RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on November 28, 2024
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(SRN NEWS) – A Missouri court has upheld a new state law that bans sex-change operations on children. The state’s Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey says the ruling makes Missouri the first state to successfully defend such a policy in trial court. Attorneys for the plaintiffs are vowing to appeal. The 2023 statute bans sex-change surgeries for anybody under the age of 18. It also prohibits the use of hormones and puberty blockers for minors who had not started those treatments as of August 2023. Similar laws in other states are also being challenged in court.
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, joining a growing list of major corporations that have done the same after an outcry by customers. The changes are sweeping and include everything from not renewing a five-year commitment for a so-called equity racial center set up in 2020, to pulling out of a prominent gay rights index. Other major firms that have abandoned the “woke capitalism” movement include Ford, Target, Lowe’s, Starbucks, John Deere and Harley-Davidson.
Top officials in Arizona have certified the state’s election results, including voters’ approval of a measure that expands abortion access from the current 15-week limit to the point of fetal viability. Abortion advocates are now setting their sights on other pro-life laws on the books that they say are too restrictive. And abortion opponents are gearing up to defend as many of those regulations as they can. Abortion has become a state-by-state issue since the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade in 2022, putting the question in the hands of state lawmakers and judges.
A judge has rejected a request to block a San Jose State women’s volleyball team member from playing in a conference tournament because the player is actually a man. The ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Kato Crews will allow the man to continue competing in the Mountain West Conference women’s championship in Las Vegas. A lawsuit was filed by nine current players against the Mountain West Conference challenging the league’s policy of allowing males to compete in women’s sports. The players argue that letting men play poses a safety risk and is unfair.
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