RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on September 13, 2024
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(SRN NEWS) – A federal judge says two boys can play on girls school sports teams while the teens challenge a New Hampshire ban. The families of the boys sued in August seeking to overturn the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act that Republican Governor Chris Sununu signed into law in July. In issuing a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Landia McCafferty found that the plaintiffs are likely to suffer “irreparable harm” if they are not allowed to play on the girl’s sports teams. A similar case is playing out in Connecticut.
Delaware has positioned itself to elect the first openly transgender member of Congress in November. State Senator Sarah McBride, a man who is living as a woman, won the Democratic primary for Delaware’s lone seat in the House of Representatives this week. McBride raised almost three million dollars in campaign contributions from LGBT organizations around the country. He achieved national recognition at the 2016 Democratic National Convention as the first openly transgender person to address a major party convention.
The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that an abortion measure will be on the state’s November ballot. The decision means that voters will have a chance to weigh in on whether to enshrine abortion in the state constitution. A group of Republican state lawmakers and other pro-life advocates had sued to remove the measure, arguing that voters were not informed about the list of abortion laws it could repeal. At least eight other states will consider constitutional amendments enshrining abortion on Election Day.
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower-court ruling that blocks Arizona from enforcing a 2022 law that bans boys from playing on girls’ school sports teams. A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the lower-court that before puberty, there are no significant differences between boys and girls in athletic performance. The case will now be sent back to the lower court, and the law will remain blocked while the case is litigated. Similar court battles are springing up all across the nation.
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