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WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Supreme Court handed down five different rulings in June that represented victories for Southern Baptist policy priorities.

Washington (BP) – A budget reconciliation bill defunding Planned Parenthood and enacting several other Southern Baptist priorities was signed into law Friday (July 4) by President Trump.

As the echoes of Fourth of July fireworks fade and we turn our attention to the week ahead, Southern Baptists also will take a moment to celebrate a key freedom that Americans have long enjoyed and that Baptists have continually sought to defend.

PHILADELPHIA (BP) – The transgender revolution has made promises it is unable to deliver and will bring forward many still looking for their identity.

In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to implement age-verification laws to protect minors is constitutional.

Last week marked the third anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the historic Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and returned the question of abortion to the people and their elected representatives. While that decision opened up the possibility for significant pro-life advances at the state level, there is still much work to be done at the federal level.

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision last week in Mahmoud v. Taylor, a landmark gender ideology indoctrination case, addressed parental rights and religious liberty in public education. The case challenged a Maryland school board policy requiring elementary students to participate in gender ideology lessons without parental notice or opt-out options, which placed a burden on families’ deeply held religious beliefs. This ruling is an unequivocal affirmation that public schools must respect families’ religious convictions and cannot condition access to education on surrender of those beliefs.

WASHINGTON (BP) – The United States Supreme Court ruled Friday (June 27) that a Texas law requiring age verification for adult websites is constitutional.

BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (BP) – An untold number of Christians have died for their faith, with nearly 4,500 killed in 2024 alone. Day of the Christian Martyr on June 29 honors those killed since the Gospel was first proclaimed, and encourages Christians to persevere.

WASHINGTON (BP) – The United States Supreme Court ruled Friday (June 27) that parents of public-school children in Montgomery County, Md., have a right to opt their kids out of classroom reading times with books the school board labels as “LGBTQ inclusive.”