United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings

United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues
Associated Press: United Methodist delegates on Thursday removed a 52-year-old declaration from their official social teachings that deemed “the practice of homosexuality ... incompatible with Christian teaching” — part of a wider series of historic reversals of the denomination’s longstanding disapproval of LGBTQ activity.

 

Voters’ views of Trump and Biden differ sharply by religion
Pew Research Center: More than half of white Christians think Trump was a “great” or “good” president and don’t think he broke the law in an effort to change the outcome of the 2020 election.

 

What’s really happening on college campuses, according to student journalists
POLITICO: Leaders of campus news organizations set the record straight about campus unrest, antisemitism and what the media is getting wrong.

 

The basketball team created to represent God*
Christianity Today: The Dallas Mavericks were intended to be the first Christian team in the NBA.

 

Chicago churches oppose calls to end city’s sanctuary status
Sojourners: In 1985, Chicago Mayor Harold Washington passed an ordinance prohibiting city workers from cooperating with immigration police to detain and deport undocumented migrants.