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News We Care About
(Good to know for protecting the Wall of Separation)
Biden, Gillibrand Quietly Sign on for Anti-LGBTQ Prayer Breakfast (TYT Investigates, 2/1/22)
After keeping their involvement secret, Pres. Biden and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) participated in this year’s National Prayer Breakfast last Thursday.
Biden pleads for unity — in speech at anti-LGBTQ, faux-bipartisan Prayer Breakfast (Salon, 2/3/22)
"Despite extensive revelations about the anti-LGBTQ Christian nationalist annual Continue event, Democrats keep playing along"
Josh Mandel May Be Trolling The GOP. He Could Be Ohio's Next Senator. (HuffPost, 2/3/22)
"The Republican candidate is casting himself in the mold of Donald Trump. That means no position is too extreme, no tweet is too ridiculous [including rejecting the concept of separation of church and state] to try to win over the MAGA base."
Only Christians need apply? Missouri governor’s ‘Christian values’ statement prompts legal concerns (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2/3/22)
"Does the next director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services need to be a Christian? That is the question after Gov. Mike Parson said in a statement Tuesday that he would only choose someone for the job who shared the “same Christian values” as him."
Church of Scientology Seeks to Undo ‘Sweeping’ Ruling in Danny Masterson Case (2/4/22)
"The Church of Scientology has argued that a California appeals court made a mistake when it granted members a “sweeping and unbounded” right to leave the church."
Oklahoma bill would fine teachers $10k for teaching anything that contradicts religion (The Independent, 2/4/22)
"Oklahoma Republican Senator Rob Standridge has introduced a bill that would allow people to sue teachers if they offer an opposing view to the religious beliefs held by students."
Ordinance limiting Oregon church meal services violates religious freedom, lawsuit says (RNS, 1/1/21)
"The lawsuit claims an ordinance limiting the church to offering free meals just twice a week interferes with the church’s fundamental beliefs of ‘feeding the hungry, caring for the sick, and sheltering the houseless.’"
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