Monday's News & Ideas - 6/27/2022
- SCOTUS allows coach's prayer
- Abortion policy must deal with reality
- God & climate change
- Episcopal seminaries affiliate
- Black Christian luminaries lauded
- She wanted an abortion. She now has twins.
Supreme Court sides with coach over prayers on 50-yard line*
New York Times: Joseph Kennedy, a former high school football coach in Bremerton, Wash., had a constitutional right to pray on the field after his team’s games, the justices ruled.
Wise abortion public policy should deal with realities as well as moralities
National Catholic Reporter: While moral considerations are important in making individual decisions, a rigid moral approach has significant limitations. Public policy must deal with realities as well as moralities, writes Sr. Christine Schenk, who worked for 17 years as a midwife to low-income families in one of the poorest cities in the United States.
Mic: This pro-choice pastor has a word for anti-abortion Christians
HuffPost: Vatican says 'pro life' activists must fight for gun control
The Guardian: We Americans are dancing on the Titanic. Our iceberg is not far away
God and climate change: These clergy seek to bridge the gap between religion and nature*
(Louisville) Courier-Journal: A rabbi in Jerusalem and a seminary professor in Kentucky are finding a way to help solve the global climate crisis: through the hearts and minds of the faithful, one congregation at a time.
Citing financial struggles, General Theological Seminary seeks affiliation with Virginia Theological Seminary
Episcopal News Service: General Theological Seminary in New York would affiliate with and effectively relinquish its governance to Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria while formally remaining two distinct institutions, under a partnership plan that is moving toward the final stages.
‘Blessing of Elders’ lauds 7 Black Christian luminaries at Museum of the Bible gala
Religion News Service: Well-known names gathered at the Museum of the Bible to hail the contributions of African American churches. The “Blessing of the Elders,” honored seven leaders known for their contributions in megachurches, denominational leadership, civil rights, music and religious broadcasting.
The Spark
This Texas teen wanted an abortion. She now has twins.
Brooke Alexander found out she was pregnant 48 hours before the Texas abortion ban* took effect, The Washington Post says.
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
