The abortion debate in the United States is described as emotional. So what are we reporters doing to make it rational?
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Jefferts Schori plays the England card
That sound you heard the other day in England was nervous coughing. It seems that the leader of the U.S. Episcopal Church, Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori, is determined not to let gays, lesbians and bisexuals in England sit on the sidelines while traditionalists in the rest of the world take shots at her troubled flock.
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Gay Muslims dance, in Berlin
The New York Times had a fascinating story about gay Muslims in Berlin. Reporter Nicholas Kulish interviewed visitors to a gay nightclub in the Kreuzberg neighborhood and produces a piece showing how young Muslims — many of them immigrants — are navigating their sexual identity and religion:
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Super sweet fifteen
Where I grew up in California, Saturdays were for Quinceaneras (why won’t WordPress accept the letter n with a tilde?). If you drove by the Catholic church at the right time, you’d see what looked like a wedding party pouring out. The Associated Press’ Eric Gorski uses the hook of Quinceaneras to discuss how the Roman Catholic church in America is embracing its changing identity:
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Thou shalt kill?
Wendy Hundley of The Dallas Morning News had a fascinating story on her hands: two teen-aged daughters were found shot to death and their father was considered the most likely culprit.
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Religion and modern matchmaking
I love finding religion stories in the sports pages and business pages of the newspaper. New York Times‘ reporter Douglas Quenqua had a great one this week about religious values and internet dating.
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Casting stones at Jamie Lynn
When “good girl” celebrity Jamie Lynn Spears announced she was pregnant, reporters cast their rhetorical stones at the fallen teen role model. As Monica Hesse of The Washington Post wrote:
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Mapping a gunman's path
When it comes to covering the Youth With A Mission shootings, journalists in the mainstream media are still searching for a template to use.
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Oh, those warring Episcopals
There is no way to read all of the coverage of today’s vote, by the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, based in Fresno in central California, to cut ties to the U.S. Episcopal Church.
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