Pew Research Center

Religion & Public Life

June 17, 2020
Daily Religion Headlines
U.S. Headlines
Gay-rights ruling complicates Trump effort to hold evangelical voters ([link removed])
The Wall Street Journal *

Hawley on LGBTQ ruling: Conservative legal movement is over ([link removed])
Politico

High court decision spotlights GOP divide over LGBT rights ([link removed])
The Associated Press

U.S. Supreme Court halts Texas execution of Ruben Gutierrez during legal fight over religious advisers’ access to death chamber ([link removed])
The Texas Tribune

Atlanta megachurch pastor Louie Giglio sets off firestorm by calling slavery a ‘blessing’ to whites ([link removed])
The Washington Post *

Rev. Rolland Slade, first black chair of Southern Baptist Executive Committee, elected ([link removed])
Religion News Service

MIT Catholic chaplain forced out after message on Floyd killing and protest ([link removed])
The Boston Globe *

Arkansas AG sues TV pastor over virus treatment claims ([link removed])
The Associated Press


International Headlines
‘Enter through the back door’: Secret church services in Mexico and Brazil defy COVID-19 rules ([link removed])
The Guardian

Living on the edge, Pakistani Hindus still feel safer in India ([link removed])
Reuters

Sajid Soomro: Another Pakistani academic falls victims to blasphemy law ([link removed])
Deutsche Welle

British Muslims held for two months in India claim religious persecution ([link removed])
The Guardian

God and money: Putin offers sweeteners to ease path to prolonging power ([link removed])
Reuters

Want to make systemic change? Pope Francis has some ideas ([link removed])
Religion News Service

Portugal finally recognizes consul who saved thousands from Holocaust ([link removed])
BBC News

Nigeria’s Lagos state suspends plans to reopen places of worship ([link removed])
Reuters


Analysis & Commentary
What it’s like to be black at Liberty University ([link removed])
Slate

Religious conservatism’s Potemkin power ([link removed])
The American Conservative

Q&A: Rapper Lecrae on his discomfort with hearing slavery described as a ‘white blessing’ ([link removed])
The Washington Post *

South Africa’s failure to legislate on religious marriages leaves women vulnerable ([link removed])
The Conversation

Why some vaccine skeptics are fighting COVID-19 restrictions ([link removed])
Religion & Politics


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