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Mar 17 2024
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‘One Song – 300 Voices’: Laguna Woods residents sing for peace and hope
“One song that the whole world can sing; one voice that together will bring One hope that above everything, the whole world can sing one song.” Nearly 300 Laguna Woods Village residents of diverse nationalities, religions, ethnic backgrounds, races, ages and vocal abilities gathered at the Performing Arts Center over three days last week to sing “One Song,” Mitchell J. Sharoff’s ode to peace,
Orange County RegisterApr 16 2024
Perspectives Blog
What We Can Learn From the Civil War Movie
Jessica Carpenter is the Chief Marketing Officer at BridgeUSA (Mixed). She has a Center bias.
Disturbing. Unsettling. A warning. That’s how I would describe the new civil war film out of A24 studio.
Last week, I had the opportunity to take a first look at this movie depicting what a modern day American civil war would look like. And just so you know, it didn’t pull any punches
Jessica CarpenterSep 24 2013
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"Engaged in Some Sort of False Religion": Pastor-Turned-Politico Issues Controversial Words About Non-Christians
E.W. Jackson, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Virginia, is no stranger to making controversial remarks.
The BlazeMar 13 2024
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Virgin of Charity unites all Cubans — Catholics, Santeria followers, exiled and back on the island
The Virgin of Charity has been crucial to Catholicism in Cuba, which repressed religious practice after becoming an atheist state following the 1959 revolution. It turned into a secular state in the early 1990s and has become more tolerant of religion over the past quarter century. But the Vatican-recognized Virgin, venerated by Catholics and followers of Afro-Cuban Santeria traditions, is
Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionFeb 27 2024
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How Oklahoma religious leaders have responded to Sen. Tom Woods' anti-LGBTQ+ remarks
Several Oklahoma faith leaders and organizations weighed in on Sen. Tom Woods' recent anti-LGBTQ+ remarks as it was difficult to uncouple the legislator's comments from religion because in the same conversation he touted Oklahoma as a "Christian," "moral" and a "religious" state. Most of the religious leaders and organizations repudiated Wood's comments, calling them "embarrassing," "dangerous
The OklahomanMar 14 2024
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Slain Palestinian-American boy honored with resolution backed by Durbin, Duckworth, Underwood, Ramirez
WASHINGTON – Four members of Congress from Illinois introduced a resolution on Thursday to honor Wadea Al-Fayoume, the six-year-old Palestinian American boy from Plainfield slain Oct. 14 in an anti-Muslim hate crime, according to law enforcement officials. Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Rep. Lauren Underwood, and Rep. Delia Ramirez — all Illinois Democrats — are the chief sponsors of
Chicago Sun-TimesApr 05 2024
Perspectives Blog
Misinformation Watch: Did Biden Ban Religious Symbols In White House Easter Egg Contest?
Did the Biden Administration enact a ban on religious symbols in the White House’s annual Easter Egg Roll?
Two Right-rated outlets — Fox News and The Daily Caller — reported this claim over the weekend, creating misinformation that led to pushback from the White House and a retraction from The Daily Caller.
On March 29, The Daily Caller (Right bias) published a now-retracted
Isaiah AnthonyMar 08 2024
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Bomb threats in Maine legislature follow bills on transgender care
A bomb threat again disrupts Maine, where lawmakers have considered bills protecting care for transgender youth. Extremist rhetoric is front and center in the governor's race in North Carolina. As Trump secures the GOP presidential nomination, he is increasingly embracing Christian nationalism, which has experts on extremism and religion concerned. A series of bomb threats made against the
"USA Today" ContributorApr 11 2024
Perspectives Blog
Misinformation Watch: Does Voter Fraud Impact US Elections?
In the wake of Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 federal election, reports alleging widespread voter fraud gained prominence in the American media cycle.
Although theories relating to voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election may be unprecedented in scale, 2020 does not mark the first instance of public distrust in the electoral system. And though no evidence of decisive voter
Quinn PoseleyFeb 28 2024
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Alabama, religious freedom and frozen embryos
The Alabama Constitution provides that "no religion shall be established by law" and that "the civil rights, privileges, and capacities of any citizen shall not be in any manner affected by his religious principles." Those prohibitions were forcefully reinforced in a 1998 Religious Freedom Amendment. Like similar provisions of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, those prohibitions
Richard Perrins