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Judge rules that Southwest failed to follow his order in a flight attendant’s free-speech case
By David Koenig — August 9, 2023
DALLAS (AP) — In a blistering 29-page order, the judge said the airline acted as if its own policy limiting what employees can say is more important than a federal law protecting religious speech.
Is the FBI coming after traditional Catholics?
By Thomas Reese — March 2, 2023
(RNS) — The FBI is worried violent extremists will exploit and recruit radical-traditionalist Catholics.
Princeton University scraps exhibit of Jewish American artists with Confederate ties
By Yonat Shimron — February 10, 2022
(RNS) — The exhibit was intended to showcase the little-known contributions of Jewish American artists in the period after the Civil War. The university, in the midst of reassessing its legacy, balked.
Protesters and supporters denounce explosion at anti-LGBTQ First Works Baptist Church
By Alejandra Molina — January 24, 2021
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — ‘We weren’t expecting anything like this,’ an organizer of a group protesting the church’s message said. ‘It’s made it harder on our cause.’
Conservatives flock to ‘values voter’ summit, but message may be mixed
By Jack Jenkins — September 21, 2018
(RNS) — Evangelical conservative Christians may find themselves in a quandary this year, championing an administration that shares their public policy goals but may fall short of their private values.
Christian ministry sues watchdog group over hate label
By Jay Reeves — August 25, 2017
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A Florida-based evangelical ministry has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit seeking an unspecified amount of money from a liberal watchdog group that called it a hate group because of its stance against LGBT rights.
Why are Jewish celebrities silent about Charlottesville?
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 23, 2017
(RNS) — The Piano Man's yellow star was a good start. We need famous Jews to be activists against hate.
In ‘turbulent times,’ 500 rabbis look for ways to resist and cope
By Lauren Markoe — March 20, 2017
(RNS) In his first few weeks in office, President Trump administration has given progressive-minded rabbis much to resist and counter, and it's exhausting, said one rabbi attending the Central Council of American Rabbis meeting in Atlanta.
Why are Jews overrepresented on the SPLC’s list of anti-Muslim extremists?
By Yonat Shimron — November 8, 2016
(RNS) For progressive Jews who have watched the discrimination against minority religious groups with growing concern, the situation presents a tension. How do you respond to a perceived threat when it comes from within your own community?
How the Sabbath cured one man’s hatred
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 21, 2016
Derek Black was a racist and a bigot. And then, he started attending Shabbat dinners.
White supremacist activity continues to surge
By Jerome Socolovsky — June 17, 2016
Inspired by a series of hate crimes and the current election season, white supremacists have grown angrier and more energetic in 2016, according to experts.
World Congress of Families is full of Mormon connections
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — October 27, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY — The conference will tackle topics such as “ways to strengthen marriages and families; the social costs of pornography; human trafficking; global health care initiatives; the bioethics of cloning and genetic modification.”
Report: Fire at black church in S.C. was not arson, feds say
By Rick Jervis — July 1, 2015
Fires at several predominantly black churches in Southern states the past two weeks — at least three attributed to arson — raise concerns about potential fallout from the recent South Carolina church shooting.
ANALYSIS: Fred Phelps’ hateful legacy may be the opposite of all he intended
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 20, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The image of Christianity that Fred Phelps painted was a hateful, judgmental collection of rabble-rousers -- an image that, paradoxically, did more to help his targets than it advanced his message.
Anti-Muslim speakers still popular in law enforcement training
By Omar Sacirbey — March 12, 2014
(RNS) The Culpeper (Va.) controversy is the latest law-enforcement training course to draw harsh criticism from Muslim groups who say agencies hire purported experts in Islam or counterterrorism who in fact have other agendas.
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