RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on August 20, 2024
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(SRN NEWS) – A former Cornell University student has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus. Patrick Day was accused by federal officials of posting vows to shoot and stab Jewish people on a Greek life forum. The threats came shortly after Hamas carried out its deadly attack on Israel in October of last year. Day pleaded guilty and in addition to his prison sentence will receive three years of supervised release. Anti-Semitism has exploded on college campuses since last fall.
An unusual situation in New York: A proposed amendment to the state constitution meant to enshrine abortion doesn’t actually include the word “abortion.” Arguments are underway in a lawsuit that Democrats hope will force election officials to insert the word in an explanation of the amendment that voters will see while casting their ballots. The unusual legal effort began weeks after the state Board of Elections chose to use the measure’s technical language verbatim rather than interpret it in its explanation to voters.
Montana’s Supreme Court has ruled that minors don’t need their parents’ permission to get an abortion in the state. The unanimous decision agrees with a lower court ruling that found the parental consent law violates the privacy clause in the state constitution. The ruling comes as an initiative to ask voters if they want to amend the state constitution to enshrine abortion is expected to be on the Montana ballot in November. The Legislature passed the parental consent law in 2013, but it was immediately blocked by an injunction.
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that an informational pamphlet for voters can use the phrase “unborn human being.” That language will be used in a description for a November ballot measure that would enshrine abortion in the state constitution. Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma, a Republican who leads the panel that drafted the language, says it’s intended to help voters understand the current law. Several states will be voting this fall on legislation that could add abortion to their state constitutions.
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