U.S. Senate
Why the US Senate needs to affirm equal rights for all citizens
By Allyson McKinney Timm, Tarunjit Singh Butalia, and Lisa Sharon Harper — April 27, 2023
(RNS) — It is time to abolish the myth of ‘differently equal’ once and for all.
How opposition to Prop 8 led Latter-day Saints to back Senate’s same-sex marriage bill
By Bob Smietana — November 16, 2022
(RNS) — Same-sex marriage, long a divisive issue, could be the thing that brings Americans together, said Troy Williams, executive director of Equality Utah.
The Respect for Marriage Act protects my family — and my faith
By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush — November 16, 2022
(RNS) — We support equality not in spite of our religious beliefs, but because of them.
Herschel Walker paid for girlfriend’s abortion, report says
By Bill Barrow — October 4, 2022
(RNS) — Walker responded with a statement saying he would file a lawsuit against the Daily Beast, the news outlet that reported the allegation.
Oz’s Senate bid could be a Muslim first but is ‘complicated’
By Marc Levy — August 25, 2022
(AP) – Dr. Mehmet Oz, who calls himself a “secular Muslim," would be the first of his faith to ever serve in the U.S. Senate chamber if elected this fall.
‘Reprehensible’: Oz condemns GOP opponent’s tweet on Islam
By Steve Peoples — May 15, 2022
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — Oz, who would be the nation’s first Muslim senator, described the comments as “disqualifying."
Long-serving US Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah dies at age 88
By Lindsay Whitehurst — April 25, 2022
(AP) — After moving to Utah in the early 1970s, Hatch — a former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — ran for his first public office in 1976 and narrowly upset Democratic Sen. Frank Moss.
Deborah Lipstadt confirmed as antisemitism monitor in late-night Senate vote
By Yonat Shimron — March 31, 2022
(RNS) — U.S. Jews who had advocated for Lipstadt and pressed for her confirmation over many months breathed a sigh of relief.
Celebrity surgeon Dr. Oz seeks to be first Muslim elected to the US Senate
By Joseph Hammond — December 2, 2021
(RNS) — Besides Sufism, the mystical Islamic sect, Oz's spiritual practices include transcendental meditation and elements of his wife's Swedenborgian tradition.
Build Back Better or quit? Time to choose
By Diane Randall — November 30, 2021
(RNS) — Scores of faith-based organizations and constituents have talked to Congress about the moral imperative of the president’s bill.
Rashad Hussain faces Senate committee on historic nomination
By Joseph Hammond — October 26, 2021
(RNS) — The former Obama administration official’s confirmation would make him the first Muslim to hold the position.
Time for some good news for the poor
By Jim Wallis — March 9, 2021
(RNS) — The American Recovery Plan is 'good news for the poor' in the midst of a global pandemic — which should cheer Christians in both parties.
Georgia’s Black-Jewish campaign is the latest chapter in an old story
By Mark Silk — January 4, 2021
(RNS) — The experiences of the two communities in Atlanta have run parallel since the Civil War.
Senate race thrusts ‘Black America’s church’ into spotlight
By Aaron Morrison — January 3, 2021
(AP) — A high-stakes Senate race and a Trump-era cultural debate have thrust Ebenezer Baptist Church into the center of the current political debate.
Faith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up
By Elana Schor and Ben Nadler — November 29, 2020
(RNS) — The GOP has resurfaced excerpts from a Democratic candidate's sermons to assail him as insufficiently supportive of the military as well as anti-Israel.
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