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Mainstream Media RSS Bundle- The religion and politics of divisionLast week, the Christianity police, in the persons of Rick Santorum and Franklin Graham, came forward to discredit the president’s religious beliefs. First, Santorum called Obama’s theology “phony”; then, on “Morning Joe,” Graham refused to accept Obama into his Christian band of brothers: “He has said he’s a Christian, so I just have to assume that he is.” […]
- Same-sex marriage views in the Catholic Church are rooted in the Scriptures, teachings of Jesus ChristIn March 2011, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, writing as the chairman for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, wrote that “in no manner is the position proposed by the New Ways Ministry in conformity with Catholic teaching, and in no manner is this organization authorized to speak on behalf of the Catholi […]
- Ron Paul: Birth control pill doesn’t cause immorality“But sort of along the line of the [contraception] pills creating immorality, I don’t see it that way. I think the immorality creates the problem of wanting to use the pills. So you don’t blame the pills.” Read full article >>
- Afghan Protests Over Burning of Korans Spread for 3d DayProtesters took to the streets in at least eight provinces on Thursday, as the Taliban called on people to take up arms against foreign and Afghan troops.
- More than 50 killed in wave of bombings across IraqBAGHDAD — A wave of bombings across Iraq killed dozens of people Thursday morning, security officials said, in a grim indication of the strength of the insurgency two months after the U.S. military completed its withdrawal. Read full article >>
- Religion notes for the week of Feb. 24Emergency preparedness workshops, led by the Arlington County Office of Emergency Management director and the Community Emergency Response Team coordinator. Sponsored by the Ecumenical Coalition of Arlington Church of the Brethren, Bethel United Church of Christ and St. Hildegard’s Church. 10 a.m.- 12:30 p.m., Arlington Church of the Brethren, 300 N. Montagu […]
- Israeli Court Invalidates a Military ExemptionThe 6-to-3 decision, which overturns the exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews engaged in religious studies from military service, adds a new urgency to the government’s negotiations with religious parties.
- Same-sex marriage equality a goal for D.C. Methodist churchFoundry United Methodist Church has joined a growing grassroots movement within the United Methodist church to change the Book of Discipline , our denominational book of policies, that includes a statement prohibiting churches and clergy from performing marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples. As a church dedicated to full inclusion and equality of all peop […]
- Rick Santorum’s ‘phony theology’ criticism of Obama follows a familiar themeWhen Rick Santorum accused President Obama of having “some phony theology” last weekend, it was neither an isolated event nor an offhand remark. Instead, Santorum’s comments were a new twist on a steady theme of his Republican presidential candidacy: that Obama and other Democrats have a secular worldview not based on the Bible, one they are intent on imposi […]
- Santorum and Romney are miscast as candidatesThe Midwest begins on the western slopes of the Allegheny Mountains, around Rick Santorum’s Pittsburgh, birthplace of the Ohio River, the original highway into the Midwest. Pittsburgh fueled the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, an early eruption of Western resentment of the overbearing East, which taxed the whiskey that Westerners made from their grain. Santorum t […]
- The religion and politics of division
