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Voter suppression is a theological issue
By Jim Wallis and Barbara Williams-Skinner — May 15, 2020
(RNS) — Christian denominational and church leaders have sent a letter to every member of Congress calling voting a ‘sacred right.’
Conservative synagogues can now officially accept non-Jews as members
By Lauren Markoe — March 7, 2017
(RNS) By an overwhelming vote, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism voted to accept non-Jews as synagogue members.
Muslim voters don’t show up in the exit polls – yet
By Lauren Markoe — November 28, 2016
(RNS) We have Election Day data on plenty of other religious groups. Why not Muslims?
Washington, D.C., approves ‘Death With Dignity Act’
By Lauren Markoe — November 1, 2016
(RNS) The nation's capital is soon expected to join the five states where physician-assisted dying is legal.
COMMENTARY: Presbyterian divestment vote, a blow to mutual respect
By Arnold M. Eisen — July 7, 2014
(RNS) I certainly don’t feel loved by this resolution, any more than any of us feels loved when members of another group tell us that they know better than we do what is right for us, and are prepared to help us see the light by causing us suffering.
Black pastors move to counter new voter ID laws
By Adelle M. Banks — September 6, 2012
(RNS) African-American clergy are joining forces with civil rights groups to push for increased voter registration ahead of the November election, spurred on by new voter laws they say restrict opportunities for minorities to enter the voting booth. By Adelle M. Banks.
‘Ten Commandments Judge’ Roy Moore poised to return to Ala. court
By Tracy Gordon — March 14, 2012
MOBILE, Ala. (RNS) With 98 percent of state precincts counted, Roy Moore held on to 51 percent of the vote in his bid to retake his former job as chief justice of the state's supreme court, nearly a decade after he lost the job for refusing to remove a massive Ten Commandments monument. By Debbie M. Lord and Brenda Kirby.
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