Religion

Local churches take up fight against diabetes

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Beverly Propes

Diabetes is the “gateway disease” that often can lead to other health concerns, especially for Blacks. According to the Centers for Disease Control, one of every three Blacks in this country either has diabetes or is pre-diabetic, and nearly 39 percent of Black Minnesotans’ deaths are caused by diabetes.

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Uncivil marriages

By Emilio DeGrazia, Downstream

I was pleased when legislators added the word “civil” to the gay marriage bill recently approved by the Minnesota legislature. Marriage has a long history of being on the rocks, so it could use a little civility.

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Starting Line: Establishing a Student Religious Liberties Act

By Staff, Session Weekly/Session Daily

The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution are collectively called The Bill of Rights. Originally drafted to lessen fears that the Constitution would open the way to tyranny by a central government, this document enshrines citizens' most important basic freedoms.

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The Camden Promise: Three churches, lots of activity keep a Minneapolis building busy

By Margo Ashmore, North News

Gethsemane’s new baptismal font, in the foreground, and altar in background. (Photos by Margo Ashmore)

It’s a dimly-lit space, but it’s been a spot of brightness to hungry families in the greater Camden Community, as well as holding a key to keeping a 120-year-old church alive. The Camden Promise food shelf, and other programs of The Camden Promise, are joint efforts of three congregations worshipping at 4656 Colfax Ave. N.

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Minnesota House passes Marriage Equality bill, the Jewish perspective

By Bradley Machov, TC Jewfolk

The mood at the Minnesota State Capitol today was one of pure joy when the House of Representatives passed the marriage equality bill 75-59 on Thursday. The bill will now go to the DFL controlled Senate for a vote on Monday. Should it pass the Senate it will go to Governor Mark Dayton (DFL), who has said he will sign the bill should it reach his desk.

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The Museum of Russian Art to exhibit photographs from Jewish life in the Russian Empire

By Doris Rubenstein, American Jewish World

The vast majority of you reading this article today, like me, had grandparents or great-grandparents who came to America during the Great Migration from Eastern Europe between 1880 and 1920. The vast majority of them came from what was designated “the Pale of Settlement,” a swath of the western part of Catherine the Great’s Russian Empire, established in the late 18th century.

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Trying not to stick my head in the sand

By Steve Clemens, Mennonista

After walking two miles behind a “Stop Frac Sand” banner, we arrived at the Port of Winona where 18-wheel trucks were unloading their cargoes of silica frac sand on to barges in the Mississippi River to be shipped to natural gas fracking operations in Texas or other locations. A second group of friends walked over three miles to another Winona, MN site where already-mined frac sand was being washed before loaded on to the trucks that were arrive at the port. With the support of dozens of other friends, 35 of us were arrested on trespass charges as we nonviolently blocked the trucks this morning in what may have been the largest protest to date against fracking.

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Points to consider before being suspicious of the next random Muslim you meet

By Hani Hamdan, Engage Minnesota

You’ve probably seen a Muslim in a public place at some point in time. Given the rising anti-Muslim sentiment in the US, you probably went through the brief discomfort associated with the questions: “Is it wrong to feel suspicious about this guy?” and “How do I know he/she isn’t plotting something?”

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Post-Boston, Muslims worry

By Meghan Holden, The Minnesota Daily

Darul Hikmah instructor Mufti Hussain Kamani speaks to Muslim students about the Sunnah, the lifestyle of the Prophet Muhammad, on Friday, April 26, 2013, at the Science Teaching and Student Services building. (Photo by Jaak Jensen)

Before the identities of the Boston bombers were released, Nora Ali was thinking one thing: “I hope they’re not Muslim.”

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Disabling the winning formula, working to change the usual conversation

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

Last Friday my second post about the aftermath of the Boston Marathon came shortly after the identity of the suspects in the bombings were given faces and names.

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