RELIGION HEADLINES SUN 1-18-26

(SRN NEWS)  Netflix is pushing the gay agenda on kids.  That’s the assertion of Concerned Women for America after conducting research into the giant streaming platform’s programming.  According to an analysis by CWA, 41 percent of Netflix G-rated shows and 41 percent of those rated for kids down to the age of seven, contain LGBT messages and story lines.  CWA tells the Christian Post “Netflix’s children’s programming has been infiltrated by adult preoccupations with sexual preferences and gender identity.”  Some experts say that the federal government should step in and provide some kind of limits on the kinds of shows that streamers can sell to kids. 

(  )  While the Supreme Court considers the issue of males competing against females in school sports, the people have made up their minds.  An AP-NORC poll finds that about six-in-10 adults “strongly” or “somewhat” favor state laws that bar boys from playing on girls sports teams.  Just two-in-10 are “strongly” or “somewhat” opposed to such laws and about one-quarter of poll respondents do not have an opinion.  About half the states now have statues banning males from female athletics.  The Supreme Court is expected to release its decision sometime this summer and legal experts say it has the potential to be a landmark ruling. 

(  )  A group of Democratic attorneys general has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s requirement that states must recognize that male and female are the only two immutable sexes.  Last year the Department of Health and Human Services informed states that they must certify compliance with President Trump’s executive order if they want to receive federal health, education and research funds.  The states are asking a federal court to block HHS from enforcing the new conditions.  The attorneys general involved in the lawsuit are from 12 states including California, Illinois, New York and Oregon. 

(  )  The FBI says an arson suspect has admitted to targeting a historic Mississippi synagogue this month because it is a Jewish house of worship.  Stephen Pittman, who is 19-years-old, has been charged with maliciously damaging or destroying a building by means of fire or an explosive.  Security camera footage at Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson showed a masked and hooded person using a gas can to pour a liquid on the floor and a couch in the building’s lobby.  Attorney General Pam Bondi says she has instructed prosecutors to seek “severe penalties”.  Anti-Semitic attacks have been on the rise in the U.S. for several years.