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Apr 15 2015
Opinion
Op-ed: Tribune event should have made LDS women of color a higher priority
We, a diverse group of women of color, applaud the Salt Lake Tribune for its progressive views and longstanding history of quality reporting on the intersections of gender, religion, and race. We are pleased about the Tribune-sponsored panel discussion entitled "What Mormon women want," and we pledge our support.
However, our support is not without reservations, which can be summarized
Aug 13 2020
Background
Criminal justice
Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have committed crimes. The criminal justice system is a series of government agencies and institutions. Goals include the rehabilitation of offenders, preventing other crimes, and moral support for victims. The primary institutions of the criminal justice system are the police, prosecution and defense lawyers, the courts and prisons.
Wikipedia
Apr 02 2015
Opinion
The New Intolerance
In the increasingly bitter battle between religious liberty and the liberal political agenda, religion is losing. Witness the media and political wrath raining down upon Indiana because the state dared to pass an allegedly anti-gay Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The question fair-minded Americans should ask before casting the first stone is who is really being intolerant.
The
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)
Sep 01 2016
News
One judge away from losing religious liberty: Hobby Lobby CEO
Since the birth of our nation, religious liberty has laid the foundation for America to become the freest society in the history of mankind. This spirit of freedom began when the pilgrims fled to the New World to practice their faith freely. It continued when America’s founding fathers ratified the Bill of Rights, which begins with the declaration that “Congress shall make no law respecting an
Guest Writer - Right
Sep 29 2014
News
House Hopefuls in G.O.P. Seek Rightward Shift
One nominee proposed reclassifying single parenthood as child abuse. Another suggested that four “blood moons” would herald “world-changing, shaking-type events” and said Islam was not a religion but a “complete geopolitical structure” unworthy of tax exemption. Still another labeled Hillary Rodham Clinton “the Antichrist.”
Congressional Republicans successfully ended their primary
New York Times (News)
May 03 2022
Perspectives Blog
Here's Where Democrats and Republicans Agree on Abortion
Common ground often exists on issues where you’d least expect it. Abortion is no exception. According to major pollsters, there is deep disagreement in the U.S. on abortion legality and access, and Americans are closely divided over whether a pregnant woman should be able to obtain a legal abortion if she wants one for any reason. Related: AllStances™: Should Abortions Be Legal or Banned
Henry A. Brechter
Feb 15 2020
News
What Pete Buttigieg and Tom Steyer had to say to a room filled with people of faith
LAS VEGAS — The Rev. Alvin Herring believes in the power of a good conversation. No matter whether he’s helping people register to vote, increase census participation or expand religion’s role in the public square, he thinks talking with neighbors about why it matters is the starting point for large-scale change.
It’s no surprise, then, that the Rev. Herring, who serves as executive
Deseret News
Dec 13 2019
News
Anti-Semitism EO
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at combating anti-Semitism on college campuses. The order states, “While Title VI does not cover discrimination based on religion, individuals who face discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin do not lose protection under Title VI for also being a member of a group that shares common religious practices
The Flip Side
Sep 17 2014
News
Priests for Life: We’re not stopping our fight against birth control mandate, either
Another high-level litigant has formally rejected the Obama administration’s latest attempt to water down an Obamacare mandate that requires most group health plans to cover birth control.
Attorneys for Priests for Life, an anti-abortion ministry, told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that the latest tweak to the so-called contraception mandate “
Washington Times
Jun 18 2021
News
Supreme Court’s day of culture war surprises
The Supreme Court may, like America itself, be more partisan than ever. But Thursday offered two big cases that did not break along predictable ideological lines.
The U.S. Supreme Court remains capable of issuing surprise big decisions that don’t break predictably along partisan lines.
That may be one important takeaway from Thursday’s major rulings, in which a court dominated by
Christian Science Monitor