When tech luminaries talk about their Christian faith, people listen.

The proposal to create the nation’s first religious charter school paid for by taxpayer funds could move the line between church and state in education.

In place of the state, a nonprofit association has regulatory authority over about two dozen of the facilities.

Unregulated homes are proliferating amid abortion restrictions and a housing crunch. Some limit residents’ movements, contacts and day-to-day decisions.

The former beauty queen and spokeswoman for Florida orange juice was an all-American entertainer before she began crusading against L.G.B.T.Q. rights.

Mr. Carter said his spiritual rebirth was an “evolutionary thing” rather than “a flash of light or a sudden vision of God speaking.”