The Story:  “Does Faith = Hate?” by Rod Dreher writing for The American Conservative. The Lead:  “A consensus is emerging on the right that the most important goal at this stage is not to stop gay marriage entirely but to secure as much liberty as possible for dissenting religious and social conservatives while there is still...

  By Derick Dickens With Biblical Literacy at an all-time low in the United States, I often find myself wanting to cringe when an editorial asks, “What would Jesus do?” The most recent cringe came when the editorial page asked if it is a Christian virtue to be transgendered.  These questions came during a recent...

  The Story:  “Spare the War Memorials,” by Chuck Norris writing at NewsBusters.org. The Lead: “My middle brother’s name, Wieland Norris, is etched on the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington because he sacrificed his life in battle June 3, 1970, so these war memorial vandalisms hit the core of my being and chap...

By Michael Berry The following, written by new to “The Edge” blogger, Michael Berry, is part one of a two-part essay that examines the roots and modern out-workings of religious liberty in the United States military. Part 2 will be published on Thursday, October 10. The notion that men go off to war for causes...

  The Story:  “11 Supreme Court Cases that Could Change the U.S. in the Coming Year,” by Chris Geidner writing at BuzzFeed. [WARNING: Some images in the sidebar of BuzzFeed’s website may be offensive.] The Lead:  “At 10 a.m. Monday, in the midst of a government shutdown, Chief Justice John Roberts will begin his eighth...

  The Story: “Shutdown Impacts Chapel Services” by John Schlageter writing at the Archdiocese of the Military. The Lead: “There is a chronic shortage of active duty Catholic chaplains. While roughly 25% of the military is Catholic, Catholic priests make up only about 8% of the chaplain corps. That means approximately 275,000 men and women in uniform,...