By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) A year and a half after the Boy Scouts of America sought bankruptcy protection amid an onslaught of child sex abuse lawsuits, a Delaware judge is poised to issue a ruling that could determine whether the organization might emerge from bankruptcy later this year. Following a three-day hearing that ended Monday, the judge … [Read more...] about Judge Mulls Key Rulings in Boy Scouts of America Bankruptcy
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Hobby Lobby Fined $220,000 for Prohibiting Transgender Employee From Using Women’s Restroom
Hobby Lobby, the largest privately owned arts-and-crafts retailer in the world, was hit with a $220,000 fine Friday, August 13, 2021 for violating Illinois’ Human Rights Act. The retailer was fined for restricting an East Aurora, Illinois, employee who is transgender from using the women’s restroom. Meggan Sommerville, who was born male and began transitioning genders … [Read more...] about Hobby Lobby Fined $220,000 for Prohibiting Transgender Employee From Using Women’s Restroom
Missouri Christian boarding School Over Alleged Student Abuse
STOCKTON, Mo. (AP) A Christian boarding school in southwest Missouri has been sued three times this month over allegations that students were abused. The latest of the lawsuits was filed Tuesday in Cedar County Circuit Court on behalf of a Texas teen with autism and bipolar disorder. It accuses Agape Baptist Church, which operates Agape Boarding School, of negligence, … [Read more...] about Missouri Christian boarding School Over Alleged Student Abuse
Refugee Aid Groups Criticize Biden for Stumbles in Evacuating ‘Desperate’ Afghans
by Emily McFarlan Miller and Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON (RNS) As most Americans absorbed the shock of the Taliban's full takeover of Afghanistan over the weekend, officials at Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service followed the rapidly deteriorating situation with resignation, knowing it could have gone differently. In May, leaders at LIRS, one of several faith-based … [Read more...] about Refugee Aid Groups Criticize Biden for Stumbles in Evacuating ‘Desperate’ Afghans
Hobby Lobby Fined $220,000 for Requiring Transgender Woman To Use Unisex Restroom
(Christian Headlines) Hobby Lobby violated an Illinois anti-discrimination law when it prohibited a biological male employee who identifies as female from using the women’s restroom, an appeals court ruled Friday. The unanimous decision by a three-judge state appeals court panel upheld a ruling by the state’s Human Rights Commission, which had fined Hobby Lobby … [Read more...] about Hobby Lobby Fined $220,000 for Requiring Transgender Woman To Use Unisex Restroom