State of the States NEW YORK
CHURCH BLOCKS TRANS PLAY The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York has rejected a production that was set to take place in a theater owned by the church. The play, Becoming Eve by Emil Weinstein, is about the child of a well-known Hasidic family who must come to grips with her identity as a trans woman. Based on the true story of Rabbi Abby Chava Stein, the production was casting the show before the church applied the brakes.
“It is the standard practice
of the Archdiocese that nothing should take place on church-owned property that is contrary to the teaching of the church,” Joseph Zwilling, director of communications for the Archdiocese said. New York Theater Workshop, the producer of the play, said it was committed to producing the play, albeit in a diff erent venue.
OKLAHOMA
AG OPPOSES MIGRANT PLAN Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is opposed to the new federal immigration process that keeps families of mixed immigration status together.
The new process, called Keeping Families Together, permits spouses of U.S. citizens to receive temporary legal status while they apply for permanent residency. Stepchildren of U.S. citizens who are not documented are also eligible for the program, which began in August but was stopped due to a federal lawsuit against it. Over 15 states have filed a federal complaint, stating that the program creates an alternative path to citizenship. Drummond filed an amicus brief opposing the program for a federal court case in Texas.
CALIFORNIA
BUSINESS DEFIES FLAG ORDER Camping World RV Sales in San Joaquin County has been warned about flying a large American flag at their business. The San Joaquin County
Community Development demanded the flag be taken down, citing safety concerns and a lack of permission from the local government. They said it wasn’t about the American flag itself. “Camping World’s flagpole
was installed with neither a
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building permit nor planning approval, therefore they are in conversation with the code enforcement division,” a county of icial said. Camping World’s CEO, Marcus Lemonis, has ordered the business to continue flying the flag. Lemonis
said he would agree to take it down if it were a marketing flag, but since it is the American flag it will continue to fly.
have recently used cameras to solve two dozen missing person cases. Norfolk of icials won’t comment on the lawsuit, except to say that the cameras are used for public safety and also to protect the privacy of citizens.
MASSACHUSETTS VIRGINIA
RESIDENTS CHALLENGE POLICE CAMERAS Two Virginia residents have filed a federal complaint challenging the use of 170 safety cameras by the Norfolk Police Department. The complaint charges
that the cameras violate the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution — the right against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. Michael Soyfer, the
plaintiff s’ attorney with the Institute of Justice, said the police can create a digital footprint of a person because recordings from the cameras are stored for 30 days. Not only do the cameras cover traf ic lights, they also check for speed violations throughout the city by connecting movements using various cameras. Virginia police
ANTISEMITIC STICKERS FOUND Eighteen antisemitic stickers were discovered in the Coolidge Corner neighborhood in Brookline. The stickers, which read “Stop funding Israeli terrorism,” featured a swastika over a picture of the Israeli flag and were found on street signs, poles, and businesses. Brookline Select Board chair Bernard Greene said he was dismayed to see the town targeted for hate, and that the stickers were posted in an area with a large Jewish and Israeli population. “We understand that . . . those that spew hate against our Jewish residents and businesses will turn their hatred against other members of our community if given the opportunity,” he said. Similar stickers were placed in Cambridge and at Harvard University a week before. Police are investigating these incidents.
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THEATER/JIM HENDERSON/WIKIMEDIA/CREATIVE COMMONS / TRAFFIC CAMERA/ANTONSAN/SHUTTERSTOCK
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