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February 5, 2023

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Fla. governor signs bill requiring moment for school prayer

June 16, 2021 Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited a South Florida Jewish temple to denounce anti-Semitism and stand with Israel, as the Republican governor signed a bill into law that would require public schools in […]

Article

HILL: The spirit of religion and the spirit of liberty are what made (makes) America great

March 31, 2021 Frank Hill

Alexis de Tocqueville visited America in the early days of the Republic on an official mission for the French department of the interior to study the US penitentiary system. What he discovered as he traveled […]

Article

2nd Catholic president clashes with church leaders over abortion, sexuality, religious freedom

February 17, 2021 North State Journal Staff

While the Supreme Court is used to seeing Catholics, who make up six of the nine current justices, the Oval Office has just its second Catholic in President Joe Biden. Catholics, including here in North […]

Article

Churches across NC require reservations to attend Christmas services

December 23, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — On the first Christmas, the Holy Family was turned away from the inn for not having reservations, and it looks like in 2020, many North Carolinians without reservations this Christmas will likewise find […]

Article

MATTHEWS: Democrats try boilerplate attacks on SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett, but they will backfire 

September 29, 2020 Stacey Matthews, North State Journal

After expressing condolences over the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Trump made clear he would nominate someone to replace her. Senate Republican leaders vowed that Trump’s nominee would receive a vote […]

Article

Cities restrict religious activity amid shutdown

April 15, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Christians across North Carolina and around the world celebrated this Easter season with unfamiliar restrictions on their activity, traditions and services. The restrictions were often seen as necessary sacrifices, but some of the […]

Article

‘Infected’: Data shows how China criminalized Muslim faith

February 25, 2020 Dake Kang, Associated Press

Beijing — For decades, the Uighur imam was a bedrock of his farming community in China’s far west. On Fridays, he preached Islam as a religion of peace. On Sundays, he treated the sick with […]

News

Methodist leaders announce proposal to divide denomination

January 8, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — In the final days of 2019, key leaders of the United Methodist Church released a proposal laying out the details of a solution to the denomination’s long battle over how to define their […]

Opinion

HILL: The Gift of Religious Freedom

April 17, 2019 Frank Hill

The week of Passover and Easter is a good time to reflect on what a gift our founders gave us in America when it comes to freedom of religion. Before America, people in a nation […]

News

NC Methodists respond to historic summit on sexuality

March 6, 2019 North State Journal Staff

DURHAM — Last week a global conference of delegates from the United Methodist Church met in a called special session to determine the denomination’s path forward on gay marriage and clergy after recent years of […]

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