Friday's News & Ideas - 6/30/2023
- SCOTUS rules against LGBTQ rights
- SCOTUS on Sunday work
- McCarrick not fit for trial
- Humanist chaplains
- Southwestern Baptist sanctioned
- Release of 30 wild buffalo
US Supreme Court strikes blow against LGBTQ+ rights with Colorado ruling
The Guardian: A web designer backed by Christian group argued making websites for same-sex couples would violate her first amendment rights.
Supreme Court rules for Christian mail carrier who refused to work Sundays
NBC News: The case concerns an evangelical Christian who claimed the U.S. Postal Service did not do enough to accommodate his request not to work on Sundays.
Disgraced ex-cardinal McCarrick not competent to stand trial, state expert says*
The Washington Post: An expert for the state of Massachusetts says disgraced ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick, 92, is not competent to participate in a criminal trial on charges of child sexual abuse, a judge said Thursday. A defense expert made the same assessment in February.
Bringing light without God: Humanist chaplain Anthony Cruz Pantojas
Religion News Service: As colleges move to serve the 35% of millennials and 40% of Gen Z who say they are religiously unaffiliated, the number of humanist chaplains is growing.
Accreditor sanctions Southern Baptist seminary following financial revelations, infighting*
The Tennessean: An accreditor sanctioned Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on Wednesday, escalating an already dramatic saga marked by financial revelations and board infighting at the prominent Southern Baptist Convention seminary.
The Spark
‘Absolutely epic’: Blackfeet release wild buffalo on tribal land
On Monday, the Blackfeet Nation transferred 30 wild buffalo* (iinnii in the Blackfoot language) to tribal lands near Chief Mountain, an area steeped in Blackfeet cultural significance in the northwest corner of the reservation bordering Glacier National Park, The Missoulian says.
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