RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on November 30, 2024
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(SRN NEWS) – Experts say a key factor in President Trump’s victory on Election Day was his effort to seek the votes of people of faith whom Democrats ignored. That included smaller religious groups, far from the mainstream. Just one week before the election, Mr. Trump directed a social media post to Coptic Christians whose church has ancient roots in Egypt. He saluted their “Steadfast faith in God, perseverance through centuries of persecution and love for this great country.” He also reached out to Assyrian Christians. And the GOP made an aggressive push for Amish voters, particularly in the swing state of Pennsylvania, where they number almost 100,000.
More trouble for embattled Christians in India. According to International Christian Concern, the Hindu-nationalist government there is barring ministries and NGOs from receiving any funding from outside the country. ICC says “For the first time, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs has listed religious conversion activities as a reason for blocking foreign funding of certain non-governmental organizations.” That decision essentially bars such ministries from seeking to spread the gospel in their work. Persecution of Christians in India is also soaring.
According to new data from Tufts University, a lot of pro-choice voters still cast their ballot for President Trump on Election Day. The study finds that in most states, young people overwhelmingly supported pro-abortion ballot measures, even while voting for Mr. Trump at the top of the ticket. Adults ages 18-to-29 overwhelmingly voted in favor of abortion referendums, even as they moved right from the 2020 election, pulling the lever for Mr. Trump or voting for Democrat Kamala Harris by much slimmer margins.
A conservative Catholic legal group is suing Illinois over a landmark state law enshrining a “fundamental right” to abortion and requiring insurance companies to cover the procedure. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Chicago by the Thomas More Society, argues that Illinois is violating the First Amendment and 14th Amendment rights of its plaintiffs. It also argues that the state is in violation of the Comstock Act of 1873, because it requires health insurers to cover providers who send abortion medication in the mail.
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