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(SRN NEWS) New Jersey’s Nassau Presbyterian Church will host the five-lecture Samuel Adams Herr Series to mark the 250th anniversary of the nation’s birth. Organizers say the event will also highlight the unique role Presbyterians played in moving New Jersey from indifference to independence. During the American Revolution, King George called the drive for independence “the Presbyterian Rebellion,” and loyalists blamed Presbyterians for starting it. Nassau Presbyterian, located in Princeton, was home to two signers of the Declaration of Independence and five members of the Continental Congress.
( ) America’s churches are grappling with the decline of marriage and family. For centuries, marriage and child-rearing have been among the main ways adults are integrated into congregational life. Couples who share the same faith tend to be more observant, and they often raise children within that tradition. But today, 42 percent of adults are not married or living with a partner — the highest percentage in U.S. history. And this shift is unlikely to change soon: A quarter of 40-year-olds have never been married, and a third of Generation Z are projected to never marry. The national birth rate has also been declining for decades.
( ) Abortion questions will be before voters in at least three states in November. Missouri lawmakers are asking residents to repeal the so-called “right to reproductive freedom” that they put into the state constitution in 2024. In Nevada, a state constitutional amendment to allow abortion until 24 weeks passed in 2024, but needs voter approval a second time to take effect. A Virginia ballot measure would guarantee the right to reproductive freedom, including access to contraception and making decisions on abortion during the first two trimesters of pregnancy. Abortion advocates are spending big money in all three states.
( ) The Trump administration is launching an investigation of the New York City Department of Education over accusations of anti-Semitism. The Department of Education says it has received reports that a group of teachers and staff organized a series of seminars focused on “Palestine, Zionism, and Resistance.” These seminars urged teachers to indoctrinate children as young as five with pro-Palestinian beliefs. The Department says “No child should be taught by his or her teachers to hate their peers. Neither should Jewish children be taught that being Jewish somehow makes them inherently guilty.”
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