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he would like his kids to know the Bible, it needs to be taught by people who understand the Bible themselves.
“I think it’s a slippery slope
when you put it in the hands of teachers that may not be believers,” Mullin says.
HAWAII
TEEN GUN BAN CHALLENGED Two teenagers are challenging Hawaii’s gun law that prohibits adults ages 18-20 from owning guns and ammunition.
Elijah Pinales and Juda
Roache, both in their late teens, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Honolulu complaining the law is the strictest in the country, and that Hawaii is the only state that completely bans young adults from acquiring or owning guns.
The Second Amendment
Foundation has joined the lawsuit, along with two firearm retailers who say they would like to do business with 18- to 20-year-old customers.
OKLAHOMA
SCHOOL BIBLE MANDATE QUESTIONED Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., says the danger of teaching the Bible in schools is that it might be taught by someone who isn’t a believer.
Mullin, who sits on the
Senate committee that oversees education, says while
When asked if the state should withdraw a recent mandate requiring the Bible be taught in schools, the senator responded, “Unless they’re going to require a person that was trained in the Bible and graduated from seminary school or a different type of Bible school, then, yes, I do believe that’s probably the wrong move.”
CALIFORNIA
HOLLYWOOD SHUNS CONSERVATIVES Actor and author John O’Hurley says that being a conservative in Hollywood has cost him jobs in the entertainment business.
O’Hurley, best
known for the TV shows Seinfeld and The National Dog Show, says Hollywood does not consist of one political thought. He belonged to Friends of Abe, a group for conservatives in Hollywood, which had over 2,000 members but was quiet on politics.
Companies
canceled contracts with O’Hurley
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once they discovered his
conservative beliefs, he says, and he will never know how many friendships he’s lost due to his politics.
MASSACHUSETTS
TAXES HURT HOCKEY STARS One reason the Boston Bruins keep losing hockey championships is Massachusetts’ tax policies, according to a local business group.
The Mass MULLIN
Opportunity Alliance says the Bruins are not attracting top talent because
players prefer to live in states with low or no income tax.
According to the group’s
research, seven out of the last 10 teams that made it to the final round of the Stanley Cup came from states with no state income tax.
The group notes that Brad Marchand, star player for the Bruins, received $5 million before taxes for the 2023-2024 season. However, his pay after taxes was only $2.934 million.
Bill Belichick, O’HURLEY
former head
coach of the New England Patriots, said that
COVENANT MARRIAGE BILL The state legislature in Texas will consider a bill that proposes covenant marriages — unions in which spouses agree to a lifelong commitment.
Participants in a covenant
marriage may still get a divorce, but they must complete five hours of counseling, and both parties must agree to the split.
Texas would join three other states that offer the option of covenant marriages, including Arizona, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
MARCHAND
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are both in covenant marriages.
Seven out of the last 10 teams that made it to the final round of the Stanley Cup came from states with no state income tax.
Massachusetts taxes deterred players from signing with the NFL team.
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