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Oct 22 2020
Opinion
Republicans Were Prepared for Attacks on Barrett’s Religion
In late 2018, after Brian Buescher was nominated to serve as a district judge in Nebraska, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled him over his membership in the Knights of Columbus, suggesting that his Catholic views made him unfit to serve on the bench.
“Were you aware that the Knights of Columbus opposed a woman’s right to choose when you joined the organization?” Senator
National Review (News)May 20 2020
Interactive Debate
Should all religions be banned on a global scale?
Humanity has organized itself culturally and socially around different religions for centuries. Religions have had a tremendous influence over morals, social habits and laws, despite there not being a definitive prove of the existence of God.
KialoDec 28 2021
Opinion
More Government, Less Religion—the Progressive Doctrine
One great mystery is the persistent refusal of those on the left to abandon what is clearly not true.
That is, that the means for reducing the burden of poverty is more government spending.
It all really started in the 1960s under President Lyndon B. Johnson. He declared in his State of the Union address in January 1964 an “unconditional war on poverty in America.” Despite tens
The Daily SignalApr 17 2024
News
Americans United for Separation of Church and State Hosts 2024 Summit for Religious Freedom
Americans United for Separation of Church and State hosted its second Summit for Religious Liberty in Washington, DC, from April 14 to 15. President and CEO Rachel Laser welcomed the crowd by reminding attendees, “The wall (of separation between church and state) protects us all.” Laser continued, “The wall of separation between church and state does not divide us; it unites us.” Americans
Good Faith MediaAug 25 2023
News
Jewish couple can sue over law allowing adoption agencies to deny services over religion
An appeals court has ruled that a Jewish couple who was denied foster care services in Tennessee has the right to sue the state for discrimination. As Law&Crime previously reported, Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram, a Jewish couple living in Knox County, were denied foster care placement and training services by a state-funded agency. That agency, Holston United Methodist Home for Children
Law & CrimeJul 01 2022
News
Taliban Splits Emerge Over Religion, Power and Girls’ Schools
Taliban government ministers thought the matter of girls’ education was settled. Schools for girls over sixth grade were set to reopen this past March, after months.
Then the Taliban’s religious council, dominated by ultraconservative clerics, scuttled the plan. Hours before school gates were supposed to reopen, it was announced that they would remain closed. Teenage girls who showed up
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 14 2024
News
Policing abortion in the name of God
Religion plays an outsized role in American politics. With the collapse of the church into the affairs of the state, the recent Alabama Supreme Court theology-ridden ruling (LePage v. Center For Reproductive Medicine) conferred personhood status to frozen IVF embryos as doing God’s will. Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Parker wrote in the ruling that “human life cannot be wrongfully
Out In JerseyApr 13 2024
News
Some glass art
Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion, art, science, food, and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. The Museum of Glass (MOG) in Tacoma, Washington, is connected to Union Station and to Washington State Historical Society Museum by a 500-foot pedestrian bridge that crosses over
Daily KosMay 05 2022
News
Some religions support abortion rights. Their leaders are speaking up.
After an abortion law took effect in Texas last fall that allows private citizens to sue someone who performs an abortion or helps someone obtain one after six weeks of pregnancy, Rabbi Mara Nathan, the senior rabbi at Temple Beth-El in San Antonio, knew she wanted to address it in a sermon.
“It definitely felt like a risky sermon to give,” she said, “but I felt like I really didn’t
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