An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment. The justices agreed that the law raises free speech concerns and sent it back to a lower court to decide if it meets a legal standard that few laws pass. (Whitehurst, AP News)
Read MoreMany pastors, pundits, and politicians have claimed over the past few years that a “revival” of traditional Christianity is under way among America’s young adults. Demographers of religion, however, largely contend that nationwide data don’t support the claim that Gen Z is turning back to faith. (Parrales, The Atlantic)
Read MoreThe improbable odyssey began April 1, 1976, when a then-shaggy Steve Jobs and his gadget-tinkering friend Steve Wozniak signed a two-page partnership document that created Apple Computer Co. Jobs, a 21-year-old college dropout, and Wozniak, a 25-year-old Hewlett-Packard employee, each received a 45% stake in Apple, with the remaining 10% going to their 41-year-old adviser, Ron Wayne. (Liedtke, AP News)
Read MoreA federal judge in Texas on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the 70-year-old ban on political activity by churches, abruptly ending a case that conservative Christian groups had hoped could free pastors to endorse candidates from the pulpit. (Fahrenthold & Dias, The New York Times)
Read MoreAhead of the nation’s birthday, Pew Research Center identified some prominent trends across key areas of American life: demographics, work, family and economics. Our 50-year comparisons are based on U.S. Census Bureau data collected between 1970 and 2024. (Pew Research Center)
Read MoreThe Oklahoma House of Representatives has voted unanimously to pass House Bill 4227, legislation that is being referred to as the “Cindy Clemishire Act.” The bill is aimed at restricting the use of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in cases of child sex abuse and bolstering mandatory reporting requirements. (Chamberlain, Church Leaders)
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