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Gay marriage defeated in New York, approved in D.C.
NEW YORK (RNS) Religious activists on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate vowed to continue their work after the New York State Senate rejected a gay marriage bill on Wednesday (Dec. 2).
The 34-28 vote, coming after debate in which state senators evoked various religious tradit...
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Wednesday’s round up
In his speech on the Afghan War, President Obama called al-Qaida "a group of extremists who have distorted and defiled Islam, one of the world's great religions, to justify the slaughter of innocents."
Catholics For Choice bought a full-page ad in the Washington Post to blast the bish...
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Tuesday’s round up
A new Pew survey shows that Americans still view the GOP as "more friendly" toward religion than Democrats, but a plurality say President Obama himself is amicable toward faith. The survey also says that 42 percent of Americans view the press as "neutral" toward religion (You love us,...
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Monday’s round up
As the Senate takes up the health-care reform bill, an influential Catholic bishop says "we're going to work very hard to speak to senators." One ear the bishops may be bending belongs to Sen. Bob Casey of Pa., one of the country's most prominent anti-abortion Democrats. Right now, th...
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Govs to DC church: “I think it’s wrong”
As the Archdiocese of Washington steps up its campaign against (all but certain) same-sex marriages in the District of Columbia, the Catholic governors of Maryland and Virginia, both Democrats, are crying foul.
Virginia's Tim Kaine, a former missionary and head of the Democratic Natio...
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Wednesday’s roundup
Yesterday marked the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's "The Origin of Species," and in the spirit of the holidays, it's the gift that keeps on giving (kind of like fruitcake, I suppose). And while this is a time of giving thanks and taking stock, there seems to be a lot of downer...
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Poll: Americans pin poverty passage on Obama, not Bible
(RNS) More Americans believe a statement about giving "justice to the poor and homeless" came from President Obama instead of its true source, the Bible.
A survey conducted by Harris Interactive for the American Bible Society found that 54 percent of U.S. adults polled believe the sta...
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Conservatives vow resistance on abortion, gay marriage
WASHINGTON (RNS) Facing what they consider "threats" from American culture, prominent Catholic, evangelical and Orthodox Christian leaders are vowing unspecified civil disobedience against abortion, same-sex marriage and limits on religious liberty.
"We are Christians who have joined...
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Friday’s religion round-up
Ann Rodgers reads the tea leaves from the Catholic bishops' meeting this week and finds that "the majority of bishops favor tact and diplomacy over confrontation and condemnation when they address difficult issues." Speaking of confrontation, some 145 conservative religious types will...
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N.J. student sues over abortion protest
BRIDGETON, N.J. (RNS) A Bridgeton High School student has filed suit against the local school board after officials did not allow her to participate in an October protest against abortion during school hours.
The student, identified only as C.H. in the suit because she is a minor, sai...
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