Mark Wingfield

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Trump's latest bundle of lies endangers trans folk the most – Baptist News Global In an 83-word post that boasted eight flagrant lies, Trump included as part of his legacy ridding the nation of transgender identity.

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The audience for the anti-trans lines is conservative evangelicals, who continue to insist transgender identity is not a real thing in the eyes of God. They are flat-out wrong.

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Amid LGBTQ controversy, social work dean 'steps down' at Baylor – Baptist News Global Baylor Provost Nancy Brinkhouse informed faculty Sept. 25 Jon Singletary will “step down” effective Oct. 15.

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Yes, violence is not the answer – Baptist News Global When you dare to confront the president of the United States about his violent rhetoric, then I’ll listen to you.

Yes, we need to stop the political violence. And the first step is to acknowledge the president of the United States is the source of the problem.

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The First Amendment is for we, not just thee – Baptist News Global The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees five related freedoms, and all five are under attack today by the Republican Party.

Now it’s clear the agenda is not just to redefine religious liberty but to reinterpret the entirety of the First Amendment.

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Can employers fire employees for their Charlie Kirk posts? – Baptist News Global This backlash is part of a conservative movement to blame Kirk’s death on “the left” and to punish anyone who disagrees with their view.

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Was Charlie Kirk a martyr? – Baptist News Global Kirk’s persona simply didn’t match his person. He was not a gentleman and a scholar but he was an entertainer and a troll.

If Charlie Kirk is a martyr, it is to the cause of hateful exclusionary politics, not Christianity.

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The morning after an assassination – Baptist News Global If Charlie Kirk had been a Democratic activist and Joe Biden were still president, the right-wing conspiracy theories would have taken over.

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Stand up for trans folk who have no place to pee – Baptist News Global I received an urgent call last week from one of my dearest transgender friends. He faced a horrible predicament.

If my friend went to the Emergency Department and had to pee during his six- to 12-hour stay in the ED, he would scare people if he went into the women’s room or he could cause the hospital to be fined $25,000 if he goes to the men’s room.

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The lunatics are now in charge – Baptist News Global If you consider yourself “pro-life,” take a stand on the side life for those already born and not just embryos in a womb.

Not all ideas are equally valid, and not all beliefs are equally true. There is reality and there is fantasy.

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What they’ve gained – Baptist News Global Why do the vast majority of white evangelicals support the president and his cronies? Because he’s giving them what they want.

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why do the vast majority of white evangelicals support the president and his cronies? Because he’s giving them what they want.

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This is what your indifference has done – Baptist News Global “What is allowing the Trump administration to run roughshod over every liberty we hold dear is indifference.”

“What is allowing the Trump administration to run roughshod over every liberty we hold dear is indifference.”

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Bravo to Baton Rouge Library for standing up to evangelicals Bravo to the East Baton Rouge Parish Library for standing up for a transgender employee. That seems to me what Jesus would have done as well.

Seriously. How hard can it be to call someone by the name they want to be called? Is this such a huge imposition?

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So you say you want a biblical worldview? – Baptist News Global Their preferred worldview is rotten to the core. There’s about as much Bible in their “biblical” worldview as there is grapes in Grape Nuts.

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300 faith leaders urge Baylor to 'do better' with LGBTQ community – Baptist News Global Three hundred pastors and faith leaders have signed a second letter to Baylor University decrying revocation of a $634,000 grant.

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How a group of Presbyterians is trying to reshape the SBC – Baptist News Global It’s worth taking a closer look before Baptists haul this horse inside the walls of the Southern Baptist Convention.

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