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Need to know: Thursday, March 16, 2017
Trump vows to appeal travel ban ruling to Supreme Court
The new ban was seen as targeting Muslims and was set to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday.
Dutch leader fends off anti-Islam candidate Wilders
Dutch center-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte fought off the challenge of anti-Islam and anti-EU rival Geert Wilders to score an election victory that was hailed across Europe on Thursday by governments facing a rising wave of nationalism.
Europe headed for ‘religion wars’ despite Wilders’ stumble, Turkish minister says
“There is no difference between the mindsets of Geert Wilders and social democrats in the Netherlands. ...That mindset is taking Europe to the cliff. Soon wars of religion may and will start in Europe,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.
AIPAC gave $60K to architect of Trump’s Muslim ban
New tax filings show the country’s largest pro-Israel group gave money to a think tank that played a pivotal role in engineering Trump’s ban on Muslim immigration.
Trump’s policies are keeping Hispanics away from church
Survey finds fear even among 7 in 10 Christian green card holders, and majority-immigrant congregations are seeing the effects.
Mormon church challenges legality of leaked documents
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints finally takes notice of MormonLeaks.
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The ethics of health care explained: Am I my brother’s keeper?
(RNS) The individual mandate frames the never-resolved question that goes to the heart of our society’s idea of itself as a moral, Christian nation, or at least a Christian-influenced one. What obligation do we have to our fellow citizens?
Jewish community centers report ‘some slippage’ in preschool enrollments
(RNS) Though the vast majority of JCC preschool families are sticking with their schools, continued threats against these centers have prompted some to cancel enrollments.
Church-state separationist Barry Lynn to retire
(RNS) Over a quarter century, his name was often synonymous with liberal advocacy for secularism in the public square.
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Linda Sarsour, you are not my friend
Linda Sarsour says you can't be a feminist and support Israel. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Why evangelical opposition to Russell Moore is deluded
(RNS) Anyone who thinks Russell Moore should lose his job is advancing a vile heresy and a dangerous idolatry — that Christian leaders should ardently praise the Republican Party’s chosen leader no matter how vile, obnoxious and un-Christian he is.
The Christian social ethics project hits a wall
What is needed in America today goes far beyond public-policy tinkering.
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