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2014-08-29T13:32:18-04:00

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What rights should parents of gay children have in Maryland?

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By tmatt

Here we go again. The Baltimore Sun — the newspaper that lands in my front yard — recently published a very provocative piece about the next round in our state’s battles between conservative religious believers and gay-rights organizations. In this case, the battle is over the work of the “ex-gay” ministries and, in particular, the rights of religious parents who turn to them for help. Looking at this from a religion-news perspective, the main problem with the story is that... Read more

2014-08-29T13:32:18-04:00

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NYTimes leans to the right in Christian legal profile?

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By Bobby Ross Jr.

No, the “socially liberal” New York Times didn’t lean all the way to the right. But it’s difficult to imagine a conservative Christian legal organization receiving fairer, more serious coverage than the Alliance Defending Freedom did in Monday’s newspaper. With the headline “Legal Alliance Gains Host of Court Victories for Conservative Christian Movement,” the Times used the group’s major Supreme Court victory last week in the Town of Greece, N.Y., prayer case as a timely news peg: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Alan... Read more

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2014-08-29T13:32:19-04:00

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So #bringbackourgirls is finally a news story! Why now?

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By tmatt

At this point, the kidnapped girls in Nigeria are officially “A News Story,” which means that CNN is even breaking into its coverage of missing airliners to get into the big details. Of course, it helps when the details are on video: (CNN) — The girls sit quietly on the ground, dressed in traditional Islamic garb, barely moving, clearly scared. “Praise be to Allah, the lord of the world,” they chant. The video, released by French news agency Agence France-Presse,... Read more

2014-08-29T13:32:19-04:00

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Should the high court have backed town council prayers?

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By Richard Ostling

BRAD ASKS: [Regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s new Greece v. Galloway ruling that allows prayers before town council meetings]: Is the door being nudged open for an ugly discourse on separation of church and state? THE RELIGION GUY ANSWERS: Brad fears this pro-prayer decision might stir up ugliness, but The Guy thinks there’s be more of it if the Court had instead barred invocations like those in Greece, New York. Americans generally like prayers to solemnize civic occasions from inauguration... Read more

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2014-08-29T13:32:20-04:00

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Devil in the details: WPost on Francis teaching about Satan

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By Jim Davis

The current head of the Catholic Church has often shocked liberals by showing he actually believes Catholic dogma. In the newest chapter of this saga, Pope Francis spooks ’em by preaching traditional doctrines about Satan. An account of this situation by the Washington Post isn’t half bad. Written by Anthony Faiola, the Post‘s London bureau chief, it skims the pope’s pronouncements on the devil and quotes a couple of worriers. But Faiola also quotes a couple of believers, including attendees... Read more

2014-08-29T13:32:20-04:00

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Pod people: Reindeers and the quest for nonsectarian prayer

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By tmatt

So why, you ask, is that generic civic Christmas scene on top of this GetReligion post as the temperatures in the Greater Baltimore-Washington, D.C., area finally begin to show signs of real summer baseball weather? I am assuming that, at this point, we have seen our last snow flurries in these parts. I’ll come back to the reindeer in a minute. Trust me, there is a logical connection between that image and the subject material in this week’s “Crossroads” podcast,... Read more

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2014-08-29T13:32:20-04:00

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Some new facts on Harvard’s Satanists from Daily News

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By geoconger

The Harvard Satanist story will not die. Monday’s Black Mass continues to generate conversation on social media. Facebook, Twitter and the blogosphere are full of opinions and, in some cases, new information about Monday’s planned Black Mass at Harvard. Into this mix has stepped the New York Daily News report that provides some new facts. In fact, this second day story answers several of the questions I raised in my GetReligion piece “Why should the Devil have all the best press?”... Read more

2014-08-29T13:32:21-04:00

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Getting a feel for the whole elephant in that Mississippi law

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By Jim Davis

You know that ancient story about the blind men groping their way around an elephant? Well, sometimes the men are also unaware of each other — even here at GetReligion. Last weekend I saw an AP story about the reaction to Mississippi’s new religious freedom law. Gay businessmen and their friends took such offense, they started putting up blue window stickers in protest — even though the law said nothing about homosexuality. “Wow, this’ll be fun to carve apart,” I... Read more

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2014-08-29T13:32:21-04:00

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Why should the devil have all the best press?

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By geoconger

Satan sells newspapers. Where would newspapers or television be without devil stories? Satanic ritual abuse, exorcisms, secret cults and rituals, demon possession — all are beloved by editors, and as Dan Brown knows well are snapped up by readers. I would make my fortune if I could write a story whose key words include Satan, an albino member of Opus Dei, Miley Cyrus and the Episcopal Church. The Satan angle has propelled the news of what would otherwise be an... Read more

2014-08-29T13:32:22-04:00

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God, sex, ‘military values’ and the U.S. Naval Academy

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By tmatt

Most weekday mornings, as I make my short drive to the train station for my ride to Capitol Hill, I hear at least one plug on talk radio for the Navy Federal Credit Union. Part of the liturgy in these advertisements is an appeal to the “military values” that are said to make this financial institution so trustworthy. Since I live on the south side of Baltimore, at the north edge of the Anne Arundel County military-security-industrial complex, I am... Read more

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