RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on October 11, 2024
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(SRN NEWS) – Colorado’s Supreme Court has dismissed on procedural grounds a lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to bake a cake for a transgender individual. The justices declined to weigh-in on the free speech and religious freedom issues that brought the case national attention. Baker Jack Phillips was sued by attorney Autumn Scardina, a man who is living as a woman, after his Denver bakery refused to make a pink cake with blue frosting to celebrate the lawyer’s “gender transition”. Phillips previously scored a victory before the U.S. Supreme Court after refusing to bake a cake for a gay wedding.
A federal judge has declined to grant an immediate order sought by some New Hampshire parents to allow them to wear pink wristbands in protest of a boy playing on the local high school girls soccer team. However, the judge did rule that one father who had been banned by the school district for the rest of the season be allowed to watch his daughter’s games and pick her up from soccer practice so long as he doesn’t engage in any protest activity. The case arose after parents of girl soccer players at Bow High School sued the school district.
America continues to battle over abortion a little over two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade. This week two courts allowed state abortion restrictions to remain in place, and bigger changes could result from next month’s elections. One new ruling allows Texas to continue denying emergency abortions if they violate state law. Another lets Georgia resume enforcement of its abortion ban. Voters in nine states will have a say on abortion policy at the polls next month. Races for office, including the presidency, could also shape policies going forward.
The regents who govern Georgia’s public universities and colleges want the NCAA to ban males from participating in women’s sports. The unanimous vote calls on the NCAA and the National Junior College Athletic Association to conform their policies with those of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. That federation voted in April to all but ban men from competing in women’s sports. The much larger NCAA follows the standards of governing bodies for each sport which can differ widely, though many are beginning to bar males from female competitions.
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