What’s in store for the US Equality Act, and why do some religions want a revision?
RNS On Thursday, the Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives passed a sweeping LGBTQ rights bill called the Equality Act. Republicans for the most part objected, with some of them now advocating for a rival bill called Fairness for All, introduced by Representative Chris Stewart of Utah on Friday with 20 Republican co-sponsors. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of […]
Essay: The Pope’s Iraq visit will make headlines. Can it make life better for religious minorities?
In an article first published on Religion News Service, KNOX THAMES, a former special adviser for religious minorities at the US Department of State, looks at the hopes of religious minorities around Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to Iraq…