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Need to know: Thursday, November 17, 2016
Can evangelicals unite after the 2016 election?
Evangelicals are divided on whether those excited by the election of Donald Trump can reconcile with those who see him ‘representing all of the things Jesus stood against.’
Trump supporter cites Japanese internment camps as ‘precedent’ for Muslim registry
A spokesman for the pro-Trump Great American PAC argued a registry of immigrants from Muslim countries would pass constitutional muster, citing the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
Obama administration cancels oil and gas leases on Blackfeet tribe’s sacred grounds
‘This is the right action to take on behalf of current and future generations,’ Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said on the department’s website.
Humanists seek ban on evangelical gift boxes in schools
They are representing three humanist families who say the separation of church and state is violated when their school district asks their children to assemble gift boxes for Operation Christmas Child.
Amazon TV ad features imam and vicar exchanging gifts
The online retailer says the campaign airing in the U.S., U.K. and Germany is about ‘selflessness and thinking of other people.’
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Immigration hard-liner says Trump team preparing for wall, mulling Muslim registry
To implement Donald Trump's call for 'extreme vetting' of some Muslim immigrants, adviser Kris Kobach raised the possibility of reinstating a national registry of people who enter the U.S. on visas from countries where extremist organizations are active.
Minnesota archdiocese offers $132 million to settle sex abuse claims
The archdiocese, one of 15 U.S. Catholic districts and religious orders driven to seek Chapter 11 protection by the church's sex abuse scandal, said its plan would mark the second-largest such bankruptcy settlement of pedophile priest claims in America.
Cliff Barrows, Billy Graham’s song leader for six decades, dies at 93
Barrows led the mass choirs at Graham’s crusades, sang on occasion with George Beverly Shea, and was the weekly host/announcer for Graham’s “Hour of Decision” radio broadcast.
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Trump’s alt-right-Jewish alliance
Chief Trump strategist Steve Bannon is putting it together.
Baby Christian scolded for first major misstep
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (RNS) James Dobson responds to President-elect Trump's support for same-sex marriage.
Most Mormons planned NOT to vote for Trump. What the heck happened?
Early data showed that a majority of U.S. Mormons did not plan to vote for Donald Trump. In the end, though, 61% of them did.
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