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RNS Opening Budget — Monday, January 25, 2021

NEWS STORY
RNS-Church-Explosion: Protesters and supporters denounce explosion at anti-LGBTQ First Works Baptist Church
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — As the FBI and local police investigate an explosion at First Works Baptist Church in El Monte, California, which has been at the center of protests for its anti-LGBTQ messages, both supporters and protesters of the church are denouncing the attack. The church believes “homosexuality is a sin and an abomination which God punishes with the death penalty.” But prominent protestors say they never intended for the attack to happen. By Alejandra Molina. 600 words. (category: a)

COMMENTARY
RNS-Reese-Oped: With vaccinations, an army of gray volunteers is coming
(RNS) — I have faith in my generation and my elders. I think we will have an army of gray volunteers stepping up to do what is needed. After all, the young have been doing all they can to protect us, now it is our turn to protect them. By Thomas Reese. 580 words. (category: k)

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