RNS Morning Report: Can Wicca’s two equal deities make room for nonbinary believers?

Top Stories Can Wicca’s two equal deities, once celebrated as revolutionary, make room for nonbinary believers? (RNS) — A balanced but gendered theology has lately presented problems for Wiccans proud of the religion’s progressive framework.   Supreme Court ruling in favor of mail carrier celebrated across religious spectrum (RNS) — Many U.S. religious minorities said the ruling was a much-needed corrective to the challenges they face in balancing their work with their sincerely held religious practices.   A ‘prophetic’ force: Queer songwriter Spencer LaJoye finds resonance outside religion ANN ARBOR, Mich. (RNS) — Since their 2021 song ‘Plowshare Prayer’ went viral, LaJoye, who is spiritual but not Christian, has been invited to perform in churches across the U.S.   France’s highest administrative court says the soccer federation can ban headscarves in matches (AP) — The ruling is likely to refuel the lingering debate on secularism — still volatile more than a century after the 1905 law on separation of church and state that established it as a principle of the French Republic.   Arizona’s Oak Flat is sacred land to some Native Americans, but it’s endangered by a plan for a mine OAK FLAT, Ariz. (AP/RNS) — A religiously diverse coalition — Christian, Muslim, Sikh and other Native American groups — has backed the Apache Stronghold by filing amicus briefs.   Muslims at Hajj brave intense heat to cast stones at pillars representing the devil MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Temperatures soared past 45 degrees Celsius (113 F) on Tuesday, as Muslims marked the spiritual high point of the pilgrimage by spending the day praying at Mount Arafat, where there was no breeze and almost no shade.   More than half a million left Germany’s Catholic Church last year as abuse scandal swirls BERLIN (AP) — The departures left the number of Catholic Church members in Germany at nearly 20.94 million, just under a quarter of the population.   The Rev. Amos Brown, vice chair of California’s reparations task force, calls for action (RNS) — ‘We’ve got to act and stop just talking, not just saying we are sad,’ Brown said. RNS Opinion How male headship became core to SBC identity (The Beaty Beat) — The emergence of the pastor’s wife model. ICYMI Bringing light without God: Humanist chaplain Anthony Cruz Pantojas (RNS) — As colleges move to serve the 35% of millennials and 40% of Gen Z who say they are religiously unaffiliated, the number of humanist chaplains is growing.    Gamer and programmer Carlo Acutis could be the right saint for Gen Z, new book argues (RNS) — A kid who loved computers and died at 15 of leukemia can be an inspiration on how to live in the digital age, new book says. In Other News Religious freedom arguments underpin wave of challenges to abortion bans Middle East roundup: Eid festivities mark final Hajj rites   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