“Crazy San Francisco! Isn’t it great?” joked the Very Rev. Malcolm Clemens Young, the dean of Grace Cathedral, who regularly ditches his collar for a T-shirt and shorts at yoga class. (Knight,The New York Times)
Read MoreMaine didn’t violate the U.S. constitutional rights of religious schools by requiring them to abide by the state’s antidiscrimination law to receive taxpayer-funded tuition assistance, a federal judge ruled. But the judge also acknowledged that a higher court will ultimately have the final say. (Sharp, AP News)
Read MoreSocial media posts assailing immigrants have fomented a climate of fear and hatred in Britain, Portugal and other countries. The vitriolic language is now spilling onto the streets. (Myers, Satarino, Dominguez & Taylor, The New York Times)
Read MoreAs we recover from the societal ravages of the pandemic and prepare to submit to our AI overlords – a technological revolution many predict will make humanity redundant – the notion of more powerful supernatural forces within the universe feels ever more appealing (Pelling, The Telegraph)
Read MoreA federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a former employee who claimed Ramsey Solutions, the company run by Christian personal finance guru Dave Ramsey, discriminated against him during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Smietana, Religion News Service)
Read MoreDespite the racial charge to the issue, Bricklayer Hill was generous and diplomatic. When asked if he had a message to those who tore the wall down, he replied sympathetically, “Get your facts straight before you start doing stuff. Facebook’s a dangerous thing.” (Corbley, Good News Network)
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