Openly Gay Former Congressman, Financial Reformer Barney Frank Dies at 86
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Adding to Our Litany of Lament
This issue of A Public Witness considers the two main ways political and religious leaders are reacting to gun violence, one that is killing us and one that imagines a better world.
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Faith Leaders and Religious Groups Voice Opposition to Biden’s Plan to Restrict Asylum
The new rules mirror restrictions set forth by the Trump administration that were eventually blocked in court by migrant activist groups.
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After Warning of Religious ‘attacks’ on Trans People, Media Avoid ‘Christian’ or ‘transgender’ in Nashville Shooting Headlines
Despite the loss of six lives at a Christian elementary school, not one of the nation s three biggest newspapers used the words Christian in their headlines for the mass shooting in Nashville earlier ...
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Unitarian Universalists Distance Themselves from Sex-Ed Assignment That Led to Teacher’s Suspension
The Unitarian Universalist Association says that a sex education assignment at an Oregon high school asking students about their sexual fantasies is not part of a comprehensive curriculum it helped ...
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Hillsong Church Founder Brian Houston Fighting DUI Charge in California
Less than a month before he resigned as global senior pastor in March 2022 in the wake of revelations that two women had made complaints of misconduct against him in the last 10 years, Hillsong ...
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Church Sues Maine for Requiring Schools to Adhere to LGBT Policy to Be Eligible for Tuition Program
A Maine church is challenging a state law prohibiting religious private schools from receiving funds form a tuition program unless they adhere to a state LGBT antidiscrimination policy
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Kids Killed by Nashville Shooter Had Spent Morning Learning ‘Amazing Grace’
The three children shot and killed by a heavily-armed assailant who forced her way into The Covenant School in Nashville had spent the morning in the chapel memorising the words to "Amazing Grace," a missionary who visited the school revealed.
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Fired Hillsong NYC pastor Carl Lentz gets a new job at Oklahoma megachurch
Carl Lentz was fired as the pastor of Hillsong New York City over an extramarital affair.
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Nashville-based Christian musicians react to school shooting: ‘Dear Lord, we need you’
Nashville-based Christian musicians issued urgent calls to prayer and voiced their heartbreak following a shooting at a small, private Christian school in the city that left three children and three ...
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Religion, Patriotism, and Having Children Diminish in Importance for Americans: WSJ Poll
A new poll of U.S. residents suggests that certain traditional values have receded in importance over the past 25 years.
