The Chicago Bulls have dumped 24-year-old guard Jaden Ivey after he made comments in support of God and against Pride Month.
Ivey's stint with the Bulls is over after just four games, following a trade from the Detroit Pistons in early February.
'God did not make a man to be with a man.'
The Bulls waived Ivey on Monday — which means his contract can be picked up by another team — after the guard criticized gay pride and the NBA on his Instagram page.
"The world can proclaim LGBTQ, they proclaim Pride Month, and the NBA, they proclaim it," Ivey said from inside a vehicle.
"God did not make a man to be with a man. God did not make a girl to be with a girl. God made a man for the purpose of procreation to have another child," Ivey added.
It did not take long for the Bulls to catch wind of the young player's comments, and the organization announced at 6 p.m. that he was being let go.
"The Chicago Bulls announced today that the team has waived guard Jaden Ivey due to conduct detrimental to the team," the Bulls said in a statement shared to social media.
Before their game on Monday evening, Bulls head coach Billy Donovan told the media that the organization expects certain standards to be upheld.
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"We've got people from all different backgrounds, you know, inside the organization," Donovan said after a reporter claimed Ivey was spiraling.
"We're all going to basically take care of each other. We're going to accept each other. And I think we're going to be hardworking, we're going to be accountable, and we're going to be respectful, and we're going to be professional," the coach continued.
Donovan concluded, "I think, organizationally, there's certain standards I think we want to have as an organization and try to live up to those each and every day."
Ivey was quick to jump back on social media on Monday night and call the Bulls' reasoning into question.
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"Why didn't they just say, 'We don't agree with his stance on LGBTQ?'" Ivey asked.
"How? Because I believe in the truth because I know Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life?"
He added, "This is not about me. This is about the kingdom of God. This is about the truth, the truth of the Bible, because I spoke what the truth is. I called these things out because that's what it is. The word of God will be preached to all nations, and then the end will come."
Ivey is on the final year of his rookie contract, a four-year deal worth almost $33 million.
If he is not signed by another team within the league's 48-hour window, the Bulls will have to pay the remainder of his contract, and he will become a free agent.
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You’ve probably heard, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." It’s catchy, but not new. Long before this became a mantra, Scripture was teaching this same truth, but with more spiritual weight.
Jesus modeled healthy, intentional friendships. He was deliberate about who he let into his inner circle. It wasn’t luck or happenstance. He chose with intention.
How often do we talk ourselves into friendships we shouldn’t have — with people we don’t even like?
Close friends can make or break you, and even more importantly, they can shape the trajectory of your life. Proverbs 13:20 goes beyond advice; it offers a clear strategy: Choose friends wisely, or risk being shaped by fools.
Science backs this up. Friendships influence career choices, health decisions, and spiritual well-being. Yet in modern society, close friendships are declining. Scholars now call it a “friendship recession.” Only 17% of Americans under 30 say they feel deeply connected to a community, according to a 2025 Harvard Kennedy School poll. In 1990, about 3% of Americans said they had no close friends; today, that number has reached double digits. Over the past three decades, meaningful, close friendships have sharply diminished.
If you want good friends who are truly in your corner, consider these key principles.
Jesus loved and ministered to countless people, but He invested deeply in only a few during his short but impactful life. He intentionally structured His relationships. The Gospels show Him teaching and healing crowds, sending out the 72 in ministry, and handpicking 12 disciples. Within that circle, He maintained an inner trio of Peter, James, and John, who witnessed pivotal historical events like the Transfiguration and the Garden of Gethsemane.
It would have been easier for Him to rub shoulders with the “frat boys” of his time — the good ol’ Pharisees. After all, they weren’t poor, lowly fishermen. The Pharisees were admired, influential, and outwardly “holy.” People wanted their approval; they regarded them as “prestigious.” I’m sure they wore fancy clothes and had the best things money could buy. But Jesus had nothing to do with them. He avoided their rotten influence, interacting only when necessary to answer their relentless, pesky questions.
Jesus didn’t chase popularity or status. He didn’t measure influence by who was “in” or who had the loudest voice in the room. Instead, he focused on people who were teachable, loyal, and aligned with His mission. His friendships were rooted in character and purpose instead of appearance or social standing. As 1 Corinthians 15:33 warns: “Do not be misled: ‘Bad company corrupts good character.’”
