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Need to know: Friday, October 28, 2016

Clinton or Trump? The choice is unclear for some atheists

Should they vote for the candidate who seems to have only a passing relationship with religion or the one who reads the Bible and prays daily?

Gender gap among Catholics as Election Day approaches

Almost six in 10 white Catholic male voters say they would vote for Donald Trump, compared to 38 percent of white female Catholic voters.

Catholic bishops don’t have much to say about Trump

Some observers are disturbed by the bishops’ reluctance to invoke their moral authority in the wake of Trump’s breaches in civility.

LifeWay pulls Jen Hatmaker books over LGBT views

Two days after RNS senior columnist Jonathan Merritt interviewed the popular evangelical writer on her views about gays, LifeWay Christian Resources pulled her books.

More than 100 Dakota Access protesters arrested after standoff with police

Opponents of the project say it cuts too close to North Dakota’s Standing Rock Reservation and could pollute waterways and disrupt sacred land.

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Latest news from RNS

National Cathedral faces calls to remove windows with Confederate generals

WASHINGTON (RNS) The windows were added in 1953 with the support of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Trump says evangelicals will be key to his victory

(RNS) The interview, which aired on the Christian Broadcasting Network with host David Brody featured Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, for what he claimed was the ninth exclusive interview.

A baroness in the British Parliament is suspended for anti-Semitism

(RNS) Baroness Jenny Tonge has been criticized before for making or tolerating remarks about Israel that demonize the country and cross the line to anti-Semitism.

More views from RNS

Keep the Al Smith dinner!

(RNS) It did an excellent job of exposing Donald Trump for the boor he is.

‘Denial’ is the movie for the election season

The new film, based on true events, is not only about the Holocaust. It is about frightening trends in America today.

White evangelicals prefer return to slavery

(RNS) White evangelicals' concerns about cultural decline go further than just reinstating chattel slavery. They also want to take away the right to vote from women.

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