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Anchorage Assembly to vote on ‘Transgender Day of Remembrance’

PoliticsNovember 18, 2019

The Anchorage Assembly is set to proclaim Nov. 20 as a “Transgender Day of Remembrance” at its Nov. 19 meeting. A resolution to this effect is scheduled for a vote to “honor transgender people around the world whose lives have been lost to

State backs group advocating for radical LGBTQ ideology in schools

EducationNovember 12, 2019

Alaska educators are being encouraged to adopt a new educational model that claims to be more child centered. Coined “Whole Child,” the model was developed by ASCD, an educational reform group that aims to transform schools by encouraging them to focus

Mat-Su Borough candidates’ positions on abortion, religious liberty and LGBTQ issues

AbortionOctober 31, 2019

A newly-released “Values Voter Guide” by the Alaska Family Council lets Mat-Su residents know where candidates running for Borough Assembly and Borough School Board stand on abortion, religious liberty and LGBTQ issues. Voters will cast ballots on Nov. 5

Drag Queens perform and pose for photos with Alaska kids at library sponsored event

CultureOctober 22, 2019

Drag Queens danced and posed for photos with young children during an Oct. 19 event at Anchorage’s flagship library. The seventh installment of Drag Queen Story Hour at the Loussac Library featured two men in heavy makeup, wearing wigs and exotic dresses

Events: Reasons for the faith, pro-life outreach

CultureOctober 21, 2019

Below is the most up-to-date roundup of upcoming events, presentations and opportunities to engage Alaska’s culture from a Judeo-Christian perspective that seeks the common good. FORMER ARAFAT SNIPER TO RECOUNT CHRISTIAN CONVERSION A former sniper

Social conservatives win five hotly contested Fairbanks races

EducationOctober 2, 2019

Social conservatives won five on nine races during the Oct. 1 city and borough elections in Fairbanks. Incumbent Mayor Jim Matherly won just under 50% of the vote to fend off Planned Parenthood endorsed challenger Kathryn Dodge who took nearly 44% of votes.

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

Leading bioethicist to speak in Anchorage on ‘the transgender question’

CultureSeptember 19, 2019

One of the nation’s leading bioethicists will be in Anchorage next week for a free public lecture entitled “Thinking through the ethics of the transgender question.” Father Tad Pacholczyk is director of the National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) in

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