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(SRN NEWS) – Russia’s lower house of parliament has passed the final reading of a bill to ban adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where sex-change operations on kids are allowed. It follows an array of measures in recent years designed to curb the LGBT agenda. President Vladimir Putin and other top officials in recent years have increasingly called for observing traditional values as a counter to Western liberalism, characterized as degenerate. The U.S. would not be directly affected by the law because Russia in 2012 banned adoption of its children by Americans.

A new study from the University of Colorado reveals that books advancing the LGBT agenda in public school libraries were the most likely to be challenged by parents. A comprehensive review of more than 2,500 books challenged in 32 states during the 2021-22 school year found many of the same titles appearing again and again. The most-banned books are “Gender Queer: A Memoir”, by Maia Kobabe (MY-uh  koh-BAH-bay) and “All Boys Aren’t Blue”, by George M. Johnson. Both deal with children who come out as gay.

A pregnant woman has filed a lawsuit seeking the right to an abortion in Kentucky.  It’s the latest challenge to the state’s near-total ban on the procedure.  The suit claims that Kentucky laws blocking abortion violate the plaintiff’s rights to privacy and self-determination under the state constitution.  The woman is about seven weeks pregnant and says she wants to terminate her pregnancy but cannot legally do so in Kentucky because of the ban.  Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union filed the suit on her behalf in a state court in Louisville.

Among several blocks of religious voters Donald Trump fared roughly as well in his battle with Kamala Harris as he did in his fight with Joe Biden four years ago. One notable difference: He did better this year among Catholic voters, according to AP VoteCast. In 2020, the Catholic electorate — one the biggest religious blocs in the nation — was almost evenly split.  This year, 54 percent of Catholic voters supported Mr. Trump and 44 percent backed Harris — a critical shift given the large Catholic populations in several battleground states.

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