Finding Common Ground in Interfaith Marriage
Source: The New York Times By JENNIFER MILLER When Dan Diamond was 12, his mother gave him a book titled “It All Begins With a Date: Jewish Concerns About Intermarriage.” […]
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Sheriff: Army Reserve officer threatens members of mosque
Source: Associated Press By ANNA GRONEWOLD and JONATHAN DREW In this June 2016 photo released by the Hoke County (N.C.) Sheriff’s Office, Thomas Russell… Read more RAEFORD N.C. (AP) — A […]
Religious roots of hatred resurface in Orlando
Source: RNS By Yonat Shimron (RNS) One year after the Supreme Court ruled that gays can legally marry across the country, and at a time when most polls show a majority […]
Orlando shootings highlight debate about acceptance of LGBT people in Islam
Source: Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein The horrific killings at a gay club in Orlando by a Muslim man who reportedly swore loyalty to the Islamic State set off immediate […]
‘I’m gonna die’: Orlando victim’s texts to mother as gunman came
Source: BBC Eddie Justice sent a series of terrified texts to his mother from a bathroom as the gunman made his way through gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando. His mother […]
Zika Has People Freaked Out About the Olympics. But Experts Aren’t Worried
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Why scientists say the Zika panic surrounding the Olympics is overhyped The 2016 Olympics in Rio are around the corner, and doctors and athletes alike are […]
The Gay Bar as Safe Space Has Been Shattered
Source: Time By Daniel D’Addario If the gunman who shot and killed 50 people in an attack on the Orlando gay nightclub Pulse sought not merely to end life but to […]
Hope Fades and Anguish Sets in as Family, Friends Await Word of Orlando Shooting Victims
Source: Tim By Zeke J Miller / Orlando The cell phones rang hauntingly inside the bloodied and ransacked nightclub. Hours had passed since the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, and family members waiting for news of their loved ones’ fates had little to do but to call and call — […]
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to Confront Orlando Shooting
Source: Time By Philip Elliott / Cleveland For the first time Monday, Americans will confront the stark choice they face in November as the two presidential candidates respond to a crisis unfolding in the midst of the campaign — theworst mass shooting in U.S. history. Their initial responses already outlined the […]
What to Know About ISIS’s Role in the Orlando Shooting
Source: Time By Jared Malsin/Istanbul ISIS claimed responsibility for the mass shooting attack in an Orlando gay club on Sunday that left at least 50 people dead. “The attack that targeted a nightclub for homosexuals in Orlando, Florida, and that left more than 100 dead and wounded was carried out by […]
Orlando shootings: Club attacker had ‘grudge in his heart’, father says
Source: BBC The father of a gunman who killed dozens of people in an Orlando gay club says he did not know that his son had a “grudge in his […]
Italian Newspaper Sparks Backlash After ‘Mein Kampf’ Giveaway
Source: Time By Katie Reilly An Italian newspaper is facing backlash after it distributed annotated copies of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” with a paid supplement in its Saturday edition. Il Giornale—a […]
Parenting Is Now Officially Impossible
Source: Time By Darlena Cunha Darlena Cunha is a contributor to TIME. The Internet has all but extinguished any hope parents ever had It’s impossible to be a parent in 2016. […]
Why some evangelicals changed their minds about evolution
Source: RNS By Cathy Lynn Grossman (RNS) Creationist Christian tourists may soon flock to the Ark Encounter, a literal vision of Noah’s story in Genesis come to life in July […]
Turns Out Donald Trump Has Been Using A Prompter All Along
Source: Youtube On Stephen Colbert’s Late Show , Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made news by using a teleprompter. Up until this point, most of his speeches could get incoherent and rambling, […]
Hillary Clinton’s First Speech as Presumptive Nominee Puts ‘Women’s Issues’ Front and Center
Source: Time By Charlotte Alter In her first speech since she became the first female major party presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton put several traditionally sidelined “women’s issues” front and center. Speaking […]
Iraqis Who Escaped From ISIS Tell of Extreme Terror—and Extreme Boredom
Source: Time By Jared Malsin/Debaga Camp, Iraq “Everything is depressed there. Everything.” The chemical engineer escaped on a moonless night, fleeing from ISIS-held territory. As he crossed the front line, ISIS […]
Betraying the Faith of Christopher Hitchens
Source: The Atlantic By DAVID FRUM Even Christopher Hitchens’s detractors would concede him two great qualities: honesty and bravery. Hitchens spoke the truth as he understood the truth, without regard to […]
Will Egypt’s Copts get to build more churches?
Source: Egypt Pulse Rania Rabeaa Elabd Contributor, Egypt Pulse Rania Rabeaa Elabd is an Egyptian journalist focused on issues concerning the parliament and political parties. The draft law on the construction […]
People are seriously wondering whether God is punishing us with the 2016 election
Source: Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein As the public policy guy for the Southern Baptist Convention, Russell Moore is used to being asked about religion and politics. But this year, […]