Wednesday’s News & Ideas - 6/24/2026
- SCOTUS rejects Rastafarian's case
- SBC makes rightward tack
- Pride protest draws criticism
- Texas standards affect nation
- Marilynne Robinson interview
- Adults motivated by stickers
A Rastafarian's Supreme Court loss shows religious freedom depends on who you are
Religion News Service: No matter how robustly our laws may appear to protect religious liberty, our rights are mediated, shaped and limited by a larger legal system that frequently fails to protect the most vulnerable.
The Southern Baptist Convention was going mainstream. Then the Christian nationalists weighed in.
Mother Jones: The SBC appears to be making a significant course correction in the form of a sharp rightward tack.
Religion News Service: How women pastors became public enemy No. 1 in the SBC
Bay Area religious leaders condemn Giants players’ Bible verse protest during Pride Night
KRON4: The decision of three San Francisco Giants players to write Bible verses on their special baseball caps at the team’s Pride Night celebration is continuing to cause blowback. Now, more than two dozen Bay Area clergy have signed on to a letter calling out the players.
Why Texas’ fight over social studies standards has national consequences*
Education Week: A growing number of states — including Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Utah — have moved to incorporate Christian teaching and text into K-12 classrooms. Texas has been a leader in this trend.
The God dimension
Granta: In an interview, writers Jon Fosse and Marilynne Robinson both insist that language can make a spiritual absence as present to our senses as the objects we can see, taste, and touch.
The Spark
‘I get a gold star when I go to the gym’: the adults using sticker charts for motivation
From doing chores to staying away from exes, some adults are buying sticker charts to help stick to their goals, The Guardian says.
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