He surrounded Himself with people who, while imperfect, were willing to be challenged, changed, and called higher. He didn't just preach to the multitudes, He walked closely with 12, poured deeply into three, and entrusted the future of the church to them. Think of all the long walks Jesus took with His disciples. Walking on foot from places like Galilee to Jerusalem was roughly a three- to five-day commute. On these journeys, Jesus used them to teach and disciple and build meaningful relationships. Nothing went to waste.
His choice of who to do life with wasn't random; it was strategic and spiritually essential. Jesus modeled a clear principle in both friendship and kingdom-building: quality over quantity. Following Jesus’ example, we can intentionally choose friends while also becoming the kind of friend others need.
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Before we can choose good friends, we must first be one. Jesus modeled the qualities of a high-caliber friend: loyalty, integrity, truthfulness, and love.
Scripture also offers examples —both good and bad. David and Jonathan embody loyalty and sacrifice. Mary and Elizabeth show a friendship rooted in faith and mutual support. Daniel and his friends strengthen one another and stand firm in conviction, even in captivity.
By contrast, Job’s friends accuse rather than comfort. Judas betrays. King Rehoboam rejects wise counsel in favor of foolish peers, dividing a kingdom.
Jonathan, though heir to the throne, chose covenant over envy in his friendship with David. Elizabeth welcomed Mary with joy rather than jealousy, despite the circumstances. Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego remained faithful under pressure, putting God above comfort, safety, and status.
These friendships share a common thread: character. They refused envy, ego, and compromise — even when justified by the world’s standards. Quality people attract quality friends.
We must cultivate these kinds of relationships, doing the inner work to become the kind of friend we hope to have.
I’m a people person. Making friends has always come easily — but like most of us, I had to learn that not every friendship is worth keeping.
As a teenager, I desperately wanted to fit in with the “cool kids.” When I was invited to sit at their lunch table, I thought, “I’ve made it.” But after one regretful meal — filled with gossip, cruelty, and shallow conversation — I felt immediate buyer’s remorse. I didn’t go back.
Instead, I sat with my brothers and their friends — or alone. I realized that solitude is far better than compromising your character to belong. It may be lonelier, even uncomfortable, but it protects your integrity and spiritual health.
That’s what I mean by exercising the “muscle of rejection.”
How often do we talk ourselves into friendships we shouldn’t have — with people we don’t even like? Maybe they’re popular, well connected, professionally useful, or simply convenient.
But relationships built on convenience, obligation, or fear of confrontation dilute your inner circle. Over time, they shape your habits, attitudes, and decisions — often in ways you won’t notice until years later.
As my father-in-law likes to say (quoting Kenny Rogers): “Know when to hold ’em and know when to fold ’em.” Wisdom — and the discernment of the Holy Spirit — must guide these decisions. Not every connection is meant to last, and not every relationship deserves a front-row seat in your life.
For parents, this is even more critical. The friends we choose don’t just influence us — they shape our children’s worldview. Choosing wisely isn’t optional; it’s part of guiding the next generation.
Friends don’t show up on your doorstep; you have to put in the work. Gather people, host events, and create the opportunities you wish existed. Be the friend you wish you had. Seek relationships that are teachable, loyal, and mission-aligned. Choosing friends with discernment is not harshness; it’s stewardship. It’s about protecting your spiritual well-being, your family, and your calling. Jesus’ life shows us that strategic, purposeful friendships are not optional; they are foundational to living well and carrying out faithfulness.
Your inner circle will shape your mindset, your mission, and your life trajectory. Cultivate friendships with intention. Be ruthless. Reject the shallow and the convenient. Surround yourself with people who strengthen your faith, challenge your growth, and share your values. Exercise the muscle of rejection, and watch your life, and the lives of those around you, grow deeper and richer.
A generation came of age on Chuck Norris “facts.” When the boogeyman goes to sleep, he checks under his bed for Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris counted to infinity — twice. He doesn't do push-ups; he pushes the Earth down. Superman owns a pair of Chuck Norris pajamas.
These lines have been repeated so often that they have become their own mythology. And they point — sideways, lovingly — at something true. The man was singular. Which is why his death on March 20, age 86, deserves more than a eulogy dressed in silly jokes. It deserves honesty about what he actually represented.
A life that could have been reduced to folklore and fists and an endless loop of roundhouse kicks is best remembered as a love story.
A Hollywood star who kept his soul, a conservative who kept his convictions, and a son whose life was saved not by fists, but by faith.
