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Need to know: Friday, May 6, 2016
Liberty University board member resigns over Trump endorsement
Mark DeMoss, a public relations professional, steps down from the board.
Methodist General Conference to discuss LGBT issues — again
More than 100 petitions have to do with human sexuality.
Report: 1 in 6 hospital beds in U.S. is in a Catholic institution, restricting reproductive care
The report quoted doctors who said patients become gravely ill when hospitals refused to terminate nonviable pregnancies.
Gordon College professor sues for retaliation over LGBT comments
Lauren Barthold claims she lost a leadership role and was denied an opportunity to seek a promotion.
Donald Trump ‘disavows’ David Duke’s remarks on ‘Jewish extremists’
Antisemitism has no place our society, Trump said.
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India rejects US religious freedom report
NEW DELHI (RNS) The foreign ministry says the report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom “fails to show proper understanding of India, its constitution and its society.”
Holocaust survivors on Capitol Hill light candles to remember
WASHINGTON (RNS) On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli and American officials warn of rising intolerance.
National Day of Prayer speakers decry moral decline
WASHINGTON (RNS) Long a celebration of evangelical influence, speakers at this year's National Day of Prayer event avoided endorsing any presidential candidate and decried the acceptance of same-sex marriage.
Graham daughter: Prayer, not politics
WASHINGTON (RNS) It grieves Anne Graham Lotz that evangelicals are often known as a voting bloc rather than for their Christian identity.
More views from RNS
Mormon senator’s death marks the end of an era for a Trump-free GOP
Former Utah Senator Robert Bennett died yesterday. Maybe it’s a blessing that he won’t live to see the further implosion of the political party—and the nation—he worked to build and protect.
Trump victory marks major defeat for Christian Right agenda
GOP primary voters chose a man whose agenda and style are the antithesis of the Christian Right.
Bible study to address voting for Hillary Clinton (SATIRE)
(RNS) Critical questions for evangelicals who don't want Donald Trump to become president.
Cruz, the latest social conservative failure
But his failure in the year the GOP establishment fell apart sends an important message.
Trump isn’t Hitler: It’s OK for a person of faith to vote for Trump
Even this year, people can disagree on politics without sacrificing their faith.
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Bonus tracks
- Why a Trump-backing tow truck driver refused service to a Sanders supporter
- Man shot to death by fellow parishioner was ‘only armed with his Bible’
- Is the ‘spiritual’ experience of SoulCycle sacred or inane?
- Secularists sue House chaplain on National Day of Prayer
- Sex talk for Muslim women
- First-ever Muslim Miss USA converts to Christianity
- A white church no more
