(SRN NEWS) – The Biden administration has withdrawn a proposed overhaul of workplace apprenticeship programs aimed at forcing businesses to recruit more homosexuals. The Department of Labor had touted its plan as a way to modernize and diversify on-the-job-training programs. But business groups said the rule change would have driven up their costs, reduced their […]
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(SRN NEWS) – The Biden administration has withdrawn a proposed overhaul of workplace apprenticeship programs aimed at forcing businesses to recruit more homosexuals. The Department of Labor had touted its plan as a way to modernize and diversify on-the-job-training programs. But business groups said the rule change would have driven up their costs, reduced their flexibility and ultimately decreased participation. Republican state attorneys general had objected to the federal program over its focus on advancing diversity, equity and inclusion.
New York City is suffering from a drought and that could put a damper on Hanukkah celebrations. A number of synagogues and Jewish organizations traditionally set up outdoor menorahs with actual burning candles and city officials may ban such displays due to risk of fire. No final decision has been made and Hanukkah doesn’t begin until December 25th, but Jewish leaders are making alternate plans. The quickest fix would be to erect menorahs that use electric bulbs instead of open flames. Hanukkah runs from the 25th through January 2nd.
A gay pride float appeared over the weekend in the Prattville, Alabama Christmas parade. A federal judge ordered the city to allow the float after the mayor initially blocked it. The judge found that the city had violated Prattville Pride’s First Amendment right to free speech and 14th Amendment right to equal protection under the law. Plans to present the gay pride float had sparked threats and the mayor said he made his decision based on security concerns. Prattville is a small city of about 40,000 people, just north of the capital of Montgomery.
The fate of pro-life laws and those having to do with LGBT issues will be decided by state supreme courts and many of them were altered by this year’s election. Republicans expanded their majorities on the supreme courts of both North Carolina and Ohio. In Arizona, conservative justices survived a campaign to oust them over their decision to revive a long-buried abortion ban. Texas’ high courts also became more conservative. Meanwhile, Democrats expanded their majority on Michigan’s supreme court and flipped one seat on the high court of Kentucky.