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guest is an author at Religion News Service.
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Clearing the remaining obstacles for Americans with disabilities is a moral obligation
By guest — June 17, 2016
(RNS) As we approach the ADA’s 26th anniversary, Americans with disabilities continue to face unemployment and poverty rates twice the national average and discrimination in many areas.
A prayer to the Supreme Court: Keep immigrant families together
By guest — June 17, 2016
(RNS) A ruling expected any day now on President Obama's executive orders will show whether our nation still sees that immigrant rights are family rights.
Diplomacy can undermine extremism
By guest — June 15, 2016
(RNS) The challenge of Islamist extremism is real and must be taken seriously. But I have also never been more optimistic about the Western Balkans and its future.
Confederate flag resolution a historic opportunity to correct the past
By guest — June 15, 2016
(RNS) We cannot undo what our ancestors did, but I felt we had a historic opportunity to show that we have repented of these ungodly attitudes.
Omar Mateen committed a hate crime. It’s unclear if he was an Islamist, too
By guest — June 13, 2016
(RNS) After Sunday's violent incident, many have again reverted to the familiar but false dichotomy regarding Muslims in America: that because a gunman is Muslim, he must be a radical, bent on destroying America.
The horrors and hells of Hieronymus Bosch
By guest — June 9, 2016
MADRID (RNS) The 500th anniversary of the death of Hieronymus Bosch provides viewers a glimpse into the work of the man who created our modern vision of hell. It's not for the squeamish.
How Southern delusions lie at the heart of the Charleston killings
By guest — June 8, 2016
(RNS) Hypnotized by the lost cause of the Civil War, those under its spell could not awaken without the shock of wanton cruelty. The murders at Emanuel AME Church provided that shock
The weaponization of religious liberty
By guest — June 8, 2016
(RNS) How did something as fundamentally American as religious freedom become a culture war weapon against LGBT people and their families?
Pope John Paul II relic stolen from Cologne Cathedral
By guest — June 6, 2016
BERLIN - A cloth with a drop of blood from former Pope John Paul II has been stolen from Cologne Cathedral, German police said.
Hijab is not another word for freedom
By guest — June 6, 2016
Let’s not be fooled by Ramadan clothing ads or well-intentioned intellectuals into thinking that hijab is a means of self- or fashion expression.
Anti-Semitism among refugees a quandary for Germany
By guest — June 3, 2016
(RNS) Anti-Semitism among refugees from Arab Middle Eastern countries is growing, in a nation that is acutely aware of the memory of the Holocaust.
Why civil rights and LGBT equality are joined at the hip
By guest — June 1, 2016
(RNS) The black community and the LGBT community are not mutually exclusive and neither “community” is monolithic. We are interconnected by our humanity.
40 dead tiger cubs found in freezer at Thai Buddhist temple
By guest — June 1, 2016
A raid to remove live animals from the temple began Monday (May 30) amid an investigation into suspected wildlife trafficking and abuse.
Judge sentences Catholic to Baptist church pews
By guest — May 31, 2016
CINCINNATI — Jake Strotman will attend 12 consecutive Sunday services at Morning Star Baptist Church.
A Mennonite pastor is suspended and a denomination is splintered (COMMENTARY)
By guest — May 27, 2016
(RNS) What a waste of effort, to put a good pastor on trial. What an absurd tragedy that a historic peace church would reprimand those who want to bless loving, committed relationships.
