| | Hundreds join dueling rallies at Supreme Court on Roe v. Wade's 50th anniversary | | Curated for you byCP Editors | | Good afternoon! It's Monday, Jan. 23, and today's headlines include pro-life and pro-choice advocates demonstrating outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building on the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, new details on the same-sex couple in Georgia accused of sexually abusing their adopted sons, and an interview with Skillet's John Cooper. | | Pro-life and pro-choice advocates took to the U.S. Supreme court to hold opposing demonstrations on Sunday, which marked the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade abortion ruling. The Women’s March advocacy group held its "Bigger Than Roe" rally in Madison, Wis., and sister marches in other cities throughout the United States as a message to lawmakers that their "movement is strong" and growing. Meanwhile, representatives of various pro-life groups, including Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, Pro-Life San Francisco and Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, held a rally outside the Supreme Court on the same day, two days after the annual March for Life. The event honored several pro-life activists who spent years performing rescues, a nonviolent direct-action technique that involves illegally entering abortion facilities to actively intervene with its operations. In the afternoon, Women's March participants arrived at the Supreme Court, and activists on both sides chanted slogans and held up signs revealing their stance on abortion. Slogans from the pro-life side consisted of chants like, "Abortion is murder; Abortion is oppression," while Women’s March participants yelled, "Abortion is healthcare." Some pro-abortion activists were also seen flipping off pro-life activists and attempting to silence them by using the siren feature on their megaphones. | | Founder and executive director of PAAU Terrisa Bukovinac believes that the pro-life movement must "mobilize a massive amount of people for direct action" in today's post-Roe world. "We will not have change in this country unless we can harness the power of social tension," she told The Christian Post. Bukovinac also said that people must "break through" their fears about engaging in direct action, explaining, "There’s not another way to end an injustice this massive, a global injustice this massive." Continue reading. | | P.S.Get rewarded for sharing our newsletters! Sign-up for the CP referral program—the more you share, the more you earn. Scroll to the bottom of this newsletter to get started today! |
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| Authorities investigating motive behind Calif. mass shooting | | Authorities are continuing to investigate a mass shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park, Calif., on Sunday that resulted in the deaths of 10 people. Police have identified the suspected shooter as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, who was later found dead in a white cargo van about 30 miles away. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said at a press conference that a motive for the shooting remains unclear. According to authorities, Tran also allegedly attempted to commit a second shooting at another dance studio in Alhambra, but two individuals successfully disarmed him. Luna said that when authorities neared Tran's white van after a traffic stop, they heard a single gunshot inside the vehicle, implying that Tran had killed himself. Read more. | | Gay couple that allegedly raped sons, filmed abuse used Christian agency | | A report from Townhall has revealed that a same-sex couple in Georgia who were arrested last August on charges of allegedly sexually abusing their two adopted sons and filming the abuse to upload and share on the internet used the now-defunct Christian adoption agency All God's Children, Inc. William Dale Zulock, 32, and Zachary Jacoby Zulock, 35, were charged with child molestation and sexual exploitation following their arrest on July 27 in Loganville, Ga., after officials with the Walton County’s Division of Family and Child Services joined deputies in a raid at the men’s home. The Townhall investigation also found that Zachary was the focus of a pedophilia investigation in 2011, having been accused of engaging in sexual acts with a 14-year-old boy. Although the investigation was ultimately shut down, authorities have now reportedly reopened it. According to the Townhall report, All God's Children worked specifically with special needs children, with a family member telling the outlet that the brothers—now ages 9 and 11—were raised by struggling heroin addicts. Another relative of the boys said they believe the Zulocks had full knowledge of that information and targeted the boys for that very reason. The agency was dissolved in late Oct. 2022, just weeks after the Zulocks were arrested. Read more. |
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| It’s not too late to pick a Bible reading plan for 2023. Here are 3 options. | | We're already a few weeks into 2023, but it's not too late to pick a Bible reading plan for the year, William Wolfe writes. Wolfe details three plans to consider—a consecutive read-through,Robert Murray M’Cheyne's plan, and the "Cover-to-Cover Plus Plan"—to help accomplish your Bible reading goals. Learn about each of these plans here. | | You must bow at the LGBT altar or else | | In this editorial, Dr. Michael Brown discusses the LGBT movement and how it once preached "tolerance and acceptance" but today forces the "public, mandatory celebration of LGBT pride" to avoid being marked and ostracized. Brown reflects on Philadelphia Flyers player Ivan Provorov's decision to not participate in the Flyer's LGBT pride night due to religious reasons. In making that decision, Provorov explained that he respects the beliefs of others and asked that others would respect his choice not to participate. His decision, however, drew backlash from individuals such as hockey journalist Pierre LeBrun, who declared that if the player respected everyone "he would have taken part" in the event instead of "hid[ing]" behind religion. "To paraphrase," writes Brown, "'Who gives a hoot about his religious convictions? To respect someone means to celebrate who they are and what they do, even if it is in fundamental contradiction to one’s own beliefs and convictions.'" Read more. |
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| Celebration Church founders expected in court to fight eviction notice | | Celebration Church founders Stovall and Kerri Weems are expected to return to court on Monday to fight a push from the current church leaders to evict them from a Black Hammock Island home that was purchased as a parsonage for the Jacksonville, Fla., church. The Weems are on a 21-day period of prayer and fasting, which is expected to end on Feb. 3, according to their Awakening Ecclesia website. Celebration Church is demanding in a lawsuit that the couple vacate the million-dollar waterfront parsonage because they resigned from all work with the church in April 2022. Church officials argued in the lawsuit that Stovall Weems purchased the disputed property on behalf of the church and Weems Group, LLC, which he managed himself. The purchase was made without authorization from the church’s board. Redfin reports that the home, which has an estimated value of $1,394,606, was last sold for $1,286,900. The Weemses are also expected in court on Tuesday at a hearing regarding a defamation lawsuit they filed against Celebration Church and its board of trustees. Read more. |
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| Kim Kardashian buys Attallah Cross pendant worn by Princess Diana | | Reality TV star Kim Kardashian acquired the Attallah Cross through a Sotheby's auction in London for approximately $200K. The diamond-encrusted pendant was worn by Diana, Princess of Wales, on several occasions, including during her attendance at a Birthright gala in October 1987. The charity works toward the protection of human rights during pregnancy and childbirth. Read more. | | John Cooper on how the Church can help families | | John Cooper, frontman of the multi-platinum rock band Skillet, is gearing up for Rock the Universe 2023 at Universal Studios. The artist believes these Christian events can help restore the family dynamic in America. In this interview with CP, Cooper discusses how people—religious and nonreligious—come together during these types of family-friendly events, explaining, "Even in culture right now, even if you were to take the religious aspect out of something like this, you've really only got two events that bring Americans together, which is sports and music. We can't agree on anything. But you go to a concert or a sporting match, and everybody [is] sort of like, ‘OK, we can at least agree on this. We're here to have fun.'" Cooper reflects on what he says is an awakening in America and the realization that the nation is losing its children, noting, "I think the Church has the answer to that. The Church has always had the answer to that because God creates a man and a woman to get married and have children and raise their kids in the fear and admonition of the Lord." He also praised Universal Studios for hosting a Christian event despite the secular backlash against Christians, saying, "I would say 25 years of doing business together and still wanting to do that business is a really good testimony to the people who run Rock the Universe." Read the full interview here. | | | | | | | | Thank you for spending part of your day with us. We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow! -- CP Editors |
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