The Anglican Church said the legislation must not “unintentionally criminalise” providing prayer and pastoral support, and that it must allow for discussion and disagreement. A spokesman told The Telegraph that Church leaders would raise these concerns with MPs and peers scrutinising the draft Conversion Practices Bill. (Eastham, Gibbons & Martin, The Telegraph)
Read MoreSeveral people who have lived as another gender but later changed their minds offered to give evidence to MPs and peers investigating Labour’s draft Conversion Practices Bill but were not invited to speak. (Henderson, The Telegraph)
Read MoreGoogle, Meta Platforms and TikTok sued California to block enforcement of a new state law intended to limit the risk of addicting children under age 16 to social media platforms. (Stempel, Yahoo!)
Read MoreSeniors are spending more time than ever on their slop-filled feeds. It’s their adult children’s job to save them. (Lucas, New York Magazine)
Read MoreThe arrivals of Talarico and Hamilton in the Senate are significant in two respects. The first is their effect on the Democratic Party, which has become increasingly secular over the past several decades. (Wehner, The Atlantic)
Read MoreOnline and political discourse more often depict Indian Americans and a broader community of people of South Asian descent in conspiracist, degrading and dehumanizing ways. (Yousef, NPR)
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