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Open Houses of Worship, or Keep Them Closed? The Pros and Cons

22 May 2020
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WRN Editorial Staff

COVID 19 has many side effects, not all of them medical. Many parts of life have been put on hold and only essential services have been allowed to continue to function, albeit usually with social distancing,...

Religious News From Around the Web May 18, 2020

18 May 2020
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WRN Editorial Staff

Religious liberty under attack: Faith-based organizations targeted by restrictions, threats and lawsuits. The Right to Worship Religious groups in California, Louisiana, Virginia, Kansas, Minnesota...

Religious News From Around the Web May 11, 2020

11 May 2020
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WRN Editorial Staff

Study Other Faiths, Worship Resumes, SCOTUS Update, Iran Thanks Zoroastrians, Sikhs Help, Samaritan's Purse Hit Again, Methodist Split Delayed, Everyone is Our Mother How to Study Other Faiths Rule...

Religious News From Around the Web May 4 2020

04 May 2020
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WRN Editorial Staff

India Joins 13 Other Violators of Religious Liberty The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom on April 28th released its 2020 Annual Report, documenting significant developments...

Churches Say: “You’re not the Boss of Me!”

08 Apr 2020
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Sam Field

Pastor Jon Duncan of the Cross Culture Christian Center in Lodi, Calif., has been ordered by the San Joaquin County Department of Health to stop religious gatherings. The Church, which has continued to hold...

Religious News From Around the Web Feb. 24, 2020

24 Feb 2020
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WRN Editorial Staff

Church for Sale, Coronavirus, Kirk Douglas, LGBT Services, Lent, Latter-day Saints and Gender, Sen. Orrin Hatch, Chinese Churches Christ Church Cathedral Begins LGBT+ Services Christ Church Cathedral...

Conservative Neil Gorsuch Officially Added to Supreme Court

19 Jun 2017
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Gary Nguyen

Trump-backed Neil Gorsuch undergoes swearing-in ceremony After a long battle, Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, This can turn out to be a tipping point in the long battle for separation...

Trump Administration Set to Roll Back Birth Control Coverage Requirement for Religious Employers

31 May 2017
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Elisa Meyer

Democrats are fiercely opposed to a plan that restricts access to contraceptives. This is a federal requirement that requires a number of religious employers to offer birth control coverage in health...

Americans Think Christian Persecution is on the Rise

08 Apr 2016
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Elisa Meyer

It is not just the Muslims that think they are being persecuted in America, but the Christians as well. According to a survey conducted by LifeWay Research, 63% of the 1,000 Americans who participated...

Mississippi Senate Passes Sweeping Anti-LGBT Religious Freedom Bill

01 Apr 2016
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Gary Nguyen

Opponents of the bill call it the most discriminatory bill ever to be passed in the history of the United States. Discrimination has always been part of the human society. At least, this is the message...