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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Religion & Public Life


** Daily Religion Headlines
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New from Pew Research Center: As debates over abortion continue in states around the country, a majority of Americans (61%) continue to say that abortion should be legal in all (27%) or most (34%) cases. The new survey by Pew Research Center ([link removed] ) also finds little support for overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that established a woman’s right to an abortion: Seven-in-ten say they do not want to see the Roe v. Wade decision completely overturned.



** U.S. Headlines
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Clergy abuse victims take new route to challenge church in court THE WALL STREET JOURNAL* ([link removed])
Feds issue violation notice to University of Vermont Medical Center after nurse reports performing abortion against conscience VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO ([link removed])
Virginia governor appointee who made derogatory and anti-Catholic statements on social media resigns RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH* ([link removed])
GOP Virginia state senator attacks his ‘radical’ challenger, a Muslim, over ‘Islamic terrorism’ RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH* ([link removed])
Judge denies nuclear protesters’ religious freedom defense RELIGION NEWS SERVICE ([link removed])
Jerry Falwell Jr. wants Liberty to be the evangelical Notre Dame of college football LOS ANGELES TIMES* ([link removed])
Kansas Democrat would be first Hindu in U.S. Senate if she wins 2020 race THE KANSAS CITY STAR* ([link removed])
Black minister to his mostly white ELCA denomination: ‘We need to rethink church’ RELIGION NEWS SERVICE ([link removed])



** International Headlines
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India seeks to portray sense of calm in locked-down Kashmir THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ([link removed])
Amazon fires deepen a split between Brazil’s evangelicals and their fellow Christians RELIGION NEWS SERVICE ([link removed])
Australia unveils religious freedom bill, after rugby star sacked for ‘hell awaits homosexuals’ post REUTERS ([link removed])
Honduras will recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY ([link removed])
Archbishop of Canterbury mourns victims of Sri Lanka attacks THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ([link removed])
Pope Francis says key to Christian faith is to ‘obey God before men’ RELIGION NEWS SERVICE ([link removed])
Appeal to stop gay marriage opens in Cayman Islands REUTERS ([link removed])
Guatemala’s first openly gay congressman braces for battle REUTERS ([link removed])



** Analysis & Commentary
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What is Australia’s religious discrimination bill and what will it do? THE GUARDIAN ([link removed])
Trump wants Jewish voters in Florida. He may be pushing them further away MCCLATCHY ([link removed])
In today’s political storm, Planned Parenthood needs two umbrellas CNN ([link removed])
Many Republicans don’t like Planned Parenthood – but they don’t mind birth control FIVETHIRTYEIGHT ([link removed])
Celebrating Islam in predominantly Catholic Mexico BBC NEWS ([link removed])
100 faces of Rohingya refugees AL JAZEERA ([link removed])



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