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Fairness for All Act: Compromise or Sellout?
The “Fairness for All Act,” proposed by Utah Congressman Chris Stewart is an attempt to craft a compromise between LGBTQ civil rights and religious liberty, which…
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WRN News From the Web: Mosque Shelters Students, Atheists Not Church, US Sanctions China over Uighurs, Rohingyas Denied Education, Dublin’s Covert Church, Iran Suppressing Bahá’ís, SMU Minus Methodist?, African Churches Use Scientology
Wisconsin Students Shelter in Mosque During School Attack About 100 high school students sheltered in a mosque across the street from their Oshkosh West High School…
WRN Editorial Staff
Dec 9, 2019
Entertainment
Documentary Showcase on Scientology Network Draws Back Curtain on World of Child Sex Trafficking by Rebecca Blair
The documentary featured on this week’s Scientology Network Documentary Showcase December 6 at 8 p.m. is Operation Toussaint, a film that reveals the stark reality of…
Islam
New Bill Seeks to Overturn Trump “Muslim Ban”
Some time back, on June 28, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Presidential Proclamation 9645 which restricted immigration from eight countries – Libya, Iran, Syria, Somalia,…
Religion News
WRN News from Around the Web: Pope Meets with Monk, RFRA Cuts Both Ways, “Mormon” not Appropriate, Conversion Therapy Ban, Chick-Fil-A Now in Trouble with Right, Dispensaries as Religions?
Pope Meets With Buddhist Monk Pope Francis met with the Supreme Buddhist Patriarch Somdej Phra Maha Muneewong of Thailand late last month, on a four-day tour…
WRN Editorial Staff
Dec 2, 2019
Agnosticism
Holiday Gift Ideas Across Various Religions, By Alexandra Rogers
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…
Religion News
WRN News from Around the Web: Fallen Sikh, Quaker Gender, Chick-fil-A, Ebola, Rise of the Unaffiliated, JFK, Rohingya Genocide, Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Houston PD Honors Fallen Sikh Deputy The Houston, Texas Police Department is altering its dress code policy to allow Sikh officers to wear articles of faith,…
WRN Editorial Staff
Nov 25, 2019
Featured Contributors
An Angry Kurdish Voice by Ceko Kurd
Editor’s Note: Most Americans know little or nothing about the Kurds, except perhaps that recently, the United States and Kurds were allied in the fight against…
Religion News
WRN News from Around the Web: Shinto Emperor, Mormons Leave Mexico, Pakistan-India Cooperation, Religious Statues Beheaded, IM God, Catholic Anti-Abuse Hotline, Military Chaplains
Japanese Emperor Performs Shinto Ceremony Amid Controversy Japanese Emperor Naruhito performed the Daijosai, an ancient Shinto ceremony said to transform the emperor by joining with the…
WRN Editorial Staff
Nov 19, 2019
Opinion
The Price of Religious Liberty
Some people have taken religious liberty for granted. After all, it’s protected in the First Amendment, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and legislation such as…
Buddhism
WRN News from Around the Web: Obama Rule Repealed, Church Demolition, Assisted Suicide, Transgender, Kung Fu Nuns, Empty Heavens
Kung Fu Buddhist Nuns The Druk Amitabha Mountain Monastery in Kathmandu has long promoted gender equality and the empowerment of women. Since 2008, Buddhist nuns have…
WRN Editorial Staff
Nov 11, 2019
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Falun Gong: A Reply to Chinese Oppression (Interview)
The Communist regime in China has a long history of religious suppression which began in the 1950s when Mao Zedong drove missionaries out of China, and…