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The Briefing 04-11-17

"Evil" and modernity: Horrors like Syrian chemical attacks force secularists to ponder reality of evilNPR (Scott Simon) — A Meditation On 'Evil'New York Times (Justin McBrayer) — Why Our Children Don’t Think There Are Moral Facts

"Christianity is literally dying in Europe": What birth trends tell us about future of global religionPew Research Center — The Changing Global Religious LandscapeWall Street Journal (Ian Lovett) — Muslim Births Expected to Outpace Christian Births Within 20 Years

Secular humanist clergy? The religion-shaped movement for the non-religiousWashington Post (Julie Zauzmer) — Clergy who don’t believe in organized religion? Humanists think 2017 is their time to grow.Get Religion (Mark Kellner) — Happily God-less clergy say this time, it really is their year; Washington Post uncritically says, 'Amen'

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The Briefing 04-10-17

Is the Cold War back? Considering the aftermath of the US strike in SyriaWall Street Journal (Julian E. Barnes and Maria Abi-Habib) — Syrian Attack Defies 2013 Chemical-Weapons Deal

Suicide bombings in Coptic churches on Palm Sunday underscore threat to Christianity in Middle EastAssociated Press — A timeline of recent attacks on Egypt's ChristiansNew York Times (Suhasini Raj and Nida Najar) — Hindu Group Claims Christians Tried Forced Conversions in India

Judge Neil Gorsuch to be sworn in today after being confirmed by Senate in 54-45 voteWashington Post (Robert Barnes) — What does the junior Supreme Court justice do? Kagan tells Gorsuch it starts in the kitchen

Great British controversy: Church of England outraged over removal of "Easter" from egg hunt on EasterThe Telegraph (Katie Morley) — Easter egg row: Church of England accuses National Trust of 'airbrushing' religion out of children's egg hunt

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The Briefing 04-07-17

America sends a clear signal to Syria: You cannot use chemical weapons against your own citizensWashington Post (Dan Lamothe, Missy Ryan, and Thomas Gibbons-Neff) — U.S. strikes Syrian military airfield in first direct assault on Bashar al-Assad’s government

Triggering nuclear option, Senate Republicans set up confirmation vote for Judge Neil GorsuchNew York Times (Matt Flegenheimer) — Senate Republicans Deploy ‘Nuclear Option’ to Clear Path for Gorsuch

Remembering the Great War: 100 years ago this week, America entered World War I

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The Briefing 04-06-17

7th Circuit drops bombshell: Sexual orientation covered under Title VII of 1964 Civil Rights ActIndianapolis Star (Holly V. Hays) — 7th Circuit rules that civil rights laws protect LGBT employees from workplace biasChicago Tribune (Tony Briscoe) — Court: Civil Rights Act covers LGBT workplace bias

Inaction would be unacceptable: International outrage as chemical weapons used again in SyriaNew York Times (Anne Barnard and Michael R. Gordon) — Worst Chemical Attack in Years in Syria; U.S. Blames AssadNew York Times (Somini Sengupta and Rick Gladstone) — Nikki Haley Says U.S. May ‘Take Our Own Action’ on Syrian Chemical Attack

Parsing the partisan divide: The competing worldviews of 5 political tribes in Washington, D.C. Wall Street Journal (Gerald F. Seib) — A New Tribalism Spreads in Donald Trump’s Washington

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The Briefing 04-05-17

NCAA "reluctantly" allows N. Carolina consideration for championships after bathroom bill compromiseNCAA — NCAA Board of Governors’ Position on HB2 Repeal

Trump admin cut funding for UN Population Fund over ties to forced abortion and sterilization in ChinaAssociated Press (Josh Lederman) — Trump admin cuts off UN agency's funds over abortion concernReuters (Michelle Nichols) — U.N. chief warns U.S. funding cut may have devastating effects

VP Mike Pence casts tie-breaking vote on Senate bill that allows states to defund Planned ParenthoodWall Street Journal (Natalie Andrews) — Bill Aimed at Planned Parenthood Funding Passes With Pence Tiebreaker Vote

18 hours too long for culture of death: Fed Judge blocks IN law over waiting period before abortionIndianapolis Star (Fatima Hussein) — Indiana's abortion ultrasound requirement shut down by federal judge

