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Need to know: Friday, June 16, 2017
Chaldeans in US: Why aren’t more Christians speaking out against deportations to Iraq?
They’re frustrated by evangelicals who have expressed outrage over the persecution of Christians in the Middle East but who have been silent about the Chaldeans who face deportation.
British Christians wonder if there is room for them in politics
After Tim Farron, leader of the Liberal Democrats, resigned over his religious beliefs, Christians in Britain wonder if the public square has become too hostile for people of faith.
Fugitive polygamous sect leader arrested in South Dakota
After being on the run for almost a year, Lyle Jeffs, of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was captured in South Dakota on Wednesday.
Catholic groups launch conversation about female deacons
If the pope endorses women deacons, more education and dialogue will be needed within the church. Three groups are eager to get started.
New study: Islamophobia common in Catholic media
A report published by the Bridge Initiative says some anti-Muslim voices — and especially Robert Spencer’s — have dominated significant portions of American Catholic media, including a number of mainstream Catholic outlets.
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In dramatic turnabout, Southern Baptists condemn white supremacy
After a fierce backlash on social media, Southern Baptists reversed course and adopted a statement denouncing “alt-right white supremacy,” calling it “antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
British Liberal Democrat quits, says can’t lead party and be a Christian
Following a paltry showing in Britain’s Parliamentary election, Tim Farron quit his leadership role after being dogged by questions of his Christian faith.
Barry Lynn looks back on 25 years of separating church and state
As executive director of Americans United, he sought to vanquish what he calls the “twin evils”: the fundamentalism that insists on a literal reading of the Bible, and the originalism that interprets the Constitution only through the eyes of its framers.
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Cutting the US Institute of Peace is shortsighted and immoral
(RNS) As a community committed to loving our neighbor, and guided by a vision of a 'Just World for All,' the United Church of Christ stands against proposed cuts to programs like USIP.
Does Judaism = liberalism?
Whether or not Judaism is liberalism, it still must speak to the world.
Married. Gay. And Mormon. (Part 2)
As married gay Mormons, Nick and Spencer had already lived with having no callings, no temple recommends, and no access to the sacrament. Now they faced the possibility of excommunication.
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Bonus tracks
- Like father, like son: Black activists tag-team preach on Father’s Day
- Are you religious?’ Fired employee sues company over interview question
- Utah imam, a US citizen, prevented from boarding plane by Kenyan officials
- Biz book by Mormon bishop encourages finding what matters most
- Yoko Ono will share credit for John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’
- One scholar on why comic Muslim characters appear in comics
