RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on August 21, 2024
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As students return to colleges across the United States, administrators are bracing for a resurgence in anti-Semitic protests of the kind that swept campuses last spring. The summer break has provided a chance for school officials to regroup and strategize for the fall semester. Some new rules imposed by universities include banning encampments, limiting the duration of demonstrations, allowing protests only in designated spaces and restricting campus access to those with university identification. Critics say this will violate free speech.
Iowa abortion providers are opting to dismiss their lawsuit against the state since the Iowa Supreme Court allowed a new pro-life law to be enforced. The suit’s dismissal comes weeks after the law took effect, prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. The state high court’s ruling in June reiterated that there is no constitutional right to an abortion in Iowa. The president of the region’s Planned Parenthood chapter says that prolonging the case would probably not be worth the resources required.
Kansas will pay 50,000 dollars to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a former state Highway Patrol employee who claims to have been fired for coming out as transgender. Democratic Governor Laura Kelly and leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature unanimously approved the settlement. The former employee — a man who is living as a woman — was a building and grounds manager in the patrol’s Topeka headquarters. The patrol says the ex-employee had been accused of sexual harassment and wasn’t cooperative with an internal investigation.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed concern over the unrest that led to a change of government in neighboring Bangladesh and the attacks on Hindus and other minorities there. Religious freedom advocates say the PM’s concerns ring hollow, given the fact that persecution of Christians is surging in his own country. Many accuse Modi’s government of turning a blind eye to the problem. Since his Hindu nationalist party came to power in 2014, persecution of Christians has become a fact of daily life in India.
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