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Amazon, Nike, Others Threaten Tennessee Over Law Protecting Faith-Based Foster Care, Adoption Agencies

A group of companies with operations in Tennessee—including major names like Nike and Amazon—are pressuring the state on behalf of gay activists because of a new law that protects the rights of faith-based adoption and foster agencies.

A total of 142 Tennessee businesses lent their names to a letter denouncing the newly-enacted HB 836, a law that ensures licensed foster care and adoption agencies cannot be forced to make child placements that “violate the agency’s written religious or moral convictions or policies.”

The letter, organized by the Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce, GLAAD, Human Rights Campaign and Freedom for All Americans, claims that by allowing child-placing agencies the right to only place children in homes with both a mother and a father, they are discriminating against LGBTQ couples.

“Policies that signal that the state is not welcoming to everyone put our collective economic success at risk,” the letter states. “… We ask that lawmakers not pursue any further legislation that would target or exclude LGBTQ people, which would do harm to Tennesseans and create unnecessary hurdles to economic competitiveness.”

Gov. Bill Lee, who signed HB 836 into law last month, doesn’t agree with the letter’s assessment.

“I think equality is important and protection of rights is important and the rights of religious liberty are important,” he said in a recent interview. “And that bill was centered around protection of religious liberty, and that’s why I signed it.”

Other major companies to sign the letter include Dell, Lyft, Marriott and American Airlines. Collectively, the companies refer to themselves as the Tennessee Businesses Against Discrimination.

FedEx, the largest company headquartered in Tennessee, was noticeably absent from the list of businesses. According to CNBC, GLAAD asked the company to sign the letter, but FedEx respectfully declined, communicating that it prefers to demonstrate corporate values through civic and charitable efforts rather than advocacy efforts.

But that didn’t exclude FedEx from GLAAD’s wrath.

“FedEx has an obligation to its LGBTQ employees in Tennessee and its customers nationwide to use its public voice and brand power to help stop these dangerous anti-LGBTQ bills,” GLADD told CNBC. “With more than three dozen large corporations speaking out against the slate of legislation, FedEx’s refusal to address is notable and out of step with other companies doing business in Tennessee.”

HB 836 is just one of six bills introduced in the Tennessee legislature last year promoting religious liberty and conscience rights. In response, several left-leaning companies have gone as far as telling lawmakers that they would consider pulling their business from the state if it continues to put religious liberty above the LGBTQ agenda.

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A group of companies with operations in Tennessee—including major names like Nike and Amazon—are pressuring the state on behalf of gay activists because of a new law that protects the rights of faith-based adoption and foster agencies.

A total of 142 Tennessee businesses lent their names to a letter denouncing the newly-enacted HB 836, a law that ensures licensed foster care and adoption agencies cannot be forced to make child placements that “violate the agency’s written religious or moral convictions or policies.”

The letter, organized by the Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce, GLAAD, Human Rights Campaign and Freedom for All Americans, claims that by allowing child-placing agencies the right to only place children in homes with both a mother and a father, they are discriminating against LGBTQ couples.

“Policies that signal that the state is not welcoming to everyone put our collective economic success at risk,” the letter states. “… We ask that lawmakers not pursue any further legislation that would target or exclude LGBTQ people, which would do harm to Tennesseans and create unnecessary hurdles to economic competitiveness.”

Gov. Bill Lee, who signed HB 836 into law last month, doesn’t agree with the letter’s assessment.

“I think equality is important and protection of rights is important and the rights of religious liberty are important,” he said in a recent interview. “And that bill was centered around protection of religious liberty, and that’s why I signed it.”

Other major companies to sign the letter include Dell, Lyft, Marriott and American Airlines. Collectively, the companies refer to themselves as the Tennessee Businesses Against Discrimination.

FedEx, the largest company headquartered in Tennessee, was noticeably absent from the list of businesses. According to CNBC, GLAAD asked the company to sign the letter, but FedEx respectfully declined, communicating that it prefers to demonstrate corporate values through civic and charitable efforts rather than advocacy efforts.

But that didn’t exclude FedEx from GLAAD’s wrath.

“FedEx has an obligation to its LGBTQ employees in Tennessee and its customers nationwide to use its public voice and brand power to help stop these dangerous anti-LGBTQ bills,” GLADD told CNBC. “With more than three dozen large corporations speaking out against the slate of legislation, FedEx’s refusal to address is notable and out of step with other companies doing business in Tennessee.”

HB 836 is just one of six bills introduced in the Tennessee legislature last year promoting religious liberty and conscience rights. In response, several left-leaning companies have gone as far as telling lawmakers that they would consider pulling their business from the state if it continues to put religious liberty above the LGBTQ agenda.

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No Matter Which Way The Political Winds Blow Or Public Opinion Sways, I Will Not Stop Preaching The Exclusivity Of The Cross

No matter which way the political winds blow or public opinion sways, I will not back up, stand down or shut up when it comes to preaching that there is “no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). In an age where moral relativism runs amok and tolerance for everything except God’s Word is praised, we need more Christians who will live boldly for Christ regardless of opposition or retribution.

A Problem With Pastors: Why Compromise On Genesis Undermines The Foundation Of The Gospel Itself

Fewer than one-fourth of the 36 schools that responded were clearly young-earth creationist, and most of them were quite small seminaries. In their M. Div. programs for future pastors, only two had a required course on Genesis that addressed the creation-evolution issue. Three others had an elective on Genesis, but one of those didn’t address the creation-evolution controversy. Only three had a required course on apologetics, and one of those didn’t address the origins debate. Again, the main problem is that most pastors have never recognized and carefully considered the foundational issues at stake here. Few books provide pastors with clear arguments explaining why compromise on the history of Genesis 1–11 undermines people’s trust in the truth, clarity, and authority of Scripture, and ultimately undermines the foundation of the gospel itself.

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This Is Not Political—This Is Biblical: What’s Really At Stake In The Virginia Elections?

According to Pew Research and First Liberty, 90 million self-identified evangelical Christians in America are eligible to vote. We are the largest voting bloc in America, but tragically, of the 90 million eligible to vote, 40 million do not vote, and 15 million are not even registered. The majority of Christians sit it out, and as a result, we allow evil and are ceding ground to Satan. When evil policies are enacted and Christians sit it out, we have no one to blame but ourselves. Christians need to let their voices be heard and stand up for God's definition of marriage and sanctity of life from the womb to the tomb.

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