(  )  The American Library Association has unveiled the 10 most challenged books of 2024 and the list demonstrates parents’ growing concern about efforts to promote the LGBT agenda amongst small children and adolescents.  Topping the list is George M. Johnson’s “All Boys Aren’t Blue” which is an autobiographical work about the author’s homosexuality.  Number two on the list is Maia Kobabe’s (MY-uh  koh-BAH-bee’s) “Gender Queer,” a graphic novel which features pornographic images.  Despite parents’ concerns, none of the books have been banned and all are readily available for purchase.

(  )  A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a professor and minister who lost her bid to become the first woman serving as senior pastor of a prominent New York City congregation.  Eboni Turman was among the candidates interviewed by leaders of the 217-year-old Abyssinian Baptist Church in the search for a successor to longtime senior pastor Calvin Butts.  After not being named a finalist, Turman sued the church and the search committee for gender discrimination.  The judge cited the ministerial exception in dismissing the case.

(  )  A parade by Assyrian Christians in the Iraqi city of Dohuk was disrupted when an axe-wielding man attacked the procession and wounded three people.  Two suffered skull fractures — all are being treated at local hospitals.  Witnesses said the attacker ran toward the crowd shouting Islamic slogans, including a vow that “The Islamic State remains”.  The event, held every year in April, draws thousands of Assyrians from Iraq and across the diaspora.  Persecution of Christians in Iraq remains a persistent problem, even in places where they are a local majority.