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Good afternoon! It's Friday, June 23, and today's headlines include key details on the Titan submersible's disappearance, teachers at a Midwestern conference discussing how to help kids transition without parents' knowledge, and public universities in Texas offering courses on witchcraft and demon possession.
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The U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday that it believes debris found on the ocean floor came from the missing tourist submersible that disappeared Sunday. OceanGate, the company behind the Titan vessel, said in a statement Thursday that it believes the sub's crew has "sadly been lost." This article from The Christian Post includes five details about the sub's
disappearance, including an interesting connection between the sub crew and the 1912 Titanic wreckage it sought to explore. Full Story. |
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Friday that Texas and Louisiana do not have the standing to challenge immigration law guidelines issued by the Biden administration in 2021. Justice Brett Kavanaugh authored the majority opinion, writing that the states did not have standing to sue the federal government under Article III of the U.S. Constitution. Read more. |
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During last week's Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center conference, funded by the U.S. Department of Education under Title IV, teachers discussed how to help students identify as the opposite sex without their parents' knowledge, skirting state laws. One speaker, Kimberly Martin—the diversity, equality and inclusion coordinator for Royal Oak Schools in Michigan—asserted, "We're working with our
record-keeping system so that certain screens can't be seen by the parents … if there's a nickname in there we're trying to hide." Read more. |
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The Satanic Temple plans to launch a "Let Us Burn - Satanic Planet Capitol Concert Tour" in response to Christian worship leader Sean Feucht's "Let Us Worship" capitol tour. "Special thanks to @seanfeucht and his state Capitol-wide 'Let Us Worship' tour for paving the way for @satanicplanet's 'Let Us Burn' Capitol tour, coming soon," Satanic Temple co-founder Lucien Greaves tweeted. Read more. |
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Publicly funded universities in Texas are offering courses about witches, black magic and the supernatural under the guise of women's studies. Among the bunch is Texas Tech University's "Witches, Bruxas, & Black Magic" course, which includes topics such as "ritual, symbolism, mythology, altered states of consciousness, and healing." The University of Texas, meanwhile, is offering a "History of Witchcraft" course, which includes studies on "Worship of the Devil" and demonic possession. Read more. |
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In this op-ed, Reagan Scott offers five Bible study tips for new moms. Her suggestions include setting reasonable goals and listening to an audio Bible. Read more. |
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Author Abdu Murray discusses confusion, pluralism, and the importance of understanding that disagreeing with someone's beliefs is not the same as disrespecting the person. "Recognizing and honestly wrestling with these diverse claims affords religious people the dignity of difference. If we don't acknowledge the fundamental differences, we end up disrespecting thousands of years of each religion's traditions and theological development," he writes. Read
more. |
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Conflict kills … but so does hunger.
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In the Central African Republic (CAR), displaced children like 8-year-old Melvina are forced to weigh the odds of which life-threatening situation they will be subjected to. Sometimes the risk of going out to find food is too dangerous due to ongoing conflict, but the risk of suffering malnutrition is just as worrying. Read More... |
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Former NCAA swimmer and women's sports advocate Riley Gaines testified during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled "Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans" on Wednesday. Gaines detailed her experience competing against a trans-identified man and the dangers of allowing men to encroach on women's private spaces. Read more.Also of Interest ... |
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The Christian Reformed Church in North America has reaffirmed an earlier ruling demanding that Neland Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., rescind its appointment of a deacon who is in a same-sex marriage. Church leadership rejected an appeal from the congregation with a vote of 124 to 47 and six abstentions. Read more. |
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