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The Briefing 04-04-17

Filibuster vs. the nuclear option: History in the making as Gorsuch nomination forwarded to full SenateWashington Post (Sarah Posner) — The Democrats’ best argument for filibustering Gorsuch

Work ethic, food, and politics: How 2 Thessalonians 3:10 sparked controversy in the US House of RepsWashington Post (Caitlin Dewey) — GOP lawmaker: The Bible says ‘if a man will not work, he shall not eat’

Mike Pence, the Billy Graham Rule, and the importance of protecting marriage from infidelityWashington Post (Laura Turner) — The religious reasons Mike Pence won’t eat alone with women don’t add upHuffington Post (Soraya Chemaly) — Mike Pence Is Why We Have To Stop Excusing Religious SexismVox (Joanna L. Grossman) — Vice President Pence’s “never dine alone with a woman” rule isn’t honorable. It’s probably illegal.New Yorker (Jia Tolentino) — Mike Pence's Marriage and the Beliefs that Keep Women from PowerWashington Post (Alyssa Rosenberg) — What Clinton and Pence have in common: Their marriages are our favorite soap operas

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The Briefing 04-03-17

This is the big week in Washington--the Supreme Court, the Senate, Neil Gorsuch, & the nuclear option.Palm Beach Post (Erica Werner and Mary Clare Jalonick, AP) — Senate heads for Supreme Court showdownWall Street Journal (Editorial Board) — Senate Republican Suicide

Is the Senate filibuster itself a constitutional problem?Washington Post (George F. Will) — The filibuster isn’t what it used to be. It’s time to bring the old way back.

The NCAA plays hardball with North Carolina, becomes enforcer for LGBTQ demands.Wall Street Journal (Valerie Bauerlein and Jon Kamp) — North Carolina Lawmakers Repeal Bathroom BillChicago Tribune (Gary D. Robertson and Emery P. Dalesio) — North Carolina rolls back 'bathroom bill'; ACLU says change falls short

Basketball over bathrooms -- this is how a revolution in morality is coerced.New York Times (Marc Tracy) — North Carolina’s Love of College Sports Spurred Move to Repeal Bathroom LawNew York Times (Ray Glier) — N.C.A.A. Leader Mark Emmert Says Discrimination Policy Is Clear

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The Briefing 03-31-17

The perennial "rise" of the religious left: Why the secular left doesn't need the religious leftReuters (Scott Malone) — 'Religious left' emerging as U.S. political force in Trump eraReligion Dispatches (Daniel Schultz) — Is the Religious Left Emerging AS a Political Force? No.

The horrifying intersection of assisted suicide and organ donation: Culture of death advances in CanadaBioEdge (Michael Cook) — Canadian bioethicists call for organ donor euthanasiaBaptist Press (Samantha Gobba) — Canada harvesting the organs of euthanasia patients

AP updates style guide to include genderless "they" as Oregon grants citizen "right" to be genderlessWashington Post (Travis M. Andrews) — The singular, gender-neutral ‘they’ added to the Associated Press StylebookNBC News (Mary Emily O'Hara) — Judge Grants Oregon Resident the Right to Be Genderless

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The Briefing 03-30-17

Pro-life journalists charged with 15 felonies for exposing Planned Parenthood's abortion businessLos Angeles Times (Matt Hamilton) — Two antiabortion activists behind undercover Planned Parenthood videos charged with 15 feloniesNational Review (David French) — California Shamelessly Persecutes Pro-Life JournalistsWashington Times (Bradford Richardson) — Former Planned Parenthood official suggests babies born alive after abortions left to die: Video

Dominion, stewardship, and creation: How worldview shapes the climate change debateWall Street Journal (Louise Radnofsky and Cassandra Sweet) — Donald Trump Signs Order Rolling Back Obama’s Climate-Change RulesWall Street Journal (Editorial Board) — Trump’s Energy ProgressNew York Times (Editorial Board) — President Trump Risks the Planet

Ethics, truth, and the importance of public trust in Congress's ongoing Russia investigationUSA Today (Bartholomew D. Sullivan) — Devin Nunes bursts onto scene with controversial role in Russia probe

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