That is the real story. Not the kicks. Not the films. The knees.
His mother's knees, specifically. On the floor, in prayer, while her son was becoming an American icon.
Chuck Norris was a man’s man, a legitimate martial artist, not a choreographed facsimile. The fight community knew it then. They know it still. Chael Sonnen — former UFC title contender, sharp-tongued analyst, not a man given to sentimentality — recently paid homage to Norris' genuine ability. Fighters don't flatter easily.
Norris wasn't a stuntman in a gi. He held black belts in Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and judo. Bruce Lee, who distributed respect like the IRS distributes refunds, cast him as the sole opponent worthy of a final fight in "The Way of the Dragon," a scene that remains one of the most watchable moments in martial arts cinema.
Norris was a genuine Hollywood star, too. "Walker, Texas Ranger" ran for eight seasons and made Saturday nights like a civic duty. "Missing in Action" made $26 million on a $2 million budget. "Code of Silence." "The Delta Force." "Lone Wolf McQuade." He owned a particular frequency — the man of few words who doesn't start trouble but finishes it decisively, who stands for something every red-blooded American recognized instinctively. Movie theaters filled up. The lines entered the cultural lexicon. The legend was self-sustaining.
And yet.
Hollywood has a metabolism all its own. It rewards those who adapt , who update their beliefs like software, who stay elegantly vague on anything that costs them. Norris didn't. His conservatism required no management, no spokesperson, no careful framing for a hostile room. It was constitutional, not cosmetic.
Success, he would later acknowledge, had done what success tends to do. It offered enough to make a man comfortable and comfortable enough to make him careless. The faith grew distant. Hollywood filled the space that God had occupied. His mother, however, didn't move an inch. She prayed through his success. Through the excess that follows success. Through the gradual erosion of whatever lay beneath the action hero. Back home, while the credits rolled and Roger Ebert wrote rave reviews, she was petitioning a higher power.
She never stopped. Not when he was an infant fighting for his life, not when he was yielding, by degrees, to what fame asks of those it favors, not when the distance widening between the man she raised and the man Hollywood was making seemed irreversible. She simply kept praying — stubbornly, faithfully, across decades.
Norris never forgot it. "My mother has prayed for me all my life, through thick and thin," he wrote. The scope of that sentence deserves a moment. All his life. Not a season of intercession. Not a crisis response. A lifetime of it.
When Norris returned to God, he did so completely, without a hint of reservation. Faith was not compartmentalized, managed, or diluted for public consumption. He said what he believed, to whoever was listening, without apology. On abortion, he rejected the path of least resistance that Hollywood had so generously paved. It was not, in his view, a policy question or a political calculation. Not a matter of preference, nuance, or personal freedom conveniently defined. A moral line, absolute and non-negotiable.
In an industry that treats the unborn as an inconvenience and their defenders as embarrassments, Norris stood apart. He understood that confusion about life is downstream of confusion about God. Lose your sense of the divine, and you lose your sense of limits. Lose limits, and life becomes conditional — weighed, assessed, and discarded when the calculus demands it, by people who have never once doubted their own right to exist. Norris saw that trajectory clearly, because he had briefly walked it himself.
A life that could have been reduced to folklore and fists and an endless loop of roundhouse kicks is best remembered as a love story — between a son who wandered and a mother who wouldn't let him stay lost. Chuck Norris is gone. But the America he embodied — patriotic, God-fearing, and entirely unembarrassed about both — is still here. Still worth defending.
Catholic churches across the United States are seeing increases in attendance, especially for Easter.
This comes just a few short months after Pope Leo XIV was interpreted as making a push for more inclusivity within the religion.
'[There is] a thirst and hunger for God and stability that faith brings to people's lives.'
An Italian academic who follows the Vatican said earlier this year that the new pope is likely to continue his predecessor's "trajectories."
Pope Francis famously said in 2013, "If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge?"
To that end, Pope Leo's comments at the beginning of 2026 were determined by some to signal an increasing tolerance toward those who are typically considered at odds with the Catholic tradition.
"Only love is trustworthy; only love is credible," the pope said in January. "While unity attracts, division scatters."
However, the truth was somewhere in the details. Massimo Faggioli, the academic from Trinity College Dublin, told Reuters that the pope was "working to convince the cardinals that they need to work collectively together to do what the Catholic people want them to do."
