Category: Religion

Almost all of Ohio’s voucher cash goes to religious schools

Almost all of the money from Ohio’s main tuition voucher programs – 97 percent of it – flows to private religious schools, a Plain Dealer examination of records from the 2015-16 school year shows. And Catholic and other Christian schools in Cleveland are the biggest winners, thanks to a Cleveland-only voucher program that was the first in the state when it started in 1996.

Continue reading CNN host blasted for eating human brain while filming show on global religions

A Harvard-educated religion scholar and author is under fire for eating human brain while filming a new CNN show about spiritual sects around the globe. Reza Aslan, who came to the U.S. in 1979 while fleeing Iran’s 1979 revolution, was working on a TV segment about a fringe element of Hinduism when he participated in some of the Aghori peoples’ rituals, including tasting cooked brain tissue, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported .

Oklahoma lawmaker asks Muslims: ‘Do you beat your wife?’

An Oklahoma lawmaker who once likened Islam to cancer required Muslims to answer several written questions – including, “Do you beat your wife?” – before agreeing to meet with them. Republican state Rep. John Bennett’s office distributed the questionnaire on Thursday as the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations organized its annual Muslim Day at the Capitol.

Chicago cardinal takes stand on immigration enforcement

The Roman Catholic archdiocese in Chicago told its schools this week not to let federal immigration agents into their buildings without a warrant, in step with guidance given to hundreds of Chicago public schools last week in response to President Donald Trump’s efforts to crack down on illegal immigration. Marking what may be the first such guidance issued by a Roman Catholic church leader, Cardinal Blase Cupich sent the directive in a letter Monday to principals of more than 200 schools and other officials in the nation’s third largest archdiocese.

Gizzi: Will Trump, Pope Meet in May?

Barely a year after Donald Trump and Pope Francis exchanged some strong words over the issue of illegal immigration, there is a question whether the two will meet when President Trump is in Rome for the G-7 summit in May. Newsmax posed that question to White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday, reminding him how the U.S. president, when in Rome, has always had an audience with the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church going back to 1959 . “That’s a great question,” replied Spicer, himself a Roman Catholic.

New book shows LDS women leading ‘At the Pulpit’ from the church’s beginnings

Last November, many Mormons fumed when a writer for Mother Jones magazine claimed Utah women didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton because in her view, LDS women are repressed and submissive. Critics have leveled similar charges off and on against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since its earliest days, but in fact women have shaped the way Mormons understand and live their religion since the faith’s beginnings, say the editors of a new book, ” At the Pulpit: 185 Years of Discourses by Latter-day Saint Women .”

Today in History

On Feb. 16, 1862, the Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson in Tennessee ended as some 12,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered; Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s victory earned him the moniker “Unconditional Surrender Grant.”

Expelled Candidate for DNCChair Suing Democrats for Breachof First Amendment

A candidate expelled from the race for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee for criticising Islam tells Breitbart News he intends to sue for a breach of his First Amendment rights. Vincent Tolliver was expelled from the campaign by interim DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazil, after telling The Hill he didn’t believe his rival Rep. Keith Ellison should become chairman because of his Islamic faith, citing the religion’s positions on homosexuality.

2/03/2017

Online neo-Nazi and white supremacist forums have been unmistakably jubilant lately, as web chatter moved from celebrating President Donald Trump’s electoral victory to celebrating individual cabinet appointments and policy proposals. On Thursday, internet racists celebrated another perceived victory: Reports that President Trump will soon remove white nationalist groups from a federal effort to study and neutralize extremist radicalization, and rebrand the program to focus solely on groups associating themselves with Islam.

‘South Park’ creators aim to scale back Trump coverage

‘South Park’ creators aim to scale back Trump coverage “We decided to just kind of back off and let them do their comedy and we’ll do ours.” Check out this story on scsun-news.com: http://usat.ly/2ka4562 ‘South Park’ creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone say fans keep assuming they must be loving the Trump presidency – there’s so much dramatic material to parody, right? The creators of South Park have acute Trump fatigue – so much so that they plan to scale back on the number of storylines about him when they return to work on the show’s 21st season later this year.

Movie Review: War on Everyone

The movie begins with a man in white-face makeup-a mime-running down a road. Some ways behind him, but catching up fast, is a car with two plain-clothes detectives in it, Terry Monroe and Bob BolaA o .

Catholic Priest Urges Trump Protesters to Commit Suicide

A Catholic priest who posted a meme suggesting those protesting President Donald Trump’s actions should commit suicide said the controversial message was meant to be funny. Rev. Philip Pizzo, of the largely immigrant St. Benedict Joseph Labre Roman Catholic Church in Queens, New York, shared a social media post that said those against Trump should jump off a building, the New York Post reported .

The Use of Borders

Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham raised forceful objections to president Donald Trump’s 120 day moratorium of refugee admissions to the US. “At this very moment, American troops are fighting side-by-side with our Iraqi partners to defeat ISIL.

Choices: Who to send to the Vatican?

Among the many tasks facing Donald Trump, as with any new president, are the selections of new ambassadors to represent the United States in most countries around the world. Despite some earlier hysteria in the media , these posts do not need to be filled immediately, but should be filled as expeditiously as possible.

Kathleen Parker: President-elect Trumpschenko

First, a history refresher: For the past nine years, a smattering of Americans, most recently led by our now president-elect, have insisted that Barack Obama is a Muslim born in Kenya. For years, Donald Trump was unrelenting in his insistence that Obama prove beyond existing proof that he was born in Hawaii and not in the African country of his biological father.

Final farewell to two Hollywood icons: Debbie Reynolds and daughter …

Now Obama’s building a wall! Workers put the finishing touches to a brick barrier around $5million DC mansion where Barack, Michelle and Sasha will live after leaving the White House Liberal heckler who accosted Ivanka Trump on a JetBlue flight hides his face from a reporter at his Brooklyn home as he’s seen for the first time since he hurled abuse at her Scientology lawyer goes on national TV to slam Leah Remini for show that led to death threats against their leader David Miscavige More Hillary Clinton emails surface – and show how anti-gay Sharia law ruler The Sultan of Brunei treated Bill ‘like part of his family’ Russian election-year cyber attacks fall-out is a ‘witch hunt’ orchestrated by Democrats, says Trump as he asks Congress to investigate leak of top-secret hacking intelligence report EXCLUSIVE: Angelina Jolie accuses Brad Pitt of ‘publicly impugning’ her character in new … (more)

Mormon Tabernacle Choir Member Quits Over Trump Inauguration

Former Mormon Tabernacle Choir member Janet Chamberlin formally resigned over the choir’s plans to perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration later this month, according to a Friday report from RawStory. The Choir announced it planned to perform at Trump’s inauguration last week, and several members voiced their concerns over the decision.

Editorial: A Congress strengthened by diversity

But there’s nothing homogeneous about how – or whether – Americans embrace that conviction in their personal lives. For more than two centuries, the Bill of Rights has barred the establishment of any particular religion while upholding the free exercise of all of them.

Rep. Keith Ellisona s black nationalist past haunts bid to lead DNC

More than a decade after he persuaded Minnesota voters to look beyond his controversial past and reward him with a seat in Congress, Mr. Ellison is now asking national Democrats to do the same as he seeks to lead their party. The first Muslim elected to Congress, Mr. Ellison is now running to lead the Democratic National Committee next year, when the party will attempt to rebuild in the wake of yet another election spanking.