No … Obama’s not taking your guns.
2. Sandra Bland’s Family: Trooper Perjury Charge a ‘Slap on the Wrist’
"Where is the indictment for the assault, the battery, the false arrest?"
3. Open Letter to the Leadership of #Urbana15 and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
Add your voice to the growing list of people of faith saying “thank you!” to InterVarsity for supporting Black Lives Matter.
4. The Second Amendment: Original Intent
The New Yorker uncovers (OK, imagines) a correspondence between James Madison and Thomas Jefferson. “There is literally zero chance that anyone will misconstrue this.” Whoopsie.
5. The Quixotic Adventures of Roy Moore: Ala. Chief Justice Fighting to Keep Same-Sex Marriage Ban
In annoyingly-delaying-the-inevitable news of the week: “Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore issued an administrative order Wednesday that effectively banned same-sex marriages in the state, less than seven months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage bans violated the Constitution.”
6. The Dumb and the Restless: Ammon Bundy and His Sad Band
The ongoing saga of the rag-tag group of militiamen/terrorists and their occupation of a bird sanctuary — and something about Jesus/’Merica. “The Bundy militiamen are an extreme example of a type that's become common in America. Like the Tea Partiers, they seem to not only believe that they're the only people in history who've ever paid taxes, but that they're the only people who were ever sad about it.”
7. ISIS Seeks to Control Syria’s Future by Destroying Its Christian Past
“The march of ISIS leaves a trail of unknown unknowns regarding the history of early Christianity in the rest of Syria. Archaeology in the region is one of the last remaining sources of knowledge about the formative centuries of the world’s largest religion, but those sources are being eliminated or otherwise removed from their archaeological context.”
8. Wheaton College’s Orthodoxy and the Spiritual Price of Bigotry
Wheaton’s decision to recommend termination of Dr. Larycia Hawkins is just the latest in a long history of steps that have moved further and further away from the principles of its founding. Former student David Vanderveen explores that history.
9. Islamic State Executes Female Journalist in Raqqa
“Better known by her pseudonym ‘Nisan Ibrahim,’ Hassan wrote about life under IS rule on her personal Facebook page and ‘often reported on airstrikes in Raqqa as they happened.’”
10. California Gas Leak Is So Bad, Governor Declares Emergency
Thousands of local residents — some of whom have experienced vomiting, nosebleeds, headaches, and dizziness — have already left the area, and more plan to follow suit.
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