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Hate the sin, love the sinner says a coalition of Christian groups, including the Vatican, who’ve compiled a new rule book for treating non-Christians with tolerance while still trying to convert them.

A San Francisco woman charges that Abercrombie & Fitch, purveyor to the young and bare-skinned, fired her for wearing a head scarf.  Apparently allowing her to work in the stock room in a scarf wasn’t “reasonable religious accommodation.”  So who was she offending?  The brand’s “natural, classic American style.” Continue Reading →

Using All The Parts

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There’s not a stitch or shred or scrap that my good Mennonite grandmother didn’t see fit for other uses. She was, to steal from Barbara Mandrell, green when green wasn’t cool. That’s why today’s article in my hometown newspaper, The Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, comes as no surprise: The Mennonite Central Committee is making changes that will reduce their organization’s carbon footprint — and save money. Leave it to the Mennonites to start — organization wide — making rugs out of old jeans. Continue Reading →