(SRN NEWS)-( ) As America becomes less religious, a growing number of people are turning to pagan practices to find assurance. Roughly 25 percent of adults say they believe in astrology, according to a recent Gallup survey. A May 2025 Pew Research poll found that close to one-third of Americans say they’ve consulted horoscopes or […]
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(SRN NEWS)-( ) As America becomes less religious, a growing number of people are turning to pagan practices to find assurance. Roughly 25 percent of adults say they believe in astrology, according to a recent Gallup survey. A May 2025 Pew Research poll found that close to one-third of Americans say they’ve consulted horoscopes or similar tools. In a new study published in the sociology journal Social Currents, researchers reveal that women, younger adults and LGBT people were especially likely to look to the stars for guidance. Many of those who use astrology say that they do so because they are worried about the uncertain times the world finds itself in.
( ) Countering the LGBT agenda was a key issue at the just-concluded National Conservatism Conference held in Washington D.C. Some speakers argued for an effort to overturn the Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage. Author Katy Faust said the decision weakens the traditional family, adding “The moment the state has the power to assign parenthood to strangers, it can unassign it from you. Your legal relationship to the children you’ve begotten is weaker than it was a decade ago.” There are efforts in several states to mount a legal challenge to the gay marriage decision that could wind up at the Supreme Court.
( ) Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has written a new book entitled “Listening to the Law”. She was one of the five justices who voted to overturn Roe versus Wade and in the book, she explains her reasoning. Barrett says when it comes to abortion, “The Court must leave the matter to the democratic process, which requires citizens to persuade one another rather than a handful of Supreme Court justices.” Along with other justices she received death threats following the court’s decision on Roe in 2022. Barrett says she wrote the book to make the nation’s highest court accessible to non-lawyers.
( ) A new report from International Christian Concern finds that conditions are improving for believers in Indonesia — the country with the largest Muslim population in the world. However, the ICC data indicates that treatment of Christians can vary dramatically from place to place. ICC says that the Indonesian government has become “more resolute in its efforts to oppose and disband Islamic extremist groups, and also often facilitates programs to foster inter-religious dialogue.” On the downside, the legislature recently passed a law that will expand Indonesia’s blasphemy statutes and those that criminalize apostasy.