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2013-08-03T11:35:23-04:00

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Round II: The LATimes ignores Supremes, covenant too

Last updated on: August 3, 2013 at 11:35 am By tmatt

There were quite a few logical journalistic questions to ask after my post about the teacher who was fired by a Catholic school in Glendora, Calif., after his very public same-sex marriage to his long-time partner. Here are several of them in one reader comment: Thin story … leaves out too many details and, perhaps, the school does not wish to harm the person’s teaching reputation — the one who just stuck them in the eye. The Church (or this... Read more

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2013-08-02T15:30:04-04:00

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Yes or no: This school has a Catholic doctrinal covenant?

Last updated on: August 2, 2013 at 3:30 pm By tmatt

Let’s start with an informal quiz. Raise your hand if you think it would be acceptable for a Muslim school to fire a teacher who, after years in the classroom, went public with her commitment to Zionism? Let’s try another: How about a teacher at an Episcopal High School who turned out to be an undercover representative of an evangelical Protestant ex-gay group? One more: How about a Jewish academy firing a teacher who, in a public ceremony, was ordained... Read more

2013-08-03T15:56:28-04:00

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The worst religion story of the year

Last updated on: August 3, 2013 at 3:56 pm By Joe Carter

While struggling to find words to adequately describe the worst religion article of the year, I was reminded of a brilliant exchange in an otherwise atrocious movie, Billy Madison. Principal: Mr. Madison, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to... Read more

2013-08-02T11:51:38-04:00

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NPR: true tolerance=open marriages

Last updated on: August 2, 2013 at 11:51 am By mollie

I’m just catching up on some email but last week a former reporter submitted a story for review with the note “You must do a GR post about the unbelievable NPR story today by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro on an excommunicated Catholic priest. It’s insane.” He wasn’t the only one. Other reporters and readers also noticed it as particularly deserving of a GetReligion glance. It’s kind of like if The Onion did a parody of all of those bad Roman Catholic WomenPriests... Read more

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2013-08-02T09:11:19-04:00

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WPost: Virginia law highlights stupidity of home-schooling

Last updated on: August 2, 2013 at 9:11 am By Bobby Ross Jr.

This is the headline that ran on a 2,500-word Washington Post story Sunday: Student’s home-schooling highlights debate over Va. religious-exemption law But this headline would have described the Post’s hit piece much more accurately: Va. religious-exemption law highlights stupidity of home-schooling This is GetReligion, and generally, I’d focus on how adequately — or not — the newspaper covered the religion angle on this story. But the basic journalism here is so lousy that I feel I must address that first. Let’s... Read more

2013-08-01T20:34:14-04:00

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Locking the two popes into one flawed news template

Last updated on: August 1, 2013 at 8:34 pm By tmatt

As has been our practice since day one, your GetReligionistas rarely write posts about editorials, op-ed pages or opinion stories. There are exceptions, however. Unfortunately, the most common exceptions are when we write about opinion essays and analysis pieces that are supposed to be, or are alleged to be, news stories. Another exception, however, is when a journalist or religion pro writes an editorial piece that is about a crucial issue directly linked to our turf — the state of... Read more

2013-08-02T08:21:53-04:00

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The moral (and news) authority of Desmond Tutu

Last updated on: August 2, 2013 at 8:21 am By geoconger

An article at BBC.com on the launch of a United Nations-backed campaign to promote gay rights in South Africa is a perfect example of the kinds of difficulties that mainstream journalists face when reporting on world figures who have left the public eye. The name and the work of retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu is known to most educated newspaper readers — but is a reputation built 25 years ago in the anti-apartheid struggle transferable to the modern debate on gay... Read more

2013-08-01T12:54:50-04:00

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When Planned Parenthood isn’t news (fraud edition)

Last updated on: August 1, 2013 at 12:54 pm By mollie

Is fraud a religion story? Not necessarily. Are the actions of Planned Parenthood religion stories? Not necessarily. But what about the larger issue of the ongoing problems that the mainstream news media have had covering abortion and other social issues related to religion? Is it worth noting here, for instance, the very odd lack of coverage of Planned Parenthood’s recent settlement over fraud allegations? You wouldn’t probably know it from media coverage but, as one conservative think tank noted this... Read more

2013-07-31T17:16:16-04:00

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Time out for all California sexual-abuse cases?

Last updated on: July 31, 2013 at 5:16 pm By tmatt

It’s time for a quick dip into tmatt’s massive file of GetReligion guilt, the cyber-place in which I stash stories that I really wanted to critique, but other things (papal visits, health issues, my own travel, etc.) jumped in the way. In this case, we’re talking about a Los Angeles Times report about the ongoing legal wars linked to one of the most painful subjects — ever — on the religion-news beat. I am referring to the waves of scandal... Read more

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2013-07-31T11:16:15-04:00

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The ghost in Bud Day’s obituary

Last updated on: July 31, 2013 at 11:16 am By mollie

Of the many wonderful parts of the New York Times, my favorite is the obituary section. Perhaps it’s being a pastor’s daughter, perhaps it’s that my mother’s side of the family were morticians, but I love reading a good obituary. Let’s look at one headlined “Col. Bud Day, Vietnam War Hero, Dies at 88.” Col. Bud Day, an Air Force fighter pilot who was shot down in the Vietnam War, imprisoned with John McCain in the notorious “Hanoi Hilton” and... Read more

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