by Maggie Hyde | Aug 28, 2010 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
Photo Courtesy of Alliance Defense Fund Julia Ward, a counseling graduate student at Eastern Michigan University is appealing a Federal ruling that favored the school’s dismissal of her for her views on homosexuality. WASHINGTON – It’s a question being raised by...
by Maggie Hyde | Aug 19, 2010 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
Philip Tom occupies a unique role at the nexus of religious organizations and labor policy, putting groups varying from worker justice leagues to individual houses of worship in touch with one another, and helping them access appropriate government resources....
by Maggie Hyde | Aug 19, 2010 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
Maggie Hyde/MNS Prison rape survivor Marilyn Shirley tells her story at a press conference Tuesday where she and religious leaders asked the government to address rape in prisons. WASHINGTON — Incarcerated for drug charges in 1998, Marilyn Shirley walked out of...
by Maggie Hyde | Jul 23, 2010 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
WASHINGTON– In addition to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Obama administration is managing another front, with its own arsenal of linguistic weapons: a domestic war of words. In response to the president’s decision against using religious language to...
by Maggie Hyde | Jul 22, 2010 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
WASHINGTON – A Florida church with “Islam is of the devil” signs in its front yard announced that it will host an “International Burn A Koran Day,” on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks this year. The Dove World Outreach Center, a non-denominational church...
by Maggie Hyde | Jul 19, 2010 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
Ahmadi Muslims from around the country came to this year’s convention, which featured talks from religious leaders and guests. WASHINGTON — Ahmadi Muslims have been preaching peaceful practices since the community was founded 120 years ago in India. Now,...
