The Briefing 06-24-14

Podcast Transcript

1) Significant Supreme Court decisions to be handed down this week

Eight big cases await Supreme Court rulings, USA Today (Richard Wolf)

2) PC(USA) takes clear stance against state of Israel

Presbyterians Vote to Divest Holdings to Pressure Israel, New York Times (Laurie Goodstein)

Presbyterians narrowly vote to divest from 3 companies involved in Israeli/Palestinian conflict, Religion News Service (Lauren Markoe)

Presbyterians Join the Anti-Israel Choir, Wall Street Journal (Jonathan Marks)

3) Story of Christian convert in Afghanistan reveals Islam’s divergent view of religious liberty

A Christian Convert, on the Run in Afghanistan, New York Times (Azem Ahmed)

4) Difficulty of dress codes evidences feminist confusion on modesty and sexuality

The Battle Over Dress Codes, New York Times (Peggy Orenstein)

You’re Not Really Wearing That to School?, New York Times (To the Editor)