Tuesday's News & Ideas - 2/22/2022

If there’s a war between Russia and Ukraine, it will be a religious war
Religion Dispatches: The sooner those in the West recognize the reality of the region’s religious tension and catch up on the details the better.

Across U.S., $89 million of taxpayer money goes to Christian abortion alternative programs
Religion Unplugged: Evangelicals have used two main strategies to reduce the number of abortions: legislation that restricts access to abortion and ministries — including pregnancy centers — that give women viable alternatives to abortion by providing the resources and support they need.

5 things I’ve learned about planning in-person events during COVID-19*
Fast Company: Event planning is now much more complex than it used to be and requires additional safety measures and flexibility to ensure your gathering doesn’t become a superspreader event.

We need equity and justice in vaccine distribution. The church can help.
Religion News Service: Faith leaders can advocate for better distribution and lower resistance to getting vaccinated.

Jim Wallis is on a mission to make voting rights the religious issue of our time*
The Washington Post: To Wallis, one of modern American Christianity’s most influential progressives, voting rights is the moral cause of the American present.

The Spark

Americans are fleeing to places where political views match their own
There’s a private Facebook group with nearly 8,000 members called Conservatives Moving to Texas, NPR says.

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