The story of America is only the story of new arrivals arriving, striving and becoming Americans in their own ways.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: KKK fliers in Augusta, Freeport are just the most obvious examples of hate
President Trump’s refugee ban shows that carefully worded prejudice is as damaging as the in-your-face kind.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Religion is no justification for bias against women, LGBT Americans
With a ‘religious freedom’ executive order in the works, Maine’s members of Congress should be prepared to put basic civil rights protections into law.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Muslim refugee ban keeps elderly Iranian grandmother in limbo
After nearly three years of vetting, she is issued a visa – then President Trump signs an executive order.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Persistent myth suggests pro-life community is only pro-birth
There is no community in the U.S. as committed to the cause of women, mothers and families.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: We’re still waiting on the pope’s promises about clergy sex abuse
Not a single bishop has been explicitly held accountable and stripped of his title.
Posted inMaine, News
Waterville congregation hears from transgender woman about her experience
‘There comes a moment where we have to choose to be ourself,’ the president of the Maine Transgender Network tells churchgoers.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The humble Farmer: Televangelist Jim Bakker has a second coming
Here he is again, the old master of the broadcast con, still peddling books from a screen in my living room.
Posted inMaine, News, Religion and Values
Maine’s Catholic diocese offers training to prevent, respond to violence in churches
Incidents such as the 2015 shooting at a church in South Carolina prompt the diocese and the Department of Homeland Security to plan workshops for leaders of all denominations.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Will Trump’s attacks on decency spark the religious left to rise again?
If ever there were a moment for the left to seize the mantle of religion from conservatives, surely it arrives Jan. 20 at noon, when Donald Trump is inaugurated as president.