This week’s Weekend Plug-in highlights the religious debate over the Respect for Marriage Act. Plus, as always, catch up on all the best reads and top headlines in the world of faith.
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Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt was confirmed on March 30 by the Senate to be the U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism. She is the second woman from Atlanta's Jewish community to get the position.
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Matt Lieberman, who is in the middle of a campaign for a U.S. Senate seat from Georgia, is defending the racial content of his debut novel “Lucius.” Some have criticized the book by saying it presents a white savior narrative and uses racial slurs. Despite calls to drop out of the race, Lieberman is defending his campaign and his novel.
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With less than a year before the 2020 presidential election, a new poll puts the spotlight on American Catholics and what candidates and issues matter to them most.
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America was divided, tense and angry in 1969, when Fred Rogers faced a U.S. Senate Subcommittee poised to grant President Richard Nixon his requests for deep budget cuts for public broadcasting. Rogers told the senators why he kept telling children they were unique and special. But he also talked about fear, anger and confusion – because that's what children were feeling. The senators nixed the cuts, and the Rev. Fred Rogers – an ordained Presbyterian minister – continued with his complex blend of television, child development and subtle messages about faith.
(COMMENTARY) Republican Jeffrey Bell died in February, after a career in which he ran for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey – in 1978 and 2014 – but was better known for work behind the scenes helping others, following beliefs that escaped easy political labels.
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