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Fun Friday: Updated Bible Shakes Booty & Virgin
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Nicole Neroulias
I’ve had a hard time picking just one “Fun Friday” topic to elaborate on in past weeks, but this time was easy: a revised Catholic Bible includes changing “booty” to “spoils of war” and “ideal wife” to “woman of worth.” USA Today has a good stand-alone story, also highlighted in GetReligion’s round-up on the topic. Some revisions were prompted by…
Evangelicals to Congress: Don’t Balance Budget By Sacrificing the Needy
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Nicole Neroulias
Religion reporters increasingly hear from Christian groups advocating positions that are politically more aligned with Democrats than Republicans, particularly on the environment, immigration and health care reform. I usually take this kind of thing with a pillar of salt during campaign season, however, since when the ballots are counted, most evangelicals and traditional Catholics still seem to vote their…
Houston Rabbi Gives Update on Gabrielle Giffords’ Condition
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Nicole Neroulias
It’s inevitable that our 24-hour news cycle leaves even major stories slipping through the cracks — when’s the last time we heard about Haiti or the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? — so I appeciate it when there’s a chance to catch up on something that made headlines a whole two months ago — like…
Victory for Hate? Westboro Baptist Church Wins Supreme Court Case, Pakistan’s Christian Minister Gunned Down
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Nicole Neroulias
It’s a bad news morning: Christian Pakistani Minister Shot Dead in Islamabad Ambush (Reuters) High Court Rules for Military Funeral Protesters (AP) Wow. Makes me wish I had stayed in bed longer, especially after an all-nighter with a sick toddler. . For a silver lining — though it doesn’t make up for an atrocious bit…
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