1. You Must Read the Last Paragraph of Justice Kennedy’s Same-Sex Marriage Opinion
Well, and all of it, at the link.
2. WATCH: President Obama Sings ‘Amazing Grace’ to Close His Eulogy in Honor of Charleston Victim Reverend Clementia Pinckney
You'll need some tissues for this one.
3. We Need to Talk About White Culture
In his column for The Daily Beast, Sojourners board member Joshua DuBois writes: “My brothers and sisters from the majority culture — White Americans — need to have the courage to drive this dialogue, and help us find some answers.”
4. Islamic State Suicide Bomber Kills 25, Wounds 202 in Kuwait Mosque
The suicide bomber, described as being in his 20s, detonated explosives inside a packed Shi’ite mosque during Friday prayers.
5. Take Up Your Glock and Follow Me: What Ever Happened to Martyrdom?
In light of NRA official’s horrendous comments that Emanuel AME Rev. Clementa Pinkney should have been armed at church, this piece raises some interesting points: “…To make a decision about guns in church simply based on the practical effects without any critical reflection on the relationship between power and salvation in the New Testament is already to capitulate to the anti-Christian idea that we should secure our own existence through violence, and the more subtle assumption that salvation somehow comes through force.”
6. When God Can Breathe, We’ll All Have Air
“Under the collective action call of #blacklivesmatter, activists and concerned citizens across the country challenge the ideology of white supremacy undergirding our criminal justice system and demand an end to state violence against black bodies. Yet the #blacklivesmatter movement is about more than an end to police brutality; it is call for the health, wholeness, and vitality of all black communities and a world in which black lives are no longer systemically and intentional targeted for demise. This includes an account of the physical environment in which black communities reside.”
7. WATCH: ‘Really?!?! With Seth and Amy’ Makes a Comeback to Eviscerate Sports Illustrated Contributor After ‘Women’s Sports’ Comment
Women’s sports in general not worth watching? Really Andy Benoit?
8. The Cross and the Confederate Flag
“The cross and the Confederate flag cannot co-exist without one setting the other on fire. White Christians, let’s listen to our African-American brothers and sisters. Let’s care not just about our own history, but also about our shared history with them.” —Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, taking the lead early this week, calling for the removal of the Confederate flag.
9. A Third Claim Emerges of Sex Abuses Involving UN Peacekeepers in the Central African Republic
“The UN said it had received 480 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse relating to its peacekeeping and special political missions between 2008 and 2013.”
10. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to Open in 2016
Could this be a step toward another book? Probably not, but it's still awesome. "JK Rowling has announced her Harry Potter stage play will open in London's West End next year."
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