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(SRN NEWS) – Russia’s lower house of parliament has passed the final reading of a bill to ban adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where sex-change operations on kids are allowed. It follows an array of measures in recent years designed to curb the LGBT agenda. President Vladimir Putin and other top officials in recent years have increasingly called for observing traditional values as a counter to Western liberalism, characterized as degenerate. The U.S. would not be directly affected by the law because Russia in 2012 banned adoption of its children by Americans.

The co-founder of Moms For Liberty expects President Trump to deliver on campaign promises to end the spread of the LGBT agenda in the schools. Tiffany Justice says “American parents voted for their children’s future”, in a post on X. Observers expect Mr. Trump to immediately nullify the Biden administration’s Title Nine rule that adds gender identity to current anti-discrimination statutes. President Biden sought to bar states from passing laws that keep boys off of girls sports teams and out of their locker rooms. Such legislation is already being challenged in court.

A new study from the University of Colorado reveals that books advancing the LGBT agenda in public school libraries were the most likely to be challenged by parents. A comprehensive review of more than 2,500 books challenged in 32 states during the 2021-22 school year found many of the same titles appearing again and again. The most-banned books are “Gender Queer: A Memoir”, by Maia Kobabe (MY-uh  koh-BAH-bay) and “All Boys Aren’t Blue”, by George M. Johnson. Both deal with children who come out as gay.

Persecution of Christians around the world is at a peak that may have no precedent in modern history.  However, the faith continues to spread.  The Pew Research Center projects that by the year 2060, there will be 34 percent more Christians on earth than there were in 2015.  Experts say most of that increase will come in Africa, Asia and Latin America, shifting the center of Christianity to the global South.  Africa and Asia are also the regions where persecution of believers is the strongest.  In Africa it is powered primarily by Muslim extremists.  In Asia the attacks come from both Muslims and Communist governments.

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