Education Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
January 16th, 2020
A private Christian school in Kentucky has reportedly expelled a student after they found a picture of her posing with a rainbow birthday cake. Despite heavy criticism, school officials stand by the decision.
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August 23rd, 2019
Kentucky requires schools to prominently display the national motto, "In God We Trust", somewhere in every public school in the state. One school district came up with a clever workaround to protest a law they view as unconstitutional.
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August 16th, 2019
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker just signed into law a bill that ensures all public school students in Illinois learn about the contributions and history of the LGBT movement in American history. Progressive groups are praising the bill as a step towards giving LGBT youth representation in their textbooks. However, some parents believe the law is taking away their right to educate their children about sexuality.
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May 8th, 2019
Renowned Christian televangelist Pat Robertson stirred up debate in faith circles by taking a swipe at "Young Earth" Creationists who believe the universe is only 6,000 years old.
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April 19th, 2019
As higher education institutions face a reckoning over sexual violence on campus, some Brigham Young University students say they are actually being punished by the school for reporting their own sexual assaults.
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March 8th, 2019
A public elementary school in the U.K. has become ground zero for an intense political standoff between two opposing groups: Muslim families and LGBT rights supporters.
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February 18th, 2019
A vocal group of Christian parents has forced an elementary school in the U.K. to cancel a planned production about Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution. The controversial decision has sparked renewed debate over the role of religion in public schools.
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April 13th, 2018
For seven decades, “never forget” has been the rallying cry of the Holocaust remembrance movement. But a shocking new survey (released, ironically, on Holocaust Remembrance Day) reveals that many Americans – particularly millennials – lack a basic understanding of the Holocaust and its horrors.
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June 2nd, 2017
Noah’s Ark has been rebuilt. It stands, of all places, in the rolling green hills of Kentucky. From an outsider’s perspective, it seems a strange idea to construct a gigantic sea vessel in the middle of America’s land-locked heartland. But this wasn’t
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