Essay: Do homeless people have constitutional rights?
In an article first published on Religion News Service, author KEVIN NYE says that overwhelmingly, faith groups who filed briefs in the US Supreme Court case Johnson v Grants Pass did so against criminalising homelessness…
In the US, Oregon interfaith leaders declare win in vote to tighten gun control
RNS For Rev Mark Knutson, securing the necessary signatures this summer to get one of the country’s strictest gun control measures on the Oregon midterm ballot was an accomplishment on its own. Now, he and other proponents are declaring it a historic victory. “We are celebrating a victory for our children and youth and high […]
In the US, an interfaith group in Oregon is behind one of nation’s strictest gun control measures
United StatesRNS Oregonians will be voting on one of America’s strictest gun control measures on the ballot this November. If passed by voters, the gun safety initiative would ban the sale of magazines with a capacity greater than 10 rounds and would require permits and firearm safety courses to purchase any gun. Applicants would have to […]
An ordinance limiting church meal services in US city violates religious freedom, suit says
RNS A church in the US state of Oregon is suing the coastal city of Brookings, arguing that an ordinance restricting the church’s meal program for the unhoused violates its right to religious freedom. St Timothy’s Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon filed the lawsuit against the city on Friday in Oregon’s US […]
US court affirms ruling against bakery, wants fine revisited
Portland, Oregon, USAP The Oregon Court of Appeals for a second time has upheld a ruling by the state civil rights division that found that an Oregon bakery illegally discriminated against a same-sex couple by refusing to sell them a wedding cake in 2013. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports, however, the court on Wednesday also found the Oregon […]
Amid Catholic opposition, US states are legalising composting of human remains
RNS Washington, Colorado and Oregon are now among the US states that have legalised the process of converting human bodies into soil, a procedure the Catholic Church said fails to show “respect for the body of the deceased”. Meanwhile, California and New York are seeking to be next in line to allow human composting. The […]
Significant Sights: The National Park discovered by a minister who collected fossils and taught evolution
JULIA DUIN, of Religion Unplugged, visits the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center in Oregon…
Virus outbreaks linked to three churches in US state of West Virginia
Charleston, West Virginia, USAP Coronavirus outbreaks were linked to three churches in West Virginia on Wednesday as officials urged parishioners to follow safety guidelines and warned about the virus spreading into surrounding communities. Local health authorities said Greenbrier County’s Graystone Baptist Church has at least 33 cases and Ohio County’s First Baptist Church has four […]
STRANGESIGHTS: ‘ROBOCOP’ LAUNCHED IN UAE; THE DUTCH KING’S ‘SECRET’; AND, OREGON GOV ‘PARDONS’ FOURTH-GRADER…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…