Religious leaders ponder next steps after Supreme Court rules for same-sex marriage
Deseret News: As confetti and leaflets were cleared from the steps of the Supreme Court Friday
after a 5-4 majority ruled in favor of a constitutional right to
same-sex marriage, religious groups across the ideological spectrum
reacted to the decision.
Washington Post: Why a lot of evangelicals aren't actually that upset about the Supreme Court's gay marriage decision
The New Yorker: God and marriage equality
Tears of joy, tears of sorrow, and little empathetic listening
Religion News Service: Jacob Lupfer's love and respect for faithful
Christian clergy and lay people on both sides of this profound divide
leads him to feelings of sympathy for both camps.
A movement to put church back in the fight against racism
The Root: Acknowledging the church must get its house in order on race, a
multi-racial group of Christian leaders has launched The Reconciled
Church movement to confront racism in America.
Episcopal Church elects first African American presiding bishop
The (London) Guardian: The Episcopal Church on Saturday
elected its first African American presiding bishop, choosing Bishop
Michael Curry of North Carolina during the denomination's national
assembly.
Investigators probe fires at 6 black churches in 5 Southern states
NPR: At least six black church burnings in the South, all of which have
taken place in the week-and-a-half since nine people were killed in
Emanuel AME Church.
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