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Monday’s Religion News Roundup: OWS patron saint; Gingrich’s religious revival; Army cha

Maybe I’m moony, but yr hmbl aggregator is full of questions today.

Such as…

If so many Christmas carols are so annoying, then why do we keep singing them?


Should a New York elementary school teacher be fired for telling students that there is no Santa?

Will St. Nicholas become the patron saint of the OWS movement?

What’s behind Newt Gingrich’s religious revival? Can the thrice-married Roman Catholic win evangelicals in Iowa and South Carolina? And why is his ringtone “Dancing Queen”?

What did God tell Michelle Bachmann about her husband? And is the AP’s dateline, “On the road to Estherville, Iowa,” a cutesy biblical allusion?

As the Catholic bishops battle the Obama administration over HHS regulations, why do some Catholic institutions provide contraception coverage to employees?

Did Eddie Long’s wife divorce him or not? And why is he taking a leave of absence from his church?

Why did that Kentucky church rescind its ban on interracial couples?

Why do Army atheists need a few good chaplains?

Why did a U.S. ambassador say that “”tensions between Israel and the Palestinian territories” contribute to anti-Semitism? And why are some people “shocked” that he said it?

Why did Israel pull its fatalistic “Christmas will supersede Hanukkah if more Jews don’t move here” ads?

Why were Egyptian reformers “decimated” by Islamists in the recent parliamentary elections?

Will the U.S. Supreme Court overturn a ruling that barred a Bronx church from holding Sunday services in a public school?


How soon will it be before people find this question-asking conceit highly annoying?

Too late?

Yr hmbl aggregator,

Daniel Burke

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