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Education News – July 11, 2016

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A Supreme Court Justice’s Dire Warning for Those Who Value Religious Freedom
By Kelsey Harkness

The Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a case challenging a Washington state law that forces a family-owned pharmacy to dispense emergency contraceptives is an “ominous sign” for those who value religious freedom, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said.


Alan Shlemon on Students Engaging in Pro-life
Host: Greg Koukl

Guest: Alan Shlemon on Students Engaging in Pro-life Dialogue

Caller Topic:

1. How is the Christian God a better explanation than the multiverse? (00:33)

2. Is there ever a time to be combative when witnessing?


NEA Adopts Plan to Support Transgender Restroom Access
By Stephen Sawchuk

Delegates at the National Education Association’s annual convention today approved a measure designed to redouble the union’s efforts to end discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals, and to support the rights of transgender students to use the restrooms that correspond to their gender identity.


Friedrichs Denied

By Author Name

In another victory for the educational status quo, the Supreme Court earlier this week rejected a motion to rehear Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which deadlocked 4-4 in March after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The move preserves a lower court ruling that public-employee unions can continue to force non-members to pay agency fees for collective bargaining.

By Orange County Register Editorial


California LGBT Bill an Assault on Christian Colleges
By Mass Resistance

Christian colleges are the latest target in an all out LGBT assault on religious freedom and the First Amendment. S1146 would force colleges in the state to publicize their policies and practices that are supposedly “discriminatory.”


The Effort to Honor Sodomy, Deny 1st Amendment
By Linda Harvey

Your daughter loves a certain Christian college, but you discover it’s as corrupt as a secular campus these days. Why? Because its authentic gospel witness is now banned by the destructive forces of homosexual activism.