Oregon
Oregon lawmaker suggests non-Christians are unfit for elected office
By Associated Press — January 31, 2024
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In a talk show interview, Reschke said drug decriminalization “makes our state unlivable,” and argued that spirituality and church leaders are part of the solution.
Amputees can get their body parts back for spiritual reasons, new Oregon law says
By Associated Press — August 24, 2023
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — For some members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, keeping a person’s body together is necessary for a smooth transition to the spirit world.
Oregon interfaith leaders declare win in vote to tighten gun control
By Alejandra Molina — November 10, 2022
(RNS) — The gun safety initiative in Oregon would ban the sale of magazines with a capacity greater than 10 rounds and would require permits and firearm safety courses to purchase any gun.
California legalizes human composting bill against opposition by Catholic bishops
By Alejandra Molina — September 20, 2022
(RNS) — California is now among the U.S. states that have legalized the process of converting bodies into soil, a procedure the Catholic Church said fails to show 'respect for the body of the deceased.'
Columbia River’s salmon are at the core of ancient religion
By Deepa Bharath — August 16, 2022
ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER (AP) — For thousands of years, Native tribes in this area have relied on Nch’i-Wána, or 'the great river,' for its salmon and steelhead trout, and its surrounding areas for the fields bearing edible roots, medicinal herbs and berry bushes as well as the deer and elk whose meat and hides are used for food and ritual.
An interfaith group in Oregon is behind one of nation’s strictest gun control measures
By Alejandra Molina — July 26, 2022
(RNS) — ‘Never underestimate what can come from a church basement, a synagogue, a mosque or a temple,’ said the Rev. Mark Knutson, senior pastor of Augustana Lutheran Church in Portland, Oregon.
California again seeks to pass human composting bill as Catholic bishops oppose it
By Alejandra Molina — June 16, 2022
(RNS) — Burial, cremation and alkaline hydrolysis are the only death care choices currently available in California.
Ordinance limiting Oregon church meal services violates religious freedom, lawsuit says
By Alejandra Molina — February 1, 2022
(RNS) — The lawsuit claims an ordinance limiting the church to offering free meals just twice a week interferes with the church’s fundamental beliefs of ‘feeding the hungry, caring for the sick, and sheltering the houseless.’
Claremont School of Theology ordered to offer land to neighboring universities
By Alejandra Molina — January 27, 2022
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — At the center of the dispute is an agreement reached in 1957, when the Claremont Colleges sold the seminary land to relocate in Claremont, a city about 30 miles east of Los Angeles.
Hate watch groups voice alarm about Sean Feucht’s Portland security volunteers
By Alejandra Molina — August 13, 2021
(RNS) — ‘If you mess with them or our 1st amendment right to worship God - you’ll meet Jesus one way or another,’ Feucht said when he tweeted a photo of his security team.
In Oregon, churches and anti-fascists unite to provide mutual aid to fire evacuees and others in need
By Alejandra Molina — September 22, 2020
(RNS) — Mutual aid groups are partnering with churches to set up donation drives and tent distribution centers with hygiene kits, school supplies, clothing and food.
During West Coast wildfires, religious groups prepare meals, offer spiritual guidance
By Alejandra Molina — September 11, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — As numerous wildfires rage across the West Coast, religious groups and their volunteers are receiving donations, delivering meals and offering sanctuary to families who have either lost their homes or who have been forced to evacuate their neighborhoods.
The Pacific Northwest is the American religious future
By Mark Silk — May 31, 2019
SEATTLE (RNS) — Recent research on the region's distinctive religious culture gives us hints about what a society dominated by Nones may look like.
Portlanders respond to killings with prayer and eclectic spirituality
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 2, 2017
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) Portland may be the least religious city in the U.S., but its residents are drawing on spirituality and shared values for comfort in the wake of a horrific stabbing on a light-rail train.
Police investigate Portland stabbing suspect’s extremist ideology
By Yonat Shimron — May 30, 2017
PORTLAND, Ore. — Jeremy Joseph Christian's Facebook page is full of disturbing posts supporting white supremacy, attacking women, mocking transgender people. It shows a man obsessed with fascism.
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