Obama Appoints Transgender Woman to Advise on Faith Issues

“It makes sense the president would appoint a transgender activist as a faith adviser,” Travis Weber, director of the Center for Religious Liberty at the Family Research Council, says

--Fred Lucas, --June 8, 2016

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President Barack Obama’s appointment of a Christian transgender activist as an adviser on faith issues represents part of a larger agenda, some social conservatives fear. Last month, Obama named Barbara Satin, a man who identifies as a woman, to the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Satin is the assistant faith works director for the LGBTQ Task Force and a member of the United Church of Christ, serving on the church’s national executive council. The denomination is among the nation’s most open to the LGBT community. Satin has been the chair of GLBT Generations—an advocacy group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people—since 1999. Read More...

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