Gregory Trotter
Gregory Trotter is an author at Religion News Service.
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Chaplains help amputees face new reality
By Gregory Trotter — March 29, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Capt. Darrick Gutting is the friendliest guy in Ward 57. The bald-headed, 40-year-old Pennsylvanian sports the Army camouflage and a thin scar above his left eye, but his most distinctive feature is his smile. It spreads quickly and rarely leaves. He roams the halls, engaging passersby _ soldiers […]
Gambling opponents say moral arguments fall flat
By Gregory Trotter — March 18, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The moral opposition to gambling might be gasping its last breaths. As more and more states turn to casinos and gambling to fill shrinking budget coffers, the voices of the religious opposition are struggling to convince people that it is morally wrong. It’s an uphill fight: A recent […]
Papal visit gives center much-needed attention
By Gregory Trotter — March 13, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ When Pope Benedict XVI stops by the John Paul II Cultural Center here next month, the visit will be broadcast into the homes of hundreds of millions of people around the globe. It’s the type of publicity the center desperately needs, and could mark a clean break from […]
SIDEBAR: Catholics lose more faithful than any other group
By Gregory Trotter — February 26, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In the marketplace of American faith, Catholicism is the big loser. Catholics have lost more members to other faiths, or to no faith at all, than any other U.S. religion, according to the new survey released by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. The survey, based on […]
Congress considers workplace freedom bill _ again
By Gregory Trotter — February 14, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Congress is again considering a bill to protect religious expression in the workplace, but the bill, which has been bandied about for a decade or more, continues to draw steep opposition from business interests. The Workplace Religious Freedom Act would require employers to be more accommodating of employees […]
Book paints complex picture of Founding Fathers’ faith
By Gregory Trotter — February 12, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ What would Mike Huckabee say about George Washington almost being arrested for not attending church on a Sunday shortly after he was elected as the first president? And what would evangelical voters think of Benjamin Franklin taking it upon himself to edit the words of Jesus by rewriting […]
As others flee, Kenyan hospital fights to survive
By Gregory Trotter — February 9, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The Kenyan mission town of Kijabe is, for now, safe from the killing that has torn the nation apart since its presidential election. But a children’s hospital there is fighting for its life. The hospital faces a dire reality of displaced patients and dwindling funds. Increased cost and danger […]
As abortion rates fall, opposition keeps up
By Gregory Trotter — January 23, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The anti-abortion pilgrims came from far and wide Tuesday (Jan. 22), by bus and by plane, bundled up in the cold and drizzle to support their cause. For some, it was their first March for Life. For others, the event has become a yearly journey. On the 35th […]
Sikhs say new TSA rules still allow profiling
By Gregory Trotter — January 18, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ It is humiliating and demeaning. It is like being strip-searched. That is how some Sikhs describe their feelings when airport security guards pat down their turbans or tell them to remove the headgear, which is considered a religiously mandated article for Sikh men. In response to 32 civil […]
New book examines life of the other MLK
By Gregory Trotter — January 17, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s courageous leadership in the civil rights movement of the 1960s will be forever etched in the pages of American history. But even before King led the historic Montgomery bus boycott and other nonviolent protests, another King was pounding the pulpit and the pavement […]
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