When Amy Starr, who is Jewish, fell in love with Matt Hartnett, who was raised Catholic, honoring their collective religious roots became the most important holiday tradition of all.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
We must recall lessons of Japanese internment, lest we repeat tragedy
It was wrong to round up Japanese-Americans 75 years ago, and today’s Muslims are no different.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Christmas morning in Whoville provides a lesson for everyone
The holiday could be happier if more people imitated this capacity for forgiveness shown by characters in Dr. Seuss’ story of the Grinch.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Kathleen Parker: Execution would be too good a sentence for Dylann Roof
It’s better to condemn the church gunman to a lifetime of suffering than to end his miserable life.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Ohio State administrator shouldn’t be fired for social media compassion
Stephanie Clemons Thompson was merely practicing her First Amendment rights.
Posted inMaine, News
Millinocket man allowed to wear goat horns in driver’s license photo
The state of Maine backs down after he wrote the secretary of state about the garb’s religious significance.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Kathleen Parker: At trial for 9 murders inside church, the ‘why’ is not fully answered
A court in South Carolina is awash in the scenes of a killer’s brutality and the pain of victims’ families.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Chancellor Merkel wrong to call for German veil ban
Regulating future inflows of immigrants is the right thing to do, but pandering to anti-Muslim sentiment is not.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: That day, there was room in the square
But as religious folk prepared separate celebrations of peace, was there room in their hearts to ignore recent words of hate?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
M.D. Harmon: Hasn’t Santa lost all traces of being a religious figure? Maybe not
It was a surprise when an Oregon district lumped Mr. Claus into efforts to keep God out of the classroom.