As the year has progressed, followers have learned that while the pope told his biographer the church's beliefs about "gay and trans people" has not changed, he added, "but the Church invites everyone."
Truly progressive messaging was not clearly found in the pope's Lent messaging soon thereafter. He asked parishes to listen to "the word of God, as well as to the cry of the poor and of the earth."
He said Catholics must strive to make their communities places where "the cry of those who suffer finds welcome, and listening opens paths towards liberation, making us ready and eager to contribute to building a civilization of love."
No matter how one interprets the pope's call to religious arms in 2026, it has seemingly worked, with a recent survey of Catholic parishes showcasing a rather large uptick in attendance.
The New York Times reported at length about the surge in followers, starting with the Archdiocese of Detroit, which will see 1,428 new Catholics for Easter, its highest in 21 years.
Galveston-Houston will see a 15-year peak, while Des Moines has an increase of 51% this year, 265 to 400.
Washington Cardinal Robert McElroy said his congregation is up by nearly 200 — already at its highest in 15 years — while Philadelphia's following has nearly doubled since 2017. Newark has gone from 1,000 Easter-goers in 2010 to 1,700 in 2026.
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McElroy told the Times he thinks the Holy Spirit is behind the surge, while Archbishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski of St. Louis says the increase could be due to a rise in uncertainty and anxiety.
There is "a thirst and hunger for God and stability that faith brings to people's lives," he said. The archbishop then blamed technology and COVID-19 for magnifying isolation.
The report also claimed that those between 18 and 35 years old were the noted age range that has seen the most growth among several dioceses.
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Best known for his snarky celebrity gossip blog, famous for its vicious takes on Hollywood’s biggest dramas, Perez Hilton recently returned from a grueling hospital ordeal with a shocking message: God is not only real — He is good.
After a bout of the flu that escalated into a perforated stomach ulcer and ultimately sepsis, Hilton was hospitalized for 21 brutal days of procedures and surgeries. During this tumultuous time, he claims he encountered God — not in the kind of drug-induced delirium we often hear about from people in near-death situations, but while he was apparently fully conscious.
'He is in my heart, and He is the main reason why I am healing so quickly.'
“God presented himself to me,” Hilton said in a 25-minute video released on March 23.
“I was very lucid. It was real, and this has been life-changing,” he added tearfully.
Even though Hilton had a religious upbringing — baptized, confirmed, and schooled in the Catholic faith as a youth — he was “never a believer” until this “miraculous” experience turned his world upside down.
After two weeks of invasive procedures, stubborn infections that wouldn’t heal, new complications picked up in the hospital, and the humbling ordeal of needing help with basic bodily functions, Hilton reached a rock-bottom place he described as “hell.”
But it seems God met him in that darkness and not only spared his earthly life (Hilton is now home and steadily recovering) but, I pray, his eternal one as well.
The 48-year-old, openly gay single father of three surrogate-born children says he’s now “excited to start taking the kids to church” and hopes to enroll them in a local Catholic school near their Las Vegas residence.
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What’s more, his spiritual experience has compelled him to make adjustments in his personal life. “I'm ashamed of myself,” Hilton admitted. “I felt this need to produce for my family so much that I was doing this and that … and not doing the little things,” he said, calling himself a “workaholic.”
“It was Grandma who would do dinner with the kids every night. No more. I'm gonna have dinner with my kids and my mom every night from now on,” he vowed.
In an even more recent video, Hilton announced that he has “zero desire to drink” alcohol after his encounter with God.
The video, captioned “goodbye and good riddance,” highlighted how “clear” his eyes look now.
“The future is bright. God is good. I’ve continued my journey with God, and I’m speaking to Him, and He is in my heart, and He is the main reason why I am healing so quickly,” he said, smiling.
Despite his rapid weight loss and exhausted countenance, Hilton appears to be a changed man.
But if you’re anything like me, these kinds of sudden, highly emotional conversions give you pause — especially when they happen to people with large platforms who depend on clicks and clout.
You may recall the story of 24-year-old British OnlyFans model Lily Phillips, who publicly converted to Christianity and was baptized in December 2025 after going viral for completing the horrendous challenge of sleeping with 101 men in a single day.
I was thrilled to see what initially looked like repentance from Lily. I celebrate when anyone accepts Christ but especially people with grimy, dark backgrounds. If genuine, their testimonies become some of the most powerful, compelling cases for God’s incomprehensible grace — drawing broken people who believe they are unredeemable into the family of God. I love to see it.
