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GT Bynum's transgender executive order

I will be on with Pat Campbell on AM 1170 KFAQ tomorrow morning, August 29, 2019, just after the 8 a.m. news, to discuss Tulsa Mayor G. T. Bynum IV's executive order adding gender identity and gender expression to the city's non-discrimination policy. (UPDATE: Here's the podcast of my August...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 28, 2019 11:19 PM

Trump's religious freedom executive order: "A sop"

But Trump is Cyrus or Constantine or something.... Yahoo News: Trump's executive order disappoints religious conservatives "The executive order on the whole looks to accomplish very little of substance, against the backdrop of a lot of show," said John Inazu, a professor of law and religion at Washington University in...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 5, 2017 12:57 PM

Christian parenting: Immunizing against baptized liberalism, training the mind and the sentiments, and the call to heroism

One of the biggest fears of any Christian parent is that his child will abandon the faith in which he was raised once he's away from home. Some charismatic peer or professor will attempt to convert him to a new religion, which could be anything from a different branch of...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 24, 2017 11:17 AM

Run for School Board

Next Monday through Wednesday, December 7 - 9, 2015, is the filing period for public school board positions in Oklahoma. Most school districts will have a single seat, Position No. 1 up for election to a five-year term. Skiatook will have one additional seat on the ballot to fill an...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 3, 2015 1:14 AM

Waiting for the wedding night smarter than "taking a test drive"

It seems like every day another study emerges that reaffirms the wisdom of traditional moral restraints. An article on the blog of the Institute for Family Studies, Slow But Sure: Does the Timing of Sex During Dating Matter?, reviews two scholarly studies of the timing of a couple's first sexual...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 9, 2015 12:33 PM