade later to share they still practice the advice I gave them every day. But I have had many more couples—full of cheer when we first met—return for help when they found themselves drowning amidst the often-overwhelming demands of married life. When I ask these couples what’s wrong, they will share a few problems, but they invariably end with, “and we have a baby.”

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