| | Supreme Court strikes down race-based admissions at Harvard, UNC | | Curated for you byCP Editors | | Good afternoon! It's Thursday, June 29, and today's headlines include the U.S. Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling, research on church attendance, Twitter fact-checking an NBC News article, and John Piper's comments on women in ministry. | | The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that affirmative action policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina are unconstitutional. In a 6-3 decision released Thursday morning in the case of Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, the high court ruled that the admissions programs for both schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. "University programs must comply with strict scrutiny, they may never use race as a stereotype or negative, and—at some point—they must end," Chief Justice John Roberts, who authored the majority opinion, wrote. Full Story. |
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| Gallup: Church attendance still below pre-pandemic levels | | Research from Gallup shows that worship service attendance in the U.S. is still below pre-pandemic levels despite a slight uptick in the last two years. Findings show that 31% of respondents attend a weekly service, compared to 34% in 2019. Catholics saw the sharpest decline in attendance, going from 37% from 2016-2019 to 30% from 2020-2023. Protestants, meanwhile, dipped from 44% to 40% during the same period. Read more. | | Twitter fact-checks NBC downplaying pride march chants | | A June 27 NBC News story describing a chant by LGBT activists about "coming for your children" as "lighthearted" was fact-checked on Twitter after readers challenged the accuracy of the network's article. NBC claims the chant "has been used for years" and is "one of many provocative expressions used to regain control of slurs" against LGBT people. Read more. | | Jail chaplain allegedly sexually assaulted minor relative | | A jail chaplain is facing up to life in prison for allegedly sexually assaulting a female relative as a form of punishment. David DeBerge, 66, a pastor who served as a chaplain with the Jail Chaplaincy of Kenosha County Inc., the American Legion Post 21, and works part-time at the Kenosha YMCA, is accused of assaulting the relative beginning in the third grade. Read more. | | Trans customer berates pharmacist over prescription | | A trans-identified person swore at a Walgreens pharmacist in California and accused him of being "disgusting" and having "hate" in his heart for refusing to refill a testosterone prescription that she is taking in an attempt to look like a man. The employee explained he could not fill the prescription due to his religious beliefs. "You're not my [expletive] doctor," Roscoe Rike, 30, is heard saying on a recording. Read more. |
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| No, women cannot be pastors. A response to SBC Pastor Kelly Williams | | Scarlett Clat details why she believes the Bible is clear when it comes to women serving in pastoral roles. "Though the Word of God has closed the office of pastor/elder to women in the context of the assembled church, innumerable ministry opportunities are ripe for the contributions of more women," writes Clat, the Chapter Director of Ratio Christi Christian apologetics club at the University of Texas. Read more. | | Diversity or perversity? | | In this editorial, Dr. Michael Brown addresses the overtly perverse sexual agenda that is increasingly on display at pride events. "[W]ith more and more June 'Pride' events being marked by open displays of nudity and sexual perversion, we must ask the question again: Why are these events marked by such displays? Could you imagine seeing such displays at any other ethnic or national pride event? Surely not," he writes. Read more. |
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| Director tells Eduardo Verástegui to run for president of Mexico | | Director and "Sound of Freedom" co-writer Alejandro Monteverde encouraged his friend, actor and Mexican film producer Eduardo Verástegui, to "run for president" of Mexico to ensure a lasting impact on the fight against trafficking. Verástegui requested prayers earlier this month as he has to decide on a possible 2024 presidential run "very soon." Monteverde told CP he felt "called" by God to make "Sound of Freedom," which tells the true story of one man's journey to combat child sex trafficking. Learn more about "Sound of Freedom" and Angel Studios' "Pay It Forward" ticket program here. | | | | | | | | Thank you for spending part of your day with us. We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow! -- CP Editors |
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