Interpreting the decision on Maine’s tuition program is complicated by a state law that bars schools that receive tuition from discriminating against students and staff based on gender or sexual orientation.
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Posted inNew England, Schools and Education
Massachusetts bishop punishes school over Black Lives Matter, Pride flags
The Diocese of Worcester has told a local middle school that it can no longer identify itself as a Catholic school.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Religion and Values
Southern Baptists vote on sex abuse proposals, debate female pastor
Members of the Southern Baptist Convention passed a recommendation to create a database to track sex abusers and a formal group to handle sex abuse accusations going forward.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Feature Obituary, Maine, Religion and Values
‘Larger than life’ playwright and pastor David Butler dies at 70
A minister in Gorham and more recently Woolwich, Butler wrote a play about hospice care that Mad Horse Theatre Company staged in the winter, after he was diagnosed with cancer.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Abortion may just be the beginning
Federalist Society donors are poised to create changes to American life through the courts that could not be accomplished through the democratic process.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: God is not on Russia’s side in Ukraine invasion
The Russian Orthodox Church has appallingly defended Putin’s actions and is urging Russians to support the war.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Comparison of Zelensky to Hitler shows persistence of antisemitic myths
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s groundless statements provide us here in Maine with an excellent opportunity to continue a difficult conversation.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Amid all the shouting, a civil conversation about abortion
Six people, representing both sides of the debate, find a way to respectfully talk about one of America’s most contentious issues.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: How Holocaust survivors first remembered their murdered millions
The effort to establish a new holy day in the Jewish calendar was the result of an extraordinary vision only a year after the concentration camps’ liberation.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
U.S. Supreme Court tackles case about praying football coach
While hearing arguments in the case, the justices were wrestling with how to balance the religious and free speech rights of teachers and coaches with the rights of students not to feel pressured into participating.