RELIGION HEADLINES SAT 5-3-25

(SRN NEWS) – Another court in the United Kingdom rules against transgenderism.  The Court of Session in Edinburgh, Scotland says public schools in the country cannot allow males to use female restrooms, locker rooms and other facilities.  That decision comes hard on the heels of Britain’s highest court announcing this month that men who are living as women cannot be considered actual, biological women under the law.  After rapidly embracing transgenderism, a growing number of European governments are now doing an about-face in response to growing popular opposition.

(  )  Organizers and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. have canceled a week’s worth of events promoting the LGBT agenda for this summer’s World Pride festival. The move comes amid a shift in priorities and the ousting of center leadership by President Trump.  Both the firing of the president and the chairman of the Kennedy Center took place in early February.  Mr. Trump has vowed to roll back all federal promotion of the LGBT agenda that was established by President Biden.  The World Pride event, held every two years, runs from May 17th through June 8th.
 

 

(  )  Persecution of Christians in Iran is surging.  According to Article 18, a British human rights group, nearly 100 believers were sentenced to prison for their faith in 2024 by Iranian courts.  That’s a 600 percent increase over 2023.  The U.S. Commission on International Freedom is also concerned about the so-called Muslim morality police, who abuse Christians on the streets.  A new report by the Commission says these bands “violently arrest and assault women not wearing the hijab.  They also penalize businesses that allow patronage by women.” 

(  )  A new report indicates that persecution of Christians in Pakistan is on the rise again.  The survey conducted by Human Rights Focus Pakistan finds believers were victims of an unusually high number of murders, abductions and forced conversions during the first three months of this year.  Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern says “For too long, Pakistan has cloaked its systemic persecution in silence and impunity.  The world must wake up to this crisis and hold Islamabad accountable for its shameful record.”  Christians make up less than three percent of the population in Pakistan.