Friday's News & Ideas - 11/8/2024

Abortion access referendums win in 7 out of 10 states but fail to boost Harris
Religion News Service: In Missouri, abortion opponents say their state’s referendum, which reverses a near-total ban on the procedure, is not the last word.

Five Christian nationalist action items for Trump’s next term*
Mother Jones: During the campaign, Trump promised to put Christian leaders “directly in the Oval Office.”

Gateway Church congregants take up Morris’ offer to get ‘money back’ on tithes
Religion News Service: Gateway members have voiced concerns about the church’s financial transparency.

Religions talk about the value of humility − but it can be especially hard for clergy to practice what they preach
The Conversation: Religious traditions consider humility a virtue, yet many expect adherents to boldly assert their teachings: what researchers call the “humility-religiousness paradox.”

Israeli soccer fans injured in Amsterdam attacks that authorities call antisemitic*
The New York Times: Dutch officials said that people had attacked Israeli fans as tensions flared around a soccer match.

The Spark

2016 and 2024
We will be a fundamentally different country* by the end of the next administration. Indeed, we already are, The New Yorker says.

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