More Opposition Forms Against Arkansas Abortion Amendment

Opposition continues to form against the Arkansas Abortion Amendment.

Right now a group is working to place the Arkansas Abortion Amendment on the November ballot. The measure would write abortion into the state constitution, and it would prevent the Arkansas Legislature from restricting abortion during the first five months of pregnancy — allowing thousands of elective abortions every year and paving the way for taxpayer-funded abortions in Arkansas.

Last week the group Stop Abortion On Demand Amendment filed ballot question committee paperwork with the Arkansas Ethics Commission, announcing it would oppose the abortion amendment.

The group’s officers and members include Arkansas legislators.

Stop Abortion On Demand is the latest group to come out against the abortion amendment. Others include:

You can download a copy of the abortion amendment here.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

Wyoming Becomes 24th State to Protect Children From Sex-Change Surgeries

Last week Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed legislation protecting children from sex-change surgeries, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones. Wyoming reportedly is the 24th state to enact a law of this kind.

Sex-change surgeries and procedures can leave children sterilized and scarred for life.

A growing body of scientific evidence shows children should not be subjected to sex-change procedures, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones. That is why many experts agree these procedures are experimental, at best, and actually do serious harm to children.

In 2021, lawmakers in Arkansas overwhelmingly passed the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act.

The SAFE Act is a good law that prevents doctors in Arkansas from performing sex-change surgeries on children or giving them puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. 

Unfortunately, the SAFE Act has been tied up in court for more than two years, and a federal judge in Little Rock has blocked the state from enforcing the law. However, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin’s office is appealing the case.

It’s good to see lawmakers across the nation taking steps to protect children. Public opinion is shifting on this issue, with more Americans saying that it’s morally wrong to change genders. Even though Arkansas’ SAFE Act is in federal court at the moment, we believe the judges will recognize that it is a good law and uphold it as constitutional.

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A Wedding Isn’t Just a Party: Guest Column

Recent debates about whether Christians should go to so-called same-sex “weddings” have revealed a lot, and not just about how normalized homosexuality has become. Some of those who argued Christians should attend asked, “Why turn down an invitation to a wedding when we’re fine eating with, working with, or being friends with people who call themselves gay?”  

But this assumes that weddings are just another social event, a time for people to express their feelings and celebrate their happiness. In a Christian view, they’re much more than that. They’re a public act inseparably joining two lives and creating a family—a God-ordained covenant with a purpose that goes back to creation and symbolism that reaches into New Creation, whether those getting married realize it or not. Those who go don’t merely attend, they participate as witnesses. 

We have a serious failure of catechesis if Christians don’t understand how marriage ceremonies are fundamentally different than a party. For today’s confusion, Christians need to know what marriage is, not just what it isn’t

Copyright 2024 by the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Reprinted from BreakPoint.org with permission.