Culture
40 years after Roe v. Wade, how do Americans really feel about abortion?
(RNS) In the past four decades, American attitudes have changed markedly on gay marriage, smoking, bullying and a host of other cultural issues.
But on Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, public opinion today looks much as it did back then.
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As polls shift, gay marriage becomes a uniter, not a divider
HYATTSVILLE, Md. (RNS) For Sean Carlson, the little stories have added up the most.
The moment that his mother, Barbara, said she had made "save the date" cards for Sean's upcoming wedding to another man, Jamie McGonnigal. The funny story of how his mother and Jamie first met over...
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Fewer Americans view homosexuality as a sin
(RNS) Americans' acceptance of gays and lesbians is continuing to grow, with a new poll showing that just over a third of Americans view homosexuality as a sin, down from 44 percent a year earlier.
The finding from LifeWay Research, which was founded by the Southern Baptist Conven...
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‘Zero Dark Thirty’ tortures the truth about interrogations
(RNS) Nothing was tortured more in the making of Kathryn Bigelow’s film “Zero Dark Thirty” than the truth about torture.
While it’s just a movie, it runs the risk of becoming the basis for a false view of reality for millions of moviegoers who have largely ignored a decade of deba...
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Hungry Jews in America? Kosher food pantries report growing need
(RNS) As the director of a kosher food pantry outside Detroit, Lea Luger knows that some people have a hard time thinking that Jews anywhere in America could be short on food.
“For many years, one of our biggest hurdles was convincing Jews and non-Jews that a need existed,” said L...
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Newtown library flooded with grief books after school shooting
NEWTOWN, Conn. (RNS) Four days after a gunman killed 20 schoolchildren and six others inside Sandy Hook Elementary School, boxes of books showed up at the Newtown public library.
Staff at the Cyrenius H. Booth Library, who were just beginning to comprehend the massacre, accepted...
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Virtual vices show shift in American morality
(RNS) The seven deadly sins have new partners in crime.
Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride still attract a lot of attention. But as the Internet and other media invade American life, our vices have also gone virtual, according to a new study.
Nearly half of Amer...
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‘Virtual’ public schools draw interest of religious families
(RNS) Worried about exposure to foul language, immodest dress, peer pressure, and other inappropriate behavior, Susan Brown didn't want her two daughters attending public schools -- even though she's a substitute teacher in a public school in Minnesota.
Brown initially home-school...
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Africa rises, China falls on Christian persecution list
WASHINGTON (RNS) The persecution of Christians "vastly rose" in 2012 as radical Islamists consolidated power in Africa, according to Open Doors, a Christian missionary organization that publishes an annual list of offending nations.
Increasing threats to African Christians can be...
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Marathon ministry trains runners to put ‘one foot in front of the other’
(RNS) In a few weeks Mark Simpson will lace up his sneakers, set out some 5-gallon water coolers, and start waiting for a miracle.
Over the past 10 years, Simpson, a 47-year old pastoral counselor from Clinton, Miss., and his wife, Robin, have helped train more than 3,000 people t...
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