Saturday, February 21, 2015

News Tidbits

Gallup: Frequent Church Attendance Highest in Utah, Lowest in Vermont

The Guardian: Oklahoma educators fear high school history bill will have 'devastating' impact

Religion News Service: Evangelicals pull support for Portland church over LGBT stance

Huffington Post: Gay Rights Group Excluded From CPAC Yet Again 

Associated Press: Pope's sex abuse point man urges bishop accountability

Georgia Voice: Former Atlanta fire chief alleges religious discrimination in federal lawsuit against city, mayor

My Fox Detroit: Doctor refuses treatment of same-sex couple's baby

ABC 13: Evangelist many claim works miracles coming to Houston


2 comments:

  1. Well, that Gallup Poll finding about UT is no surprise to me. The last time I attended a Mormon ward in UT about a year ago (visiting with relatives) the chapel and it's extension was so packed the bishop had to ask everyone to move to the center of the pews so that people could sit down. Any given Sunday in the Mormon heavy sections of UT you can see hoards of people walking to church. There's one practically on every corner. And everyone is dressed the same. The men in white dress shirts, the women in the same modest church dresses. Pretty chilling--like a Twilight Zone episode.

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    1. Donna -- Well, conformity seems to be a virtue among the Mormons. Do they attend because they get something from the service, because of peer pressure, or some other reason?

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