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Alaska teachers forced to refer to students by preferred gender identity

EducationOctober 1, 2019

Many Alaska schools now mandate that teachers refer to students by their preferred gender identity, even when it contradicts the student’s biological sex. In 2016 the Obama administration instructed schools to treat students in accord with their preferred

Court: Anchorage women’s shelter is not required to admit men identifying as women

FreedomSeptember 30, 2019

Anchorage officials cannot force a faith-based women’s shelter in Anchorage to admit biological males in its overnight facility. This comes after Anchorage officials dropped a complaint against the Downtown Hope Center over the shelter’s refusal to allow

Transgender talk sparks lively exchange in Anchorage restaurant

FamilySeptember 30, 2019

About 250 people packed into Gallos Mexican Restaurant in South Anchorage last week to listen to a presentation by a leading national bioethicist who concluded that transgenderism is fundamentally a psychological disorder. Father Tad Pacholczyk’s Sept. 26

Parental rights organizer needed for ‘at risk’ Alaska

EducationSeptember 26, 2019

A leading national parental rights organization, with the mission to “educate and inform the public and policymakers regarding parental rights,” is in need of an Alaskan coordinator to help introduce legislation in the Alaska Legislature that strengthens

Sen. Murkowski seen as ‘key’ vote in bill to restrict religious freedoms

FaithSeptember 24, 2019

In 2010 Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski initially voted to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. In 2013, however, she changed her mind and voted for same-sex marriage, so long as religious freedom remained intact. Now, with most of those freedoms

Rejecting state funds allows Anchorage homeless shelter to boldly share the Gospel

CultureSeptember 24, 2019

It was September, dark enough already for the northern lights to illuminate the tent where Daniel Bates was living in the margins of Fairbanks. The weather was bleak, his life was bleak, and no amount of alcohol was numbing the bitterness of either.

Fairbanks candidates take opposing stances on hot-button social issues

AbortionSeptember 22, 2019

The Oct. 1 Fairbanks North Star Borough elections could have a significant impact on pro-life laws and policies dealing with LGBTQ issues. This according to both Alaska’s leading abortion proponents and pro-life advocates. Planned Parenthood, which provides

OPINION: Dunleavy’s move is needed first step to correcting Alaska’s courts

AbortionSeptember 18, 2019

As everyone knows, there are three co-equal branches to government: legislative, executive and judicial. Except they’re not. As in co-equal. Understanding correct constitutional principles is about as rare as finding an uncut diamond while walking the

Military launches ‘formal inquiry’ into why its training session listed Alaska Family Council as ‘hate group’

FreedomSeptember 17, 2019

The military has launched a formal inquiry after one of the leading pro-life and pro-family advocacy groups in Alaska was identified as a “hate group” during a mandatory equal opportunity training session at Joint Base Elmendorf-Fort Richardson (JBER) in

Military apologizes after identifying Alaska Family Council as a ‘hate group’

FreedomSeptember 16, 2019

The Alaska Family Council, one of the most respected and long-standing pro-life and pro-family advocacy groups in Alaska was recently identified as a “hate group,” during a training session at Joint Base Elmendorf/Fort Richardson. Jim Minnery, the

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