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The Marine Corps has released an administrative message advising personnel of the Pentagon’s revised religious affiliation codes, requiring Marines to update their records by September 30 as minority faiths previously represented individually are consolidated into religious categories.
“Almost every magical system in fiction has a rule about who is allowed to learn,” writes Beatrix Kondo. “What has been remarkable about fantasy over the past few decades is how many of those systems have stopped pretending this rule is natural.”
Rather than obsessing over the miniscule number of transgender athletes in women’s sports, fairness-minded politicians like Ken Paxton should focus on the pandemic of unregulated divine intervention in men’s sports.
Arkansas tops the 2026 Religious Liberty in the States index after expanding statutory conscience protections. While the report offers a detailed legal analysis, it also raises broader questions about how religious liberty is defined, and whose religious freedoms are being measured.
Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott looks at the groups supporting Grand v. City of University Heights, Ohio, the Supreme Court home worship case TWH covered on Monday, and finds himself skeptical of their intentions.
A Pagan shop owner’s federal lawsuit and a legislative repeal effort are challenging Pennsylvania’s fortune-telling law, raising broader questions about antiquated divination statutes that remain in force across several states and municipalities.
