(SRN NEWS)-( ) The Supreme Court has heard arguments in its latest LGBT case, weighing the constitutionality of conversion therapy laws passed by nearly half the states. The justices heard a lawsuit from a Christian counselor challenging a Colorado law that prohibits therapy aimed at helping young people abandon the homosexual lifestyle. Kaley Chiles argues […]
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(SRN NEWS)-( ) The Supreme Court has heard arguments in its latest LGBT case, weighing the constitutionality of conversion therapy laws passed by nearly half the states. The justices heard a lawsuit from a Christian counselor challenging a Colorado law that prohibits therapy aimed at helping young people abandon the homosexual lifestyle. Kaley Chiles argues that the statute violates her freedom of speech by barring her from offering voluntary, faith-based therapy for kids. Chiles has support from the Trump administration. Colorado argues that a child who turns away from the LGBT lifestyle might suffer harm as a result.
( ) The stakes in supreme court elections in Pennsylvania next month are very much like those in Wisconsin last spring: partisan control of the highest court in a crucial presidential swing state. In November Pennsylvania voters will decide whether three state Supreme Court justices — all Democrats — should keep their seats on a court that has been at the center of pivotal fights over hot button social issues. The court currently has a 5-2 Democratic majority, so an across-the-board loss for Democrats on Election Day could leave the panel in a partisan 2-2 stalemate for two years, before replacements can be nominated.
( ) Two years after the devastating Hamas attack on Israel, seven in 10 American Jews say they believe they are less secure than a year earlier. That’s according to a survey from the American Jewish Committee. About nine-in-10 Jews say that anti-Semitism in this country has increased in the previous five years. When asked whether they have avoided specific actions out of fear of anti-Semitism — including actions that publicly identify them as a Jew in physical spaces or online — 56 percent of respondents say they had avoided at least one. Three years ago, that figure was only 38 percent.
( ) The British government says it will give police stronger powers to restrict repeated protests. This comes after nearly 500 people were arrested at a demonstration supporting a banned pro-Palestinian group. The Home Office says it will change the law so that police can consider the cumulative impact of frequent protests on local areas. Some Jews say the demonstrations have created a threatening atmosphere and allowed anti-Semitism to spread. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says there is a need to balance the right to protest with the safety of communities. The protests have increased since the Hamas attack on Israel in 2023.