by Judy Peet and The Star-Ledger | Oct 8, 2010 | News
TEANECK, N.J. (RNS) After enduring “a firestorm” of criticism from all factions of Judaism, New Jersey’s oldest Jewish newspaper says it overreacted in printing and then rescinding its first published same-sex wedding announcement. “We did not expect the heated...
by Whitney Jones | Oct 8, 2010 | News
(RNS) The American Civil Liberties Union has filed two federal lawsuits in the Carolinas, alleging religious discrimination over a teenager’s nose ring and prisoners’ lack of books other than the Bible. In South Carolina, the Berkeley County Detention Center in...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 8, 2010 | News
What do Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Washington state Lutherans have in common? They both support I-1098, a November ballot initiative to redress the state’s regressive tax system. “Washington State has one of the most regressive tax systems in the...
by Whitney Jones | Oct 7, 2010 | News
(RNS) America’s Eastern Orthodox parishes have grown 16 percent in the past decade, in part because of a settled immigrant community, according to new research. Alexei Krindatch, research consultant for the Standing Conferences of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the...
by Peggy Fletcher Stack and The Salt Lake Tribune | Oct 7, 2010 | News
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Scores of Mormons say they felt confused and bruised after Apostle Boyd K. Packer unequivocally condemned same-sex marriage and insisted that gays can change their attractions with enough faith. It wasn’t the substance of Packer’s speech on Sunday...
by Michele Chabin | Oct 7, 2010 | News
JERUSALEM (RNS) A huge sycamore tree that some believe was climbed by Zacchaeus the tax collector to get a better view of Jesus is the centerpiece of a new tourism campaign by the Palestinian government. The tree is located in Jericho, the first city conquered by...
