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Need to know: Wednesday, May 31, 2017
White House acts to roll back birth-control mandate for religious employers
The effort follows through on the president’s pledge to roll back a requirement that many religious employers include contraception coverage in health insurance.
NJ mosque wins $3.25 million in settlement in discrimination case
The Islamic Society of Basking Ridge sued Bernards Township, which held 39 hearings on a planned mosque — hearings which subjected mosque members to anti-Muslim tirades — and refused to issue buildings permits.
Liberal synagogues see ‘Trump bump’ as pews fill up
It’s happening across the country and against the backdrop of a long-term trend of shrinking memberships in liberal synagogues. In many places it includes millennial Jews.
Texas adoption bill could jumpstart Christian agencies again
A Texas bill could, if passed, allow adoption agencies to claim a religious objection to placing children with gay couples.
How a Muslim community in Missouri rose from the ashes of an arson attack
Two disasters — one natural, the other man-made — drew Joplin’s Muslims, Jews and Christians together.
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Suspect in fatal Portland attack yells about ‘free speech’ at hearing
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) Suspect Jeremy Joseph Christian, a 35-year-old convicted felon, entered the Portland courtroom Tuesday (May 30) yelling "Free speech or die, Portland. You got no safe place."
Vatican scraps plan for pope to go to South Sudan this year
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) No official reason was given for the cancellation but Vatican and church sources said it was a combination of security concerns and logistics.
Belgian hermit on Austrian mountain awaits visitors with schnapps
The job advertisement specified the candidate must be “at peace with oneself” and “a connection to Christian belief.”
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Memorial Day, Mayor Mitch Landrieu and the American future
In a time of bitter divisions in New Orleans and throughout the nation at large, Landrieu spoke not as a great denunciator, but as a great enunciator of directions for his contemporaries to take.
‘The most fantastic association of men imaginable’
What is activating and inflaming white supremacists right now?
Don’t blame Trump for Portland killings
(RNS) Racism knows no politics, and white supremacy is not a disease of a particular political party or ethnicity.
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