As we Yanks get ready to party on Independence Day, we lift a glass of Molson and a Tim Horton’s donut for our friends north of the border on Canada Day.
While you’re sunning yourself at the beach this long weekend, don’t be alarmed if you look up and see airplanes trailing banners saying “Atheism is Patriotic.” The VA says it has no problem with mentioning God at funerals.
A Missouri congressman has apologized for saying that a “hatred for God” is at the heart of liberalism; Rep. Todd Akin says he was attacking liberals’ politics, not their faith. Michelle Bachmann says she became a foster mother to 23 kids after a miscarriage.
The embattled Catholic bishop of Santa Rosa, Calif., is stepping down one year ahead of schedule, reportedly exhausted from dealing with clery sex abuse cases.
Gay rights activists in Maine will mount a push to win back same-sex marriage, but Catholic leaders say they’re “disappointed” about another drawn-out fight.
The site of an 1857 Utah massacre that left 120 men, women and children dead at the hands of a Mormon militia is now a national historic landmark.
The Southern Baptists’ top public policy guru has warmed to the DREAM Act, which would allow for earned citizenship (via college or the military) for undocumented immigrants already in the U.S. Tim Pawlenty’s longtime pastor (and evangelical leader) is retiring after 35 years in the pulpit.
The feds are seeking hate-crimes charges against three guys who thought it’d be a good idea to burn a cross outside a black church in Oklahoma. A Seattle man charged with stabbing and raping a lesbian couple says God told him to do it.
B16 is blaming hunger and poverty on “selfish” financial practices. The Church of England wants to pull its investments from companies that produce or sell alcohol.
A Canadian cardinal from Quebec who’s widely seen as a potential pope tried to take himself out of the running, saying the job would be a “nightmare.”
–Kevin Eckstrom
