The Slingshot: Mormons in court. Death in the baptismal pool. Tweets Trump should have written.

November 23, 2016
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Need to know: Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Navajo Nation will have jurisdiction in alleged abuse case against Mormon Church

Tribal members say they were sexually abused during their time in a foster program operated by the Mormon Church from 1947 to 2000.

Police: Father drowned his daughter, 4, in baptismal pool at Catholic Calif. church

In a small Northern California town, police believe the father was alone in the church with his children when he allegedly intentionally drowned one of them.

The tweets Trump should have written about white nationalists

Instead of Trump’s tepid disavowal of white nationalism, how about some full-throated Trump-style tweets against the racists? suggests Mark Silk.

Religious groups to Obama: Dismantle immigration registry’s framework

They want him to scrap the framework behind a defunct program critics say targets Muslims, and which Donald Trump may try to revive.

Gluttony and the Seven Deadly Sins

On Thanksgiving, American will try not to make total gluttons of themselves. But why? Why is gluttony considered a danger not only to the body, but the soul?

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