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State of the States VIRGINIA FAUBER
RELIGIOUS REALTOR ACCUSED OF ‘HATE SPEECH’ A Christian minister was found guilty of violating the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) code of ethics for social media posts referring to the Bible. Now, he
may lose his
real estate license. Wilson Fauber, a realtor
in Virginia for 44 years, said he posts about faith-based issues through his social media channels. These posts are what NAR is claiming to be hate speech. “They didn’t find any dirt,
but they found a Scripture from Feb. 13, 2015, and they decided they were going to use that and label me as the hater,” Fauber told WHSV-TV.
Opponents discovered
his posts after he ran for Staunton City Council, and complained to the Virginia Association of Realtors. Under NAR’s standard
of practice code, real estate agents “must not use harassing speech, hate speech, epithets, or slurs based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.”
TEXAS
NCAA TRANS ATHLETES LAWSUIT Texas is suing the NCAA to stop transgender athletes from participating in wom- en’s sports. Attorney General Ken
Paxton says that trans athletes violate the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, meaning their participation tricks and deceives sports fans. The suit seeks to
block trans athletes from
participating in women’s sports or to stop the NCAA
from marketing events as “women’s sports” if trans athletes participate.
crossing their land. The bill is a modification
to “castle doctrine,” which allows someone to use deadly force in response to breaking and entering a home.
WYOMING
DON’T SHOOT DOWN DRONES Residents are being warned by police that it is against the law to shoot down drones, unless the drone is threatening someone. After an outbreak of drone
activity in the fall of 2024, Wyoming residents considered shooting them down. “You shouldn’t shoot down
drones because it’s against federal law to shoot down aircraft in flight — any aircraft, any altitude,” says retired Air Force Col. Stephen Luxion, executive director of the ASSURE research program (Alliance for System Safety of Unmanned Aircraft Systems through Research Excellence). Destroying a drone worth
more than $1,000 could bring a felony conviction, 10 years in prison, and the loss of gun rights.
Changes to the law include permitting deadly force for intrusion into a residence, land, or if the shooter feels threatened. “If a farmer owns 10,000
acres of farmland, his home may be a half a mile away from where he is, and if he sees someone on his land, can he approach them and [remove] them from his property? This is an amendment to fix that,” said GOP state Rep. Justin Heap.
NORTH DAKOTA
STATE: CITIES CAN’T OUTLAW GUNS The North Dakota Supreme Court has overruled a Fargo ordinance that outlawed the sale of firearms and ammunition from residential areas.
ARIZONA
RESISTANCE Riley Gaines (second from right), former University of Kentucky swimmer and advocate for women’s sports and privacy rights, participates in a rally outside the NCAA Convention in San Antonio.
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DEFENDING PROPERTY FROM BORDER CROSSERS State Republicans have introduced a bill to make it easier for ranchers to defend their property against illegal immigrants
The city of Fargo challenged a state law from 2023 prohibiting local governments from creating zoning ordinances related to firearms or ammunition sales, saying that it impinged on the rights of local governments to make laws. An attorney for the
state, however, argued that the Legislature decides the extent of local laws, and that localities are not autonomous. The court afirmed the
Legislature’s ability to define what kinds of local laws can be created.
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