But tragically, Lily immediately returned to making, and posting pornographic content, even justifying her pornographic content, saying, “I understand that my faith and my work don’t fit neatly into everyone’s expectations of what a Christian ‘should’ look like,” she recently claimed. “... Christianity, for me, isn’t about pretending I have everything figured out or meeting other people’s standards.”
You won’t ever hear me make the final call on someone’s heart or salvific status. That is God’s role alone. But Scripture does give us instruction about evaluating the legitimacy of our own and others’ faith.
Trees can be judged by their fruit (Matthew 7:15-20). Some seeds sprout quickly and then wither shortly after (Matthew 13:5-6). Faith without works is dead (James 2:17). Obedience — not simply claiming to know the Lord — is the primary indicator of true faith (Matthew 7:21).
These instructions, of course, must be weighed against the grueling process of sanctification — that painfully slow stripping away of our innate bend toward sin. But from what I have witnessed and personally experienced, the process of sanctification doesn’t begin until we let God reign.
When we do, that doesn’t mean we suddenly stop sinning altogether, but it does mean that we’re no longer comfortable in our rebellion. It means we want to stop doing the things that nailed our Savior to a cross — even if it takes years to actually stop doing them.
I pray that’s the case with Lily — and I pray for the same for Perez Hilton. His public statements of faith in the aftermath of his spiritual encounter initially read, at least to me, as authentic. Not just because he sounds sincere in the videos he’s posted, but because there already seems to be the beginnings of fruits in his life.
Choosing sobriety, taking your kids to church, and setting intentions to put family above work are all promising signs that his professed faith is deeper than the emotional and physical trauma he just survived.
I’m tempted to say time will tell, but it won’t, because, again, hearts can only be read by God. But time will give us clues. Once the emotions of contending with his own death stabilize, once trials and tribulations return, as they always do, once he reckons with the reality that parts of his lifestyle are in rebellion against God — then perhaps we will have a better understanding of what Perez Hilton really believes in.
In the meantime, we should sincerely pray for him. It isn’t easy for a public figure — especially one whose platform is intertwined with the sick and twisted world of Hollywood — to come out as a Christian. I imagine the road ahead of him will be difficult if his faith is sincere. I hope we can ease some of that burden by contending for him in our prayers.
Massachusetts officials are standing by their decision to ban a Catholic couple, who hold biblical views on marriage and sexuality, from fostering children, despite a December policy change that removed the state's radical gender ideology mandate for caregivers.
Mike and Kitty Burke, long desiring to become parents, applied to become foster parents in 2022 after learning they would not be able to have children on their own.
'The Commonwealth's doublespeak is exactly why they are pressing for a clear ruling from the court protecting the freedom of religious families to foster and adopt children.'
Despite the couple successfully completing hours of training, extensive interviews, and a home study, the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families denied their request.
The DCF's Licensing Review Team stated that the Burkes were rejected "based on the couple's statements/responses regarding placement of children who identified LGBTQIA," according to the couple's 2023 federal lawsuit against state officials.
At the time of the denial, Massachusetts foster parent licensing policy required applicant parents to "promote the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of a child placed in his or her care, including supporting and respecting a child's sexual orientation or gender identity."
This policy did not include any exemptions for religious perspectives.
In December, the DCF issued an emergency amendment that removed the "sexual orientation or gender identity" language in the policy.
The DCF stated that the amendment would "strike the requirement that a foster/pre-adoptive parent or applicant affirm a child's sexual orientation or gender identity and [replace] it with a requirement that a foster/pre-adoptive parent or applicant affirm a child's individual identity and needs."
In a March court filing, Massachusetts officials contended that policy change was irrelevant in the Burkes' case because their denial was based on the rules in effect at the time. Further, they asserted that the denial "did not violate the Constitution" and was "not hostile to religion."
Massachusetts officials argued that "the mere fact that the Burkes could not satisfy" the LGBTQ+ requirements, "whether due to their religion or otherwise, does not clearly establish that denying their license application was unconstitutional."
The Burkes maintained that the discovery process proved that their religious beliefs were "the only reason for that denial."
