Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
May 30, 2012
- The Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel: Are gay rights civil rights?
Shortly after President Barack Obama endorsed same-sex marriage, the NAACP reiterated its contention that gay rights -- including the right to marry -- are civil rights.
May 29, 2012
- The Boston Globe
Boston Globe: Romney's run evokes pride, fear in Mormons
Tourists stroll among the faithful, their conversations competing with the birds and fountains. Old couples walk hand in hand amid a steady stream of brides and grooms emerging from the massive granite temple.
May 29, 2012
- The Religion News Service
RNS: Religious campus groups continue their challenge
When the Supreme Court ruled that a Christian student group could only be recognized at a small public law school if it accepted non-Christians and gays as potential leaders, some lawyers and campus advocates grew nervous.
May 28, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Law urges SD schools to expand Bible instruction
South Dakota lawmakers who earlier this year urged public schools to provide academic instruction on the Bible may need the patience of Job as they wait for schools to embrace the idea.
May 28, 2012
- The Washington Times
Wash. Times: Catholics’ mandate suit draws dividing line for Obama
Three years ago, President Obama gave the University of Notre Dame’s commencement address, pleading for common ground with Catholics on thorny issues and vowing to seek a “sensible conscience clause” for doctors and nurses who oppose abortion out of religious objections.
May 23, 2012
- The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Catholics sue over health mandate
The University of Notre Dame, the Archdiocese of New York and 41 other Roman Catholic institutions sued the Obama administration in federal court Monday, the latest push against a requirement in the health-care-overhaul law that employers cover contraception in workers' health plans.
May 23, 2012
- The Washington Post
WaPo: Opinion: The battle among Catholic bishops
There is a healthy struggle brewing among the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops. A previously silent group, upset over conservative colleagues defining the church’s public posture and eagerly picking fights with President Obama, has had enough.
May 23, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Prosecutor seeks to force rabbis to report on abuse
The Brooklyn district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, said Wednesday that he would push for state legislation to add rabbis and other religious leaders to the list of professionals required to report allegations of sexual abuse to law enforcement authorities.
May 22, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Black Mormons and the politics of identity
When Marguerite Driessen, a professor here, entered Brigham Young University in the early 1980s, she was the first black person many Mormon students had ever met, and she spent a good bit of her college time debunking stereotypes about African-Americans. Then she converted to Mormonism herself, and went on to spend a good deal of her adult life correcting assumptions about Mormons.
May 22, 2012
- National Post
National Post: Attending religious services linked to better health
People who attend religious services regularly are less likely than others in this country to develop diabetes or high blood pressure, a new study suggests, adding a Canadian dimension to the growing but contentious body of research linking faith and good health.