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In this Sunday, June 11, 2017 file photo, Equality March for Unity and Pride participants march past the White House in Washington. Most LGBT-rights activists never believed Donald Trump’s campaign promises to be their friend. With his move to ban transgender people from military service on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, on top of other actions and appointments, they now see him as openly hostile. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Need to know: Tuesday, October 31, 2017
US court bars Trump from reversing transgender troop policy
Issued at the urging of the president’s evangelical advisors, the directives aimed to exclude transgender people from the military.
UMC court maintains stances on homosexuality
The latest decisions from the United Methodist Church’s top court mean that divisive questions won’t likely be resolved before the denomination’s Special Session of its 2019 General Conference.
Beyond Halloween: Witches, devils, trials and executions
RNS blogger Tom Reese interviews the Rev. David Collins, who studies a period in European history when alleged witches were both persecuted and executed.
What came after: The Counter-Reformation art of Carlo Dolci
His meticulous paintings of Christian themes, saturated with emotion and glistening with color, were everything the iconoclast reformers railed against.
Who said that — Martin Luther or William Shakespeare?
“We all are men, in our own natures frail, and capable of our flesh; few are angels.” Take our quiz and see more quotes that will test your knowledge of Martin Luther’s writings.
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It's now reached immigration policy.
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You don’t have to be Jewish to love Israel
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