{"id":20636,"date":"2014-02-28T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=20636"},"modified":"2014-12-27T10:30:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T17:30:03","slug":"quick-links-to-christian-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2014\/02\/quick-links-to-christian-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Christian News"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m too tired to write, but here are a few quick links to think about until Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2014\/02\/jan-brewers-foolish-veto-104014_full.html#.UxADMHk9dSV\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Brewer\u2019s Foolish Veto<\/a>\u00a0The news reports about the Arizona bill were dead flat lies from a dishonest press.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardinalnewmansociety.org\/CatholicEducationDaily\/DetailsPage\/tabid\/102\/ArticleID\/3029\/No-Same-Sex-Marriages-in-Loyola-Chicago-Chapel-Campus-Open-to-Receptions.aspx\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">No Same-Sex Marriages in Loyola Chapel, Campus Open to Receptions<\/a>\u00a0Jesuit-run Loyola of Chicago will not allow gay weddings on campus, but the university will not fight a local law requiring them to host gay wedding receptions. Every venue on campus will be open for wedding receptions \u201cregardless of religious or gender identification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholiccourier.com\/news\/world-nation\/cardinals-say-synod-on-family-will-seek-to-balance-truth-gods-mercy\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cardinals Say Synod on Family will Balance Truth, God\u2019s Mercy<\/a>\u00a0Synod desires to balance Christ\u2019s teaching about the permanence of marriage and the call for the Church to show God\u2019s mercy to those who have divorced and remarried.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/news\/world\/2014\/02\/26\/african-voices-catholic-divorce-debate-boost-conservative-side\/FfVP2CY1bQyhTZgc0CNdXO\/story.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">African Bishops Warn: If You Try Something with Divorce and Remarriage, It\u2019s Going to Hurt Us on Polygamy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthrevolt.org\/news\/abortions-outnumber-live-births-blacks-nyc#.UwdsmxIH3JU.twitter\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Abortions Outnumber Births for NYC African Americans<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthrevolt.org\/news\/abortions-outnumber-live-births-blacks-nyc#.UwdsmxIH3JU.twitter\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Christian Singer Natalie Grant Walks Out of Grammy Awards<\/a>\u00a0See also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiantoday.com\/article\/mass.wedding.at.2014.grammys.criticized.as.political.stunt.to.push.gay.marriage.agenda.natalie.grant.responds.after.early.exit\/35586.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mass Wedding at Awards Show a Stunt to Push Gay Marriage Agenda<\/a> Natalie Grant and Kirk Cameron criticized this year\u2019s Grammy Awards for \u201can all out assault on the traditional family.\u201d\u00a0Grant walked out. They will undoubtedly pay a price for this in their careers. Wouldn\u2019t it be wonderful if the Jesuits at Loyola Chicago had this kind of courageous faith?<\/p>\n<p>To see a video of the \u201cwedding,\u201d which, in my opinion, was an attack on Christianity as well as marriage, go\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/mixed-media\/2014\/01\/video-macklemore-grammys-wedding-34-couples-gay-marriage\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>. Queen Latifah, who officiated at the \u201cceremony\u201d was <a href=\"http:\/\/wtvr.com\/2014\/01\/27\/queen-latifah-officiates-wedding-for-33-couples-at-grammy\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">deputized by the City of Los Angeles for the day<\/a>,\u00a0so these marriages were legal. At the same show, Katy Perry, a former Christian recording artist who has said that she <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gq.com\/women\/photos\/201402\/katy-perry-cover-story-february-2014\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">no longer believes in Christ or is a Christian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZSaxGesjybA\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">performed this number.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chroniclelive.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/three-parent-ivf-treatment-gets-green-6758074\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Three-Parent IVF Babies Gets Green Light<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiantoday.com\/article\/mass.wedding.at.2014.grammys.criticized.as.political.stunt.to.push.gay.marriage.agenda.natalie.grant.responds.after.early.exit\/35586.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Religious Freedom is a Constitutional Right Not a \u201cTax-Exempt Status\u201d<\/a>\u00a0CatholicVote blogger discusses the coming fight to force churches to perform gay marriage ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Security-Watch\/2014\/0227\/As-Boko-Haram-slaughters-students-where-is-Nigeria-s-Army-video\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Boko Haram Murders Between 40 and 60 Boys at Nigerian Christian School<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wapt.com\/news\/central-mississippi\/man-wakes-up-in-body-bag-at-funeral-home\/24722536\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Man Wakes up in Body Bag at Funeral Home\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, a video by Natalie Grant, called, fittingly, I will Not Be Moved.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/vyEMJBhCtU8\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/vyEMJBhCtU8<\/a>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 I\u2019m too tired to write, but here are a few quick links to think about until Monday. Brewer\u2019s Foolish Veto\u00a0The news reports about the Arizona bill were dead flat lies from a dishonest press. No Same-Sex Marriages in Loyola Chapel, Campus Open to Receptions\u00a0Jesuit-run Loyola of Chicago will not allow gay weddings on campus, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,1144,3018,5392,40,5302,548,1],"tags":[18,5469,214,6154,6156,6155,6153],"class_list":["post-20636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","category-calling-evil-good","category-calling-good-evil","category-christian-leadership","category-christianity-2","category-post-christian-west","category-same-sex-marriage-2","category-uncategorized","tag-abortion","tag-divorced-catholics","tag-gay-marriage","tag-grammys","tag-kirk-cameron","tag-natalie-grant","tag-synod-on-family"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Today&#039;s Christian News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; I\u2019m too tired to write, but here are a few quick links to think about until Monday. 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