Alabama
Women say goodbye to sweet home Alabama
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 16, 2019
(RNS) — I will not be silent as the states that enslaved the bodies of African Americans now seek to enslave the bodies of women.
Supreme Court: Execution of Muslim inmate can proceed
By The Associated Press — February 7, 2019
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — The inmate argued that Alabama's execution procedure favors Christian inmates because a Christian chaplain employed by the prison typically remains in the execution chamber during a lethal injection.
After Roy Moore, evangelicals must trade wishful thinking for soul-searching
By Jonathan Merritt — December 13, 2017
Some people choose to live in houses filled with covered mirrors, but Christians cannot afford to be those kinds of people.
Comment about Jews by Roy Moore’s wife sparks new ridicule
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 12, 2017
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — Speaking at a campaign rally, Kayla Moore declared that 'one of our attorneys is a Jew.' People immediately reacted online, some expressing anger but many others making jokes.
Jones wins in stunning Alabama upset
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 12, 2017
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — At the center of the special election was fiery Christian conservative Roy Moore — 'Judge Moore' to his supporters.
5 faith facts about Doug Jones: Quiet Christian
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 12, 2017
(RNS) — While Roy Moore campaigned with a fundamentalist fervor, Jones' religious life has been one of quiet, consistent worship and church involvement.
On election day, an Alabama church stands apart
By Yonat Shimron — December 11, 2017
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) — While Roy Moore’s brand of Christianity does not ordain women or allow LBGT people to serve in leadership positions, this Baptist church celebrates its female pastor and gay congregants.
Roy Moore, Christocrat
By Lauren Markoe — November 14, 2017
(RNS) — For Christocrats, the sovereignty of God transcends the supremacy of the Constitution.
Roy Moore’s compensation from religious-themed charity includes $540,000 mortgage
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 12, 2017
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore had a deal to collect $180,000 in annual salary for part-time work from the legal charity he founded and ended up with a half-million-dollar stake in the group's headquarters, records and interviews show.
Alabama Senate gives megachurch the right to form its own police force
By Lauren Markoe — April 13, 2017
(RNS) Briarwood Presbyterian Church may be the first church in the country to be allowed to form its own police force, invested with the powers of 'regular' police.
Mississippi still rules the religiosity rankings
By Lauren Markoe — February 9, 2017
(RNS) And at the bottom for the ninth year in a row: Vermont.
Alabama chief justice suspended over gay marriage stance
By Yonat Shimron — September 30, 2016
The Alabama Court of the Judiciary suspended Moore, effective immediately, without pay for the remainder of his term, saying in a ruling that it had found "clear and convincing evidence" of ethical violations.
Alabama chief justice defies Supreme Court gay marriage ruling, forbids clerks to issue licenses
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 6, 2016
(RNS) Justice Roy Moore ruled that the state's probate judges have a "ministerial duty" not to violate Alabama's "Sanctity of Marriage" laws.
Arkansas governor cuts state contracts with Planned Parenthood
By Reuters — August 15, 2015
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson canceled the state's contracts with Planned Parenthood, making his the third Southern state to do so since anti-abortion activists released videos that they say suggests the organization sells fetal tissue.
Civil rights hero Jonathan Daniels memorialized at National Cathedral
By Mary Troyan — August 7, 2015
A stone carving of Daniels joins those of Mother Teresa and Rosa Parks.
