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Need to know: Thursday, February 2, 2017
Evangelical Jerry Falwell Jr. to head Trump education task force
The president of Liberty University is keen to cut university regulations, including rules on dealing with campus sexual assault, the school says.
Trump’s move to protect LGBT workers unsettles religious conservatives
The president’s decision to continue Obama’s policy was lost amid anger over the travel ban and the ecstasy over his Supreme Court pick. But Trump’s move began to draw delayed responses from social conservatives.
Leaked draft of Trump’s religious freedom order reveals sweeping plans to legalize discrimination
If signed, the order would create wholesale exemptions for people and organizations who claim religious objections to same-sex marriage, premarital sex, abortion, and trans identity.
Yazidi human rights leader won’t be able to pick up her award
Vian Dakhil worked tirelessly on behalf of up to 700,000 Yazidis threatened by the Islamic State group’s ethnic-cleansing campaign. But President Trump’s travel ban prevents her from coming to the U.S.
America’s long history of ‘vetting’ Muslims
The idea of vetting Muslims didn't start with Donald Trump, or even with the 9/11 attacks. It goes back to this country's earliest days.
Meet Trump’s Holocaust tutor
Donald Trump has learned a Soviet narrative about the Holocaust. Really.
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Christian leaders to Trump: We’re praying for you, but . . .
(RNS) On the eve of what will be Donald Trump's first National Prayer Breakfast as president, 800 Christian leaders petitioned the president to "remember refugees and immigrants have sacred worth in God's eyes."
Homeless find rest in faith-based shelters more than others
WASHINGTON (RNS) In a preliminary study of 11 cities across the country, 58 percent of emergency beds for the homeless were at faith-based organizations.
‘Evangelicals are ecstatic’: Reactions to Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch
(RNS) Leading up to the presidential election, evangelical Christians had made clear they believed the most important factor in choosing a president was the type of Supreme Court justices he or she would appoint.
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10 ways former Mormons can reconnect with devout family members
When you've left Mormonism but your family hasn't, can you still communicate with love? Guest blogger Mette Harrison offers 10 tips on reconnecting.
Is Trump fulfilling Quranic prophecy?
(RNS) The Quran speaks of a man who is a 'mean swearer, a backbiter, slanderer, forbidder of good, transgressor and sinful.'
Banning refugees is as un-American as it is un-Christian
(RNS) I said at the time of the Washington National Cathedral's inaugural prayer service that we welcomed President Trump to the cathedral because it is a house of prayer for all people. But I also said we would not hesitate to voice our concerns when we disagree.
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Bonus tracks
- Teens behind racist graffiti sentenced to visit Holocaust Museum, read books by black and Jewish authors
- Few see Christianity as very important to be ‘truly American’
- Lit agents call for submissions from Muslim writers
- Bangladesh booksellers warned not to offend Muslims
- Facebook unverified the ‘God’ Facebook page and no one knows what life is anymore
