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A Jewish candidate and a Catholic candidate square off in a statewide race with national implications. What happened the Sunday before Election Day? They went to church, of course.
The Episcopal Church invested a new leader this weekend. Katharine Jefferts Schori was elected the first female presiding bishop in June, and media reports then focused on the milestone. Jefferts Schori’s election also provoked a possible schism in the church because of her vote to confirm the election of a gay bishop, among other things.
As several GetReligion readers have noted on the comment boards, the Rev. Ted Haggard has been fired.
After a wild Friday on the Colorado Springs front, I think I can safely say that there is more news and fallout to come.
As a print journalist, I often wince when important news stories are driven by the radio and television. Accusations fly quickly and responses are hastily arranged. Even in the age of the Internet, stories driven by print reporters develop more slowly. Facts tend to be treated with greater care when they are handled by individuals independent of the situation than by accusers and the accused.
I’m rather speechless about this whole Ted Haggard story. I grew up down the road from his New Life megachurch (pop. 14,000) and have followed his ascendancy for years. I’m rather uncertain what can be said about the media coverage, too.
The Washington Post‘s 2,300-word profile of Martin O’Malley left me in a state of confusion. How does one write about a talkative Irish guy who speaks of his “Jesuit ideal of being ‘a man for others’” without mentioning his religious affiliation or exploring how this shaped his political philosophy?
Minnesotan Michelle Bachmann is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House. She’s a member of a congregation affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Media coverage of her campaign has delved into religion repeatedly but I couldn’t quite find the time to mention it here.
The latest Newsweek reports on a theatrical breakthrough that had earlier escaped GetReligion’s attention: The Hell House phenomenon is now playing to packed-out houses at the edgy Les Freres Corbusier in Brooklyn.
