LGBTQ & Human Rights - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog

Protect or Punish? Christians Divided on Treatment of Trans People

December 31st, 2025

Christians are divided on how to treat the transgender community, with some hosting prayerful protests condemning religiousharm, and others preaching fiery sermons framing trans issues as a spiritual threat.

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DOJ Backs Christians Opposed to Transgender Student in Locker Rooms

December 12th, 2025

The DOJ is suing a Virginia school board over the suspension of two Christian students who opposed sharing a locker room with a transgender classmate in a clash between religious liberty and LGBTQ+ rights.

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Florida AG Tries to Cancel "Drag Queen Christmas"

December 4th, 2025

Florida politicians are trying to shut down a Christmas themed drag show in Pensacola, alleging that hosting the event on city-owned property makes an obscene mockery of Christianity on a holy holiday.

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Student Claims Religious Bias After Bible-Based Gender Essay Gets a Zero

December 3rd, 2025

A University of Oklahoma student got a zero for heavily citing the Bible in a gender essay. The transgender instructor says it wasn’t discrimination, just a bad essay, but the student says she was discriminated against.

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Texas Won't Punish Judges Who Refuse to Perform Same-Sex Weddings

October 30th, 2025

The Texas Supreme Court just ruled that judges who refuse to perform gay weddings based on religious grounds are not in violation of the state's judicial fairness rules. Faith-based freedom, or legalized discrimination?

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Church Paints Rainbow Steps In Protest of Pride Crosswalk Removal

October 29th, 2025

After Texas banned rainbow crosswalks, one Dallas church answered with rainbow-painted steps. The story is igniting debate on whether or not the Pride flag is political, or just a symbol of love and belonging.

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Can States Ban Conversion Therapy? Supreme Court Will Decide

October 8th, 2025

The Supreme Court has taken up a case challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, where one Christian therapist says the law violates her right to free speech - and the judges seem poised to agree.

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Church Urges Congregants to Steal LGBTQ+ Books From Library

August 25th, 2025

A Kentucky church is urging congregants to break the law, asking them to check out and never return books with LGBTQ+ content. They say it's civil disobedience, but critics say all they're doing is breaking the law.

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A Carpenter Named Jesus is Facing Deportation

August 15th, 2025

A carpenter named Jesus has been arrested by ICE. Now his church community is fighting to keep him from being deported. How one man's story sheds light on the debate over what the future of America should look like.

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Supreme Court Formally Asked to Overturn Gay Marriage

August 14th, 2025

Nearly a decade after Obergefell v. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage across the country, Kim Davis is asking the Supreme Court to overturn it - and activists fear the conservative majority may agree.

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