(SRN NEWS)- ( ) Legal experts say transgenderism is liable to come before the Supreme Court again. The justices’ latest ruling in favor of state laws that bar boys from playing on girls’ sports teams was a narrow one. The court went to great lengths to emphasize that it was focused on sports, and that the […]
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( ) Legal experts say transgenderism is liable to come before the Supreme Court again. The justices’ latest ruling in favor of state laws that bar boys from playing on girls’ sports teams was a narrow one. The court went to great lengths to emphasize that it was focused on sports, and that the court was not being asked about other transgender issues more broadly. The justices also avoided ruling on the constitutional standard that should apply when transgender people claim that they are being discriminated against. It is likely that the high court will one day have to take up a challenge to laws that bar males from female bathrooms, for instance.
( ) A new AP-NORC poll finds that many Jewish Americans feel unsafe in the United States, with a majority saying they feel less safe than they did before Hamas’ October 7th, 2023, attack on Israel. The findings highlight the vulnerability that many Jewish adults in the U.S. feel as bipartisan support for Israel erodes and significant divides emerge within the Jewish community about what constitutes anti-Semitism. The poll also reveals that about three-in-10 respondents say they or members of their household have experienced physical assault, verbal assault, online harassment or damaged property because of their Jewish background in the last year.
( ) International Christian Concern is sounding the alarm about the plight of believers in Syria. The Muslim insurgent group that drove dictator Bashar Assad from power continues consolidating its grip on the country. ICC says “Concerns about religious restrictions have increased as the government has introduced policies influenced by conservative Islamic norms. Many Syrian Christians view these measures as warning signs of a broader shift toward religious conservatism and fear that increased identification of Christian communities with Western or religious minorities could make them targets for extremists.”
( ) Nicholas Jacobs, a political scientist at Colby University, has been studying the Democratic Party’s 2024 election collapse and he concludes that the leadership doesn’t understand the voters. He says that especially on social issues, “A pattern persists: Working-class voters did not move right in reactionary revolt. Democrats moved to the left.” Jacobs cites polls indicating that Americans who used to vote Democrat have moved to the Republican Party over issues such as abortion, the LGBT agenda, religious freedom, family values and immigration. He adds that so far, the Democratic leadership does not seem to understand this.