RNS Morning Report: Christians aren’t the only ones asking for accommodation

Top Stories Conservative Christians aren’t the only ones asking for accommodation in mailman case (RNS) — Religious minorities — Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Seventh-day Adventists — have filed briefs asking the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that gutted a civil rights statute’s protections for religious accommodation.   What an ‘Asian American apostate’ had to offer a Christian university after losing his faith (RNS) — A scathing critique of the evangelical culture at a Christian university in pre-Trump America.   How the teen mental health crisis is turning some youth pastors into first responders (RNS) — Young people, youth pastors say, are pushing the church to be more willing to talk about mental health.   SBC official Brent Leatherwood urges Tennessee lawmakers to pass red flag law (RNS)— Head of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the public policy arm of the SBC, Leatherwood is calling on legislators to pass a law to remove firearms from people who are a danger to themselves and others.   Muslims around the world consider climate during Ramadan Looking after the environment, suggests the website of the Islamic Society of North America is 'based upon the premise that Islam has ordained us to be the stewards and protectors of this planet'.   Ex-Cardinal McCarrick charged in Wisconsin with sex abuse MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A criminal complaint filed Friday alleges that McCarrick, who defrocked in 2019 after a Vatican investigation found he had sexually molested adults and children, fondled a man in 1977 while staying at a cabin on Geneva Lake in southeastern Wisconsin. RNS Opinion Plans for religious charter school, though rejected for now, are already pushing church-state debates into new territory (The Conversation) — The Supreme Court has opened a path ahead for public religious charter schools.   Anti-trans laws hurt children. Jesus had plenty to say about that. (RNS) — We cannot call ourselves followers of the one who so boldly said ‘let the children come,’ when we pass laws that push them away. ICYMI Rachel Pollack, tarot expert, trans activist and author, is dead at 77  (RNS) — Pollack said that in the single year of 1971 she discovered tarot, had her first story published, moved to Europe and came out as trans and a lesbian. 'My whole life changed in one year. It was an amazing year. A year of my life taking off,' she said.   For embattled TN lawmakers, liberal faith movements were a training ground (RNS) — '(I) grew up in the moral movement with Rev. Barber and the Poor People's Campaign,' said Rep. Justin Jones. In Other News Supreme Court conservatives seem divided in major religion case Jon Ward says writing about the evangelical movement released bottled up emotions   Talk to Us We want your feedback on the RNS Morning Report — what you think we're doing right and what we should be doing differently. Send us an email at Comments@ReligionNews.com Subscribe to other RNS Newsletters. Forward this email to a friend. View the archive of past newsletters. Religion News Service is free to read, but it's not free to produce. If you value our reporting, please consider making a donation today at religionnews.com/donate. If you prefer to mail a donation, please address to: Religion News Foundation, PO Box 1808, Columbia, MO 65205. Yes, I support the work you're doing! Forward this email to a friend