RELIGION HEADLINES TUE 6-17

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(SRN NEWS  )  The Supreme Court has ordered a New York court to take a new look at whether some religious organizations should be excluded from a state regulation requiring health insurance plans to cover abortions. The justices acted after their unanimous decision earlier this month that Wisconsin discriminated against a Catholic charity by forcing it to pay state unemployment taxes.  This is the second time the nation’s highest court has sent the case back to New York courts.  Last year those courts refused to change their verdict.

(  )  The Supreme Court will hear from a pro-life pregnancy center in New Jersey challenging a state investigation into whether it misled people into thinking its services included referrals for abortion. The justices on Monday agreed to consider an appeal from First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, which wants to block a 2023 subpoena seeking information about donors, advertisements and medical personnel.  The group challenged the subpoena in federal court, but a judge found the case wasn’t yet far enough along to weigh in.

(  )  The Supreme Court is expected to issue more opinions this week in critical cases.  One of the rulings will decide the legality of a Tennessee law that bars sex-change operations on children.  If that measure is struck down, it could mean the end of similar statues in several other states.  The high court will also decide a case in Maryland where parents want to be able to pull their children out of classes that promote the LGBT agenda.  And a ruling is expected on a Texas law which makes it harder for on-line pornographers to expose children to their products.

(  )  Gay activists are pressuring the government of Guatemala to legalize same-sex marriage.  Two Mexican women were married on the grounds of Mexico’s embassy in Guatemala over the weekend, sparking anger in a nation that doesn’t recognize the practice.  Mexican officials say the ceremony was intended to celebrate Gay Pride Month and was “a step toward inclusion, respect and equality for all.”  Guatemalan officials decried the event, saying it violates the law.  They vowed not to be pushed into legalizing gay marriage against the will of the people.