Day: June 2, 2015

What does the Abercrombie & Fitch case have to do with marriage equality?

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Yesterday’s media was full of the Supreme Court decision that Abercrombie & Fitch, the clothing retailer, discriminated against a Muslim woman who attended an interview wearing a headscarf by failing to accommodate this religious practice and using it as a reason not to hire her. Today, Mark Silk, writing for the Religion News Service, examined …

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Stubborn stain may be divine sign

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Rev. N. Humphrey writes, “I hope people are inspired by it to realize that Jesus’ crucifixion is not merely an event that happened over 2000 years ago, but breaks into the here and now. Jesus’ blood poured out for us empowers us to share his life giving presence with the world around us.”

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