| U.S. | | Activist groups to NSBA: 'You have crossed a line you don't want to cross' | | An advocacy group held a protest outside the National School Boards Association in response to the organization’s characterization of parents expressing concern about sexually charged curriculum and other controversial actions taken by school districts as “domestic terrorists.” Mom for America founder and President Kimberly Fletcher said, "We have a fundamental right to teach, raise, educate and nurture our children and that fundamental right allows us within the Constitution, our constitutionally protected right, to go into a school board, a school district, meet with a principal and express our concerns." |
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| Church & Ministries | | Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee resignations continue | | Member James Freeman of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has resigned and new leadership has been appointed after committee members voted to waive attorney-client privilege as part of an investigation into the denomination’s leadership's handling of sexual abuse claims. Rod D. Martin, who also recently resigned, warned in his resignation letter that, "We cannot allow this enormous force for good to be destroyed, whether by vile, wicked sex abusers who’ve violated the ultimate trust, or by foolish, self-serving leaders who’ve exposed the church to needless danger." |
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| U.S. | | Wisconsin DOJ reveals 180 reports of abuse by faith leaders | | Six months after launching a statewide initiative to review reports of abuse committed by clergy and faith leaders in Wisconsin, Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Wednesday that they have received nearly 180 reports of abuse by leaders from multiple religious organizations and faith traditions. |
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| Living | | Podcast: 'I wanted to kill myself' | | Amy Stamatis was a perfectly healthy nurse, wife and mother when her mind seemingly “went out the window.” Years later, she now believes she was “possessed” — a dramatic spiritual event that nearly claimed her life before she says an exorcism healed her. |
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| Voice | | Op-ed: Vermont punishing high schoolers who attended religious schools | | Alliance Defending Freedom has filed a lawsuit against a Vermont school district and the state Agency of Education on behalf of four Vermont families and the Diocese of Burlington after the state denied tuition benefits under its Town Tuition Program because the school the families hope to send their children to, Rice Memorial High School, is religious."[I]f 'faith, academic excellence, service, and community' are the elements that are helping Rice students excel, perhaps Vermont should consider strengthening those pillars, rather than trying to tear them down," Paul Schmitt writes. |
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