Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup: Koshergate, RIP compassionate conservatism; Boykin bounced

As Floridians head to the polls today, Newt Gingrich has been subtly playing the religion card.  On Monday, Gingrich accused Mitt Romney of being “extraordinarily insensitive” to religion as governor of Massachusetts because he planned cut to Medicaid funding to Jewish and Catholic health care facilities. Driving the point home in God's Waiting Room (aka Florida), Gingrich […]

As Floridians head to the polls today, Newt Gingrich has been subtly playing the religion card. 

On Monday, Gingrich accused Mitt Romney of being “extraordinarily insensitive” to religion as governor of Massachusetts because he planned cut to Medicaid funding to Jewish and Catholic health care facilities.

Driving the point home in God's Waiting Room (aka Florida), Gingrich noted that one program targeted for cuts had served kosher meals to elderly Jews. Buzzfeed illustrates the photo with a hilariously inapt photo of Romney cutting into a pig. Get those editors an Old Testament!


Romney's response: “It's really sad. In some respects I think it's painfully revealing that (Gingrich) is having a really hard time.” 

Who says “compassionate conservatism” is dead?

Even as the media celebrate its “Mormon moment,” the LDS Church is hemorrhaging members, Reuters reports, much to the alarm of the General Authorities. 

Catholic officials from Arizona to Maine and many points in between are heaping scorn on a new federal rule requiring faith-based employers to include birth control in their health care coverage.

A more liberal group of religious leaders thanked the Obama administration for the rule.

A retired West Point general who has described the war on terror as a battle between Christians and Satan has canceled a speaking engagement at the academy's National Prayer Breakfast. Veterans groups, civil liberties advocates and Muslims had called on the Army to rescind the invitation to Lt. Gen. William Boykin

Catholic bishops conferences from around the world are preparing to meet in Rome next month for a conclave on stopping child sexual abuse.

A 67-year-old employee has been charged with stealing $1 million from the Archdiocese of New York's education fund and buying an unholy number of dolls.  

Two Iranian soccer players could face public lashings in their Islamic homeland for, umm, groping each other after scoring a goal. Save yourself some trouble next time fellas and just high-five. 


Yr hmbl aggregator,

Daniel Burke

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