(SRN NEWS ) The University of Pennsylvania has changed three female athletic records set by swimmer Lia Thomas — a man who is living as a woman. The school says it also will apologize to female athletes it says were “disadvantaged” by Thomas’ participation on the women’s swimming team. The moves are part of a […]
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(SRN NEWS ) The University of Pennsylvania has changed three female athletic records set by swimmer Lia Thomas — a man who is living as a woman. The school says it also will apologize to female athletes it says were “disadvantaged” by Thomas’ participation on the women’s swimming team. The moves are part of a resolution of a federal civil rights case that found the school violated the rights of female athletes. Penn now shows other athletes holding the school’s top times in Thomas’ events, noting that he set the records under rules in place at the time.
( ) The Supreme Court’s decision to allow parents in Maryland to opt their kids out of public school classes that use LGBT story books was an interfaith victory. The case was brought by a coalition of Muslim, Orthodox Christian and Catholic parents in Montgomery County. Until recently, these kinds of cases were brought primarily by Evangelical Christians, but now other faith groups are joining in. This trend is likely to increase the power of parents groups that fear the public schools are undermining the religious faith of their children.
( ) As automakers begin to phase out AM radio, a diverse coalition of stakeholders linked with conservative talk-shows, foreign language stations and Christian broadcasters is fighting back. They are teaming up in the halls of Congress and on the airwaves, advocating to salvage AM radio’s spot on the nation’s dashboards. The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act is the latest iteration of a bill that would require U.S. automakers to include AM receivers in new vehicles for the next 10 years. The bill has already gained broad bipartisan support.
( ) A new AP-NORC poll finds that 45 percent of adults oppose religious exemptions for childhood vaccines that are required for students attending public schools, while roughly one-quarter are in favor and about three-in-10 are neutral. Most adults also say freedom of religion is “extremely” or “very” important to the United States’ identity as a nation. And people are about evenly divided on tax-funded vouchers that help parents pay for tuition for their children to attend private or religious schools of their choice instead of public schools.