by Bruce T. Gourley | Jul 1, 2015 | Editor's Picks
Poll: After Charleston, a Nation Divided on the Confederate Flag (USA Today) Despite Supreme Court Ruling, Some Bible Belt Clerks Refusing to Issue Marriage Licenses (Oregon Live) Christian Activist Decries ‘Evil’ Gay Marriage with a Honey-Smooth Voice...
by Bruce T. Gourley | Jun 30, 2015 | Editor's Picks
How the Rebellion Against South Carolina’s Confederate Flag Grew (New York Times) Six Predominantly Black Southern Churches Burn Within a Week: Arson Suspected in at Least Three (Washington Post) FBI Inquires After Briar Creek Road Baptist Church Fire (Charlotte...
by Bruce T. Gourley | Jun 29, 2015 | Editor's Picks
Straddling Old and New, a South Where ‘a Flag is Not Worth a Job’ (New York Times) At Least 5 Predominantly Black Churches Have Been Destroyed by Fire in the Past Week (Huffington Post) Funerals Held for Three Charleston Victims (NBC News) Mayor:...
by Bruce T. Gourley | Jun 27, 2015 | Editor's Picks
Obama Delivers Passionate Discourse on Race at Ceremony for 9 Slain Churchgoers (Minneapolis Star Tribune) Obama Delivers ‘Amazing Grace’ at Funeral of Slain Pastor (Reuters) Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide (CNN) How Gay...
by Bruce T. Gourley | Jun 26, 2015 | Editor's Picks
Jeffery Haggray to Lead American Baptist Home Missions (Baptists Today) Rob Nash Named Interim Dean at McAfee (Baptist News Global) California Vaccine Bill Would Ban Religious Belief Exemptions (CNN) Confederate Flag Debate Reaches United States Congress (Reuters)...
by Bruce T. Gourley | Jun 25, 2015 | Editor's Picks
At the AME Church, the Bible Study Goes On (USA Today) Federal Hate Crime Charges Likely in South Carolina Church Shooting (New York Times) Why the AME Church Massacre is an Assault on the Fabric of Black Life (Reuters) Charleston Bans Protests Near Funerals (WCBD)...