After Removing 400 Crosses, China Proposes Where Churches Can Put Them Instead
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“Days after at least a dozen crosses were forcibly removed from churches, China formally protested a United States report on its lack of religious freedom.” CT
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Baptists sign SCOTUS gay marriage case brief
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“These core First Amendment principles cannot peacefully coexist alongside Government speech codes designed to enforce a superficial and false conformity of belief. Instead, the Free Speech Clause protects a noisy, crowded, and vibrant marketplace of ideas, populated with both supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage.”
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Bigotry, the Bible and the Lessons of Indiana
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Spoiler alert - this is not a Christian-friendly article: “But in the end, the continued view of gays, lesbians and bisexuals as sinners is a decision. It’s a choice. It prioritizes scattered passages of ancient texts over all that has been learned since — as if time had stood still, as if the advances of science and knowledge meant nothing.”
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Supreme Court Lets Ban on Churches in NYC Schools Stand
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“[T]he US Supreme Court declined this morning to hear a church’s appeal of a lower court’s decision….Attorneys for Bronx Household insist that the ban on rentals for worship is unfair to churches.” CT
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