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Disney is planning to air a public service announcement titled “Protect Our Families” that was created by media monitoring organization GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation). Comcast, WarnerMedia and Paramount will also air the PSA, which focuses on a family with a trans teen. “Do you want to meet a family with a transgender kid?” asks Amber Briggle at … [Read more...] about Disney to Run PSA From GLAAD Featuring Family With Trans Teen

By Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson Thursday (April 7) as the first African-American woman on the country’s highest court. The evenly divided Senate voted 53-47 for Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, with three Republicans joining all Democrats in support of the federal appeals court judge. She will replace Associate … [Read more...] about Senate Confirms Jackson as First Black Woman on High Court

By Tom Strode DENVER, Colo. (BP)—State and national leaders among Southern Baptists responded with dismay to a new Colorado law that codifies the right to abortion and called for Christians to advocate for unborn children. Gov. Jared Polis signed into law Monday (April 4) the Reproductive Health Equity Act, which guarantees the decision to abort an unborn child is a … [Read more...] about Baptist Leaders Grieve Colorado Abortion Rights Law

(The Hill) Two Ohio Republicans on Monday introduced a bill strikingly similar to Florida’s recently passed Parental Rights in Education law, which has been dubbed by its critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. The Ohio bill also borrows language from a new South Dakota law which outlaws the promotion of “divisive concepts” in places like the classroom and the workplace. Under … [Read more...] about Ohio Introduces ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill