Bob CollinsIn the wake of last week’s killings in Canada, the haters had their night, but the good people had the daytime.
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Tag: Religion
When Linda Robertson’s son revealed to her that he was gay, she and her husband told their son ‘he had to choose between Jesus and his sexuality. ‘ He did. And died.
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A Wisconsin couple is providing a little more clarity on this week’s news that the Catholic Church is moving to be more welcoming to homosexuals. Read more →
Bangladeshi commuters board a train as they rush home to be with their families in remote villages, ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. Read more →
Football and religion are at it again.
In last night’s game, Kansas City Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah knelt in prayer after picking off a pass from the over-the-hill Tom Brady and scoring a touchdown.
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A member of the U.S. Air Force was denied re-enlistment last month because he crossed out the words ‘so help me God’ on his papers.
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KTTC reports that an Amish family had to go to court yesterday for building without a permit. Ammon Swartzentruber and his wife, Sarah, say provisions in the permit violate their beliefs. Read more →
There’s a little more information about what may have been behind that faulty NPR story about a Texas couple who claimed they couldn’t find an obstetrician to take their private insurance, which they bought as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
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Thousands of government bodies all over the United States — including the Minnesota House and Senate — open their meetings and sessions with a prayer. Today the U.S. Supreme Court gave the practice its blessing. Read more →
It fairly boggles the mind the extent to which one person in one spot and one moment was the difference between that safety and an unspeakable mass murder.
Or does it?
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A United Methodist Church in Seattle can no longer host Boy Scout Troop 98, NBC News reports. The troop is led by a gay man.
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Since the pope washed the feet of Muslim men and women at a detention facility at last year’s traditional service, there was plenty of speculation about who would be recipient of the gesture this year. Now we know. Read more →
It’s nearly time for the traditional ‘watering of the girls’ in Hungary. Read more →
Not everyone openly subscribes to the prosperity theology, but it’s more common than many mainstream Christians want to admit. Read more →
Harvard Theological Review is reporting today that a text, written on Egyptian papyrus is likely real, including its reference to a married Jesus. Read more →