"Mike and Kitty were cautiously hopeful that Massachusetts would finally end its religious discrimination," Lori Windham, senior counsel for Becket, the law firm representing the Burkes, told Blaze News. "But that hope turned to heartbreak when Massachusetts chose to keep fighting them in court. The Commonwealth's doublespeak is exactly why they are pressing for a clear ruling from the court protecting the freedom of religious families to foster and adopt children."
"Mike and Kitty are still open to fostering or adopting children in the future. But Massachusetts has made it harder for them to adopt any child with its discriminatory decision on their record, and that's why they are asking the court to erase it," she added.
A decision in the case is expected by the fall, Windham stated.
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A kooky segment by a team of radio hosts turned awkward when they were confronted by a Catholic interviewer.
Three radio hosts performed in a "rage room" recently and were seen smashing statues of both Jesus and Mary in what was meant to be a comical segment showcasing the stress-relieving benefits of participating in the group activity.
'That would be inappropriate.'
"We had a 'Rage Room' because we were beating the blue out of the Monday," said Eva De Roo, a host from Studio Brussel in Belgium.
"People could text us, like, 'I have a really a blue Monday because my car broke and everything,' and [we say], 'Okay, we'll smash something for you,'" the host continued as her colleagues chuckled.
However, reporter Colm Flynn — from the EWTN Global Catholic Network — was interested to find out whether the hosts were willing to smash statues of religious figures that represent other faiths.
"I know you laugh, but do you think that for many listeners, they would find that so deeply offensive to take a bat and to smash Jesus into pieces?"
"That's a very good question," host Sam De Bruyn replied.
"I think in Belgium, not really. We're not a very religious country."
De Bruyn also qualified the sketch by saying all the statues they smashed were "already broken."
That's when Flynn turned the tables.
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"Let me ask you this: If you were doing the video again, would you smash a symbol of the prophet Muhammad?"
De Bruyn replied, "That is a very dangerous one," before De Roo jumped in.
"No, because that would be inappropriate," she claimed, noting that there are many Muslims in Belgium.
Flynn said, "There are Christians, too. I know the pope visited Belgium recently."
De Roo and colleagues then clarified that they thought the stunt was okay because they were raised in the "Christian tradition."
With the hosts floundering, the reporter jumped to the third host, Dries Lenaerts, and asked if he would smash a Star of David.
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"Uhh, I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't do it," Lenaerts quickly replied.
De Bruyn said being raised Catholic gave the group more leeway to perform such an act and that it would be harder to do so about a religion "you know nothing about."
The reporter, who revealed that he covers religion for major networks, did not let the group off the hook.
"You see that hypocrisy: Jesus Christ statue, smash it in two, but [you] never [see it] for Muhammad or for anything to do with the Jewish faith."
The hosts, specifically De Bruyn, went on to defend their actions by describing their publicly funded audience as "very alternative" and "not "very religious in any way."
However, De Roo soon jumped in to apologize, said the hosts did not think about the activity very much beforehand, and claimed that any offense they cause to listeners is often discussed on the air.
Broadcaster VRT Studio Brussel later issued another apology for the video, saying the company "misjudged the 'Blue Monday' sketch."
Spokeswoman Yasmine Van der Borght said the team apologized for what was "intended to be a humorous action, and they have underestimated how sensitive religious symbols can be. They understand that this was hurtful to some people and would make different choices today."
The apology concluded, "VRT believes it's important that all of its employees show respect for every religion. We are not concerned with comparing religions, but with dealing with everyone's beliefs with care."
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NBA guard Jaden Ivey was cut from the Chicago Bulls on Monday after he expressed the basic Christian belief that sexual immorality and pride are “unrighteousness.” In response, multiple professional athletes have come to Ivey’s defense by similarly standing firm on God’s word. “They proclaim Pride Month. And the NBA, they proclaim it. They show […]
Apparently in the NBA, assaulting a woman won’t cost you your career — but professing Christianity will. The Chicago Bulls axed Jaden Ivey on Monday after he called so-called Pride Month “unrighteousness.” Ivey said that Pride Month is proclaimed on billboards, in the streets, and by the NBA. “Unrighteousness,” Ivey said. “So, how is it […]
Chicago Bulls guard Jaden Ivey was waived Monday after calling so-called Pride Month “unrighteousness.” In a video posted to social media Ivey said “The world can proclaim LGBTQ, right?” “They proclaim Pride Month and the NBA. They proclaim it. They show it to the world. They say, ‘Come join us for Pride Month to celebrate […]
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