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Supreme Court backs parents seeking to opt their kids out of LGBTQ books in elementary schools
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Supreme Court backs parents seeking to opt their kids out of LGBTQ books in elementary schools

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Parental Rights Group Exposes Association Subverting Title IX
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Parental Rights Group Exposes Association Subverting Title IX

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(The Center Square) — American Parents Coalition's new Lookout has exposed the Association of Title IX Administrators for promoting radical gender ideology in schools.See the Story
Hochul, Stefanik Squabble over Trump Megabill: ‘Welcome to the Fight’
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Hochul, Stefanik Squabble over Trump Megabill: ‘Welcome to the Fight’

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Friday slammed Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) for “endangering her own constituents’ lives, health, and jobs” by supporting President Trump’s megabill. The social media squabble comes just a day after The Hill reported that Stefanik is preparing to officially launch her campaign for governor. Hochul claimed the GOP “One,…See the Story

US Supreme Court Poised to Rule Friday in Challenge to Texas Age-Check for Online Porn

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The Supreme Court sided with Texas over a law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of users before allowing them to access the sites.US Supreme Court · AustinSee the Story

Court Records Reveal Names of Active East Bay Priests Accused of Abuse

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Advocates say the Oakland diocese is using a bankruptcy bid to stall claims of alleged abuse. The diocese argues the allegations are not credible.Bankruptcy · FresnoSee the Story

Angels and Kingdoms - First Things

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We are familiar with the “disenchantment” thesis about modern culture. When Max Weber suggested it in the early twentieth century, it seemed to fit many aspects of Western life at the time. Perhaps it still does. A rationally ordered imagination and practice—think “science”—gradually evacuates spiritual vitality from our common experience of the world. We live today in a landscape emptied of the gods and their ghostly minions. I tend to agree wi…Read Article

Make Harvard Congregationalist Again - First Things

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President Trump’s so-called One, Big, Beautiful Bill contains a slew of interesting provisions, one of which concerns the taxing of educational institutions’ endowments. Section 112021 “amends the current excise tax on net investment income framework for certain private colleges and universities under IRC section 4968 with a tiered system based on an institution’s student-adjusted endowment.” Under the proposed tiered system, the current 1.4 per…Donald Trump · CambridgeRead Article

When Progressive Foundations Fund Evangelism - First Things

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The political projects men like Christianity Today editor Russell Moore and New York Times columnist David French undertake involve a contradiction. While lamenting how partisan American Christianity has become (frequently accusing other evangelicals of shilling for “Christian Nationalism”), they continue to launch and participate in programs designed, albeit covertly, to inject progressive politics into the church.  In the run-up to the 2024 el…United States · United StatesRead Article

When Ireland Erases Its Catholic Inheritance - First Things

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The findings of a recent survey commissioned by Ireland’s Iona Institute for Religion and Society have shed new light on attitudes there toward religion and the Catholic Church. The results are revealing. Sixty-one percent of respondents describe themselves as “religious and/or spiritual,” but only 16 percent are regular Mass-goers. (A higher number, 18 percent, have a positive view of astrology.) Half of adults pray, while three in ten meditate…Religion · IrelandRead Article

The Fed and the College - First Things

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The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Brad Lingo joins in to discuss Grove City College. The conversation is embedded below. For your long-term convenience, follow us on SoundCloud or subscribe via Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Intro music by Jack Bauerlein.  The post The Fed and the College appeared first on First Things.Grove City, Pennsylvania · Grove CityRead Article

The U.K.'s Abortion Reckoning - First Things

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The U.K. has pushed too far on abortion. On June 17, an amendment to decriminalize abortion for women in England and Wales was thrown last minute into a government bill. Under the proposed change, women would no longer be prosecuted or imprisoned for ending pregnancies beyond the legal twenty-four-week limit, though doctors and accomplices would still be penalized. Labour MPs backed the amendment, reasoning that they would not be legalizing abor…Palestine · PalestineRead Article

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