Jeff Brumley

1 week ago | baptistnews.com | Jeff Brumley

The fear and loathing of history motivated the banning of nearly 400 books at the U.S. Naval Academy, according to a panel of scholars whose works were included in the purge. “I think very clearly that my book was taken off because people hate the truth and people hate history more,” said Anthea Butler, a religion and African American studies professor at the University of Pennsylvania and author of White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America.

1 week ago | baptistnews.com | Jeff Brumley

A federal judge has ruled against Fellowship Southwest, the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas and more than two dozen other plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the legality of immigration raids in churches and other sensitive locations.

1 week ago | baptistnews.com | Jeff Brumley

The federal government must resume processing and admitting refugees tentatively approved for resettlement before President Donald Trump took office in January, a U.S. court has ruled. But like similar decisions before it, the April 9 order has yet to prompt compliance from the administration. “Defendants now admit that they are not complying and do not intend to comply with either of this court’s preliminary injunctions,” plaintiffs in Pacito v.

2 weeks ago | baptistnews.com | Jeff Brumley

Almost two-thirds of Americans support legal abortion in all or nearly all situations, while opposition is stronger among Christian nationalists and other religious conservatives, according to a new report by Public Religion Research Institute. In interviews with 22,000 U.S. adults last year, PRRI found 63% of respondents approve of abortion access in all or most cases, compared to 34% who oppose the practice in all or most cases.

2 weeks ago | baptistnews.com | Jeff Brumley

In the fast-moving world of U.S. immigration news, a Florida court blocked a severe state law while the Trump administration continues to spread fear in its anti-immigrant campaign. A federal court in Miami temporarily blocked a new Florida law that imposes severe criminal penalties on undocumented immigrants who enter the state. Judge Kathleen Williams of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida granted a temporary restraining order April 4 pausing Senate Bill 4-C, which Gov.