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Remembering a Better World By Blair Thomas

14 Oct 2020
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I remember as a young child of around four years old standing in my front yard and watching a squadron of planes flying in formation overhead. It was a time where heroes of World War II adorned the movie...

Want to Worship? Show Me Your Papers! by Charles Franklin

23 Sep 2020
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WRN Editorial Staff

We have seen government abandon the First Amendment protections of religious liberty to tell people of faith they must toss out their long-held beliefs on the sanctity of marriage, for example, and condone...

Religion’s Role in the Wild West of Immorality and Irresponsibility by Charles Franklin

16 Sep 2020
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Right conduct is a spectrum of action. For many people justice is the most important point on the spectrum. Justice is the society taking action against someone who has transgressed against the rules of society,...

You Don’t Have to be a Supreme Court Justice to See a Thumb on the Scales By Charles Franklin

05 Jun 2020
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For those rational individuals who thought that the First Amendment kept government out of religious affairs, assured the people’s right to worship as they chose, and guaranteed the right to “peaceably...

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Holiday Gift Ideas Across Various Religions, By Alexandra Rogers

27 Nov 2019
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There is much to dislike about the secular holiday season. In many cases, gifting now has the burden of obligation, of a required ritual, a duty discharged with little thought through an online catalog...

International Religious Freedom Roundtable Letter for Donald Trump

16 Oct 2019
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WRN Editorial Staff

International Religious Freedom Roundtable October 11, 2019 The Honorable Donald Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Re: Do Not Abandon the People of Northeast...

The Missionary Who Became a Superhero By Randolph Dobbs

07 Oct 2019
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There must be some kind of missionary muscle some people develop during the course of their religious service. Nayyereh Aminian would become a virtual superhero during hers. She and her husband, Ata, waited...

Celebrities and Nonprofits are Joining Forces to Help the Bahamas Recover

18 Sep 2019
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Linda Wieland

Flying in to Grand Bahama Island with his jet loaded with emergency supplies and a team of Scientology Volunteer Ministers, John Travolta is the latest celebrity to draw attention to the desperate straights...

Multi-City Interfaith March planned to counteract religious violence

10 Sep 2019
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WRN Editorial Staff

LOS ANGELES — In the wake of acts of violence in places of worship, local religious leaders plan a showing of solidarity among people of diverse faith traditions. Loyola Marymount University Professor...