Un-merry Christmas in Egypt
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The situation in Egypt for Christians is becoming increasingly dire. Quoted from Silent Night:
In Egypt, the “Arab Spring” is going so swimmingly that Copts are already fleeing Egypt and, for those Christians that remain, Midnight Mass has to be held in the daylight for security reasons.
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Islamic governments angle for speech curbs in the US
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The State Department began a three-day, closed-door meeting Monday to talk about U.S. free speech rules with representatives from numerous Islamic governments that have lobbied for 12 years to end U.S. citizens’ ability to speak freely about Islam’s history and obligations. Free speech advocates slammed the event as an effort to gradually curb public criticism of Islam, but it was defended by Hannah Rosenthal, who heads the agency’
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Tiny Church in NYC awaiting Supreme Court decision
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“A Christian congregation with just 48 members and not even a storefront is hoping the Supreme Court will overturn a ruling that says holding its Sunday service in a Bronx public school is unconstitutional.”
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Gay marriage, religion issues in NY clerk race
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Longtime town clerk Rose Marie Belforti handles building permits, hunting licenses and government records for people in this farm-heavy Finger Lakes community. Marriage licenses are a different story, because of her faith. Shortly after New York became the sixth and largest state to sanction gay marriage this summer, Belforti told town board members her Christian beliefs preclude her from issuing licenses to same-sex couples.
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"The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom may fold under a Senate Democrat’s opposition"
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http://www.worldmag.com/webextra/18683 ]The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom… may cease to exist if the Senate doesn’t act over the weekend to reauthorize it… the commission will shut down Sept. 30 without Senate reauthorization.
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