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A Pastor’s Suicide: Addressing Mental Health in Black Churches

By Darnell Moore

…e saved, 20 new ministries were implemented, Camp Zion was created, a life center was erected, and a new sanctuary is under construction. In his continued effort to win souls to Christ, Pastor Parker served as CEO of Next Level Community Development Center Inc., a ministry offering a summer program for children 5-18 years of age, a Computer Literacy Class, and an after school program. I am careful not to scold the family for choosing language that…

Religious Groups Call On Justice Department to Protect Muslims

By Sarah Posner

…mittee for Religious Liberty, te Interfaith Alliance, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and Muslim Advocates asked the administration to publicly condemn hate crimes, harassment, and other forms of discrimination against Muslims. In addition, they urged a “coordinated federal response” to the backlash against Muslims, prosecutions under federal hate crimes legislation, and a Justice Department hotline for victims to file hate crimes co…

Where’s Obama’s Faith-Based Office?

By Sarah Posner

…d with Muslim Advocates for the meeting with Holder — the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, the Interfaith Alliance, and the Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Liberty — have been outspoken critics of the hiring discrimination and other unconstitutional implications of Obama’s version of the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. On the other side, the promoters of hiring discrimination — who protested after Obama’s 2008 c…

50th Anniversary of Inherit the Wind

By Lauri Lebo

…In honor of the 50th anniversary of Inherit the Wind, the National Center for Science Education has posted, with permission, an excerpt of Ed Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work, Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion. The excerpt is from chapter 7 of The Trial of the Century and it makes for some fun gripping reading. The link to the excerpt is here….

Gay Rights Org Delivers 150,000-Signature Petition to LDS Church

By Joanna Brooks

…he Church’s teachings can be happy during this life and perform meaningful service in the Church. They can enjoy full fellowship with other Church members, including attending and serving in temples, and ultimately receive all the blessings afforded to those who live the commandments of God. Obviously, some will disagree with us. We hope that any disagreement will be based on a full understanding of our position and not on distortion or selective…

Fox News “Report” Targets Group Led by McConnell Staffer

By Sarah Posner

…icers could not comment on the Fox report. Within hours of the report, the American Center for Law and Justice issued a call for the Department of Justice to investigate this alleged “new threat to our national security.” The ACLJ, a right-wing Christian legal group founded by Pat Robertson and run by Republican powerbroker Jay Sekulow, threatened that it is mobilizing its “National Security Legal Team,” and that supporters should “join our nation…

Robertson’s Organizations Persist in Calls for Probe of Congressional Muslim Staffers

By Sarah Posner

…ent on to claim — something already disputed by Khan — that the Council on American Islamic Relations chooses the speakers. “This group,” said Sekulow, referring to the CMSA, “meets under the United States Capitol dome, they actually meet at the United States Capitol, at taxpayer expense. If CAIR is running prayer meetings there, and bringing in known terrorists, the American people deserve to know about it.” As the interview went on, it became cl…

Religious Freedom Victory in Tennessee

By Lauri Lebo

…aid. “What the plaintiffs offered instead were unsupported allegations, personal accusations.” Corlew largely agreed with McCreary. He said the county appeared to follow its laws and regulations in approving the mosque. He added that there also was no evidence that the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro practiced a militant form of Islam that would look to impose Shariah law upon unsuspecting county residents. “In the suit we’ve been reminded that we…

Religious Leaders On Anti-Muslim Frenzy: “Silence Is Not An Option”

By Sarah Posner

…ul.” Several, including Cizik and Dr. Roy Medley, General Secretary of the American Baptist Churches, noted how their own traditions thrived from the religious freedom guaranteed by the Constitution, a freedom they said people in their own faith traditions now seek to trample for Muslims. David Saperstein, executive director of the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism, one of the groups that organized the meeting with Justice Department offi…

How Julian Assange Is Like A Televangelist

By Sarah Posner

…s fervor for unmitigated transparency has its costs. As G.W. Schulz of the Center for Investigative Journalism reported, Matt Schroeder of the Federation of American Scientists, which itself has fought government secrecy, has concerns about WiliLeaks. As Schulz notes, “It’s no small matter that Schroeder and the non-partisan group he works for are criticizing Wikileaks. Manhattan Project scientists who designed the first atomic bombs founded FAS m…