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I quite frankly don’t know how you do these hard jobs without some faith. I don’t know. Other people can come to you and explain it to you. I have no idea. I don’t know how an oath becomes meaningful unless you have faith. Because at the end you say, ‘So help me God.’ And a promise to God is differ- ent from a promise to anyone else.”
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, addressing the role faith plays in his work as a justice.
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Sharp turn on issues Americans’ attitudes toward gays and lesbians have radically shifted since Massachusetts first legalized same–sex marriage a decade ago, according to a survey from the Public Religion Research Institute. The shift toward increased acceptance crosses all religious, political and age groups, and every region of the country. The survey also uncovered a reason 1 in 3 millennials (under age 34) are less religious: young adults told research- ers they left their childhood religion because of their church’s negative teachings or treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people. At the root of change: a personal con- nection to someone who is LGBT.
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Eulogies banned Roman Catholics in Ottawa, Ontario, are no longer permitted to deliver eulogies during funeral masses, decreed Terrence Prendergast, the local archbishop, reminding the faithful that they gather “not to praise the deceased, but to pray for them.” Contrary to popular belief, eulogies “are not part of the Catholic funeral rites, particularly in the context of a funeral liturgy within mass,” the decree stated. Priests are to encour- age members to instead speak pub- licly about loved ones at funeral homes or in a parish hall.
Shelter for Muslims After a cycle of revenge attacks by “Anti-Balaka,” a pro-Christian mili- tia, churches in the Central African Republic cared for thousands of Muslims who were unable to flee. Dieudonne Nzapalainga, Roman Catholic archbishop of Bangui, shel- tered Omar Kobine Layama, presi- dent of the country’s Islamic Com- munity, within the church’s com- 12
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