It's proclaimed by some, especially those within and supportive of the LGBTQ community, that a person who's following the homosexual or transgender lifestyle is 'born that way'. They expect full acceptance of who they are. Sadly, there are even churches that have accepted this line of thinking rather than see the deception and bondage created by such choices.

Several states where Crosstalk has broadcast outlets are listed in the top 10 states with the most beef cows. This should therefore be of interest to many listeners because the American beef industry has long been a target of environmentalists and the animal rights movement.

Father's Day is believed to have been first celebrated on June 19th, 1910 through the efforts of Sonora Smart Dodd. She was a Christian woman, the daughter of American Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart. Her mother died when she was 16 years old. She wanted a day that would commemorate and honor fathers like her own who had raised her and five other children.

With our annual Father's Day tribute edition of Crosstalk coming up, that meant moving up the weekly 'Round-Up' program. Here's a small sample of news items that Jim covered-----2 oil tankers were damaged in a suspected attack in the Gulf of Oman off the coast of Iran.---U.S. officials say it's highly likely that Iran was behind the torpedo attack in the Gulf of Oman.---The U.S. dispatched a guided missile destroyer to the gulf Thursday after the tankers called in the reported attack.

This Crosstalk looked at this phenomenon through a message preached this past Sunday by Pastor Rodney Schuler, the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. He's also host of the radio program, 'Calvary Today.'

Todd Nettleton is the chief of media relations with Voice of the Martyrs and host of the Voice of the Martyrs broadcast. Todd has served some 20 years with VOM and he's traveled to many nations to interview hundreds of Christians who have endured persecution. He's also part of the writing team for four Voice of the Martyrs books.

Below is a sample of stories from this week's edition of the 'Round-Up'----Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor was sentenced to 12-1-2 years in prison in the shooting death of Justine Ruszczyk.---A Minnesota man who threw a 5 year old boy over a third floor balcony at the Mall of America earlier this year has been sentenced to prison.---A former deputy sheriff who hid rather than enter a Florida school and confront a gunman who killed 17 was arrested and charged Tuesday with neglecting children and committing perjury.---Senator Elizabeth Warren claims that climate change is a bigger threat to the American way of life than the enemies the Allied forces faced in WWII.

William Federer is a historian, speaker, author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc, a publishing company dedicated to researching America's noble heritage. He's authored numerous books including, 'America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations,' 'The Original 13- History of Religion in America's First Thirteen States,' 'Who is the King in America-' and 'What Every American Needs to Know about the Qur'an- A History of Islam and the United States.' He's the speaker on 'The American Minute' daily broadcast.

Joining Jim to examine this issue was Alan Gottlieb. Alan is the founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, an organization that is dedicated to promoting a better understanding about our constitutional heritage to privately own and possess firearms. He's the author of numerous books including, 'Dancing in Blood- Exposing the Gun Lobby to Destroy Your Rights,' 'Politically Correct Guns,' 'The Gun Rights Fact Book,' and numerous others.