内容摘要：The UAE applauded the decision. “The court’s finding that it is without jurisdiction affirms that this case should have never been brought forward,” Reem Ketait, a senior official at the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters after the hearing ended.

The UAE applauded the decision. “The court’s finding that it is without jurisdiction affirms that this case should have never been brought forward,” Reem Ketait, a senior official at the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters after the hearing ended.

He added, “I won’t help silence them, because I’ve been there, because I know what that silence feels like.”Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and North Carolina are among the states with versions of Alabama’s existing “Don’t Say Gay” law,

, which already prohibits formal class discussion about gender and sexuality that is not “age appropriate” for students below the fifth grade. The proposed law would extend that ban to all grade levels.was rolled back in a legal settlement last year between civil rights groups and the state education department.Also on Thursday, the Alabama Senate also advanced legislation that would put a politically appointed board in control of the

last year after some lawmakers became upset about the department hosting a 2023 lecture on LGBTQ+ history.Republican Sen. Chris Elliott, the sponsor of the bill, on Thursday praised the work of the department, but said the change is needed to ensure there is “accountability of the board back to elected officials.”

At a recent rally outside of the statehouse, Chuck Poole, who was a Baptist pastor for 45 years across Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, said he feels the recent slate of religious bills in Alabama are part of a broader push to promote Christian nationalism across the country.

“I think it’s rooted in fear, and it’s a fear that America is changing and we are losing power and control,” Poole said.▶ Follow live updates on

‘WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of a Massachusetts student who was barred from wearing a T-shirt to school proclaiming there are only two genders.The justices left in place a federal appeals court ruling that said it would not second-guess the decision of educators in Middleborough, Massachusetts, to not allow the T-shirt to be worn in a school environment because of a negative impact on transgender and gender-nonconforming students.

Educators at the John T. Nichols Middle School barred the student from wearing the T-shirt and an altered version with the words “two genders” covered up by tape with the word “censored” written on it.Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented.