Thursday's News & Ideas - 11/9/2023
- Religious composition of political parties
- Gaza is a ‘graveyard for children’
- Ohio’s new abortion rights
- Hate incidents on the rise
- Vatican allows baptism of trans people
- Trafficker of migrants
The religious composition of political parties over the last 50 years
Religion Unplugged: Here is a broad overview of just how much parties have shifted from the 1970s through today.
I am a child of Palestinians. I could’ve been killed in Gaza.
Religion News Service: Dehumanization has led to what U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described on Monday as a “graveyard for children.”
Christian activists respond to Ohio’s new abortion rights
Sojourners: Voters approved an amendment to add abortion rights to the state constitution by a wide margin, ending a tumultuous year of uncertainty over the future of legal abortion in the state.
Islamophobic and antisemitic incidents record large spike in Australia, advocates say
The Guardian: Reports include spitting at women, threats of violence, and threats to mosques and synagogues amid Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
Vatican says transgender people can be baptized, serve as godparents*
The Washington Post: The Vatican released guidance that says transgender people can be baptized, serve as godparents and witness weddings in the Roman Catholic Church, under certain circumstances, reflecting a continued opening by Pope Francis to the LBGTQ+ community.
The Spark
The kingpin who kidnapped migrants for ransom
An Eritrean trafficker* promised to help Africans desperate to reach Europe — then brutalized them inside a Libyan compound while extorting their families back home. With his fortune, he partied in Dubai, The New Yorker says.
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