The Rev. Todd Bell continues to flout public health measures aimed at keeping the pandemic in check. His backstory helps explain why.
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Maine Voices: Let’s stay united as Mainers amid our religious, political differences
We can commit to actively protecting the right to vote by pledging to ‘defend democracy faithfully.’
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Commentary: Politicians embracing lockdown tactics should have to ‘show their work’
Before placing limitations on houses of worship or schools, there should be proof that they are enabling transmission.
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Insight: Religious rivalry in Maine history
In 1854, an Ellsworth mob tarred and feathered Catholic priest John Bapst, as part of a dispute over which translation of the Bible children should read in public schools.
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Commentary: Amy Coney Barrett’s religion won’t dictate her rulings
If a person of faith commits himself or herself to the mandated oath, that person will commit to following the Constitution and U.S. law.
Posted inLocal & State
Police to probe whether Oakland church violated pandemic guidelines with weekend crowds
Vehicles, many with out-of-state plates, packed the Kingdom Life Church parking lot on High Street in Oakland on Friday and Saturday nights, possibly violating state pandemic guidelines.
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Maine Voices: Republican social Darwinists buy into illusory COVID herd immunity
That avowed pro-lifers are advocating letting the unfit perish for the sake of the fit is nothing short of paradoxical.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Here’s Something: God should be a source of peace
I had an interesting experience while visiting a public school recently. On a wall was a dry-erase board with the following question written above: “Where do you find your peace?” Inscribed below were a dozen answers, ranging from in the garden, woods and walks to ocean and beach. I enjoyed reading through the various answers, […]
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Maine Voices: Time for renewal of Black-Jewish unity against bigotry
In Maine and across the U.S., both communities need to remember their historic cooperation in demanding that America live up to its promise of equality for all.
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Bowdoinham man selected to lead LDS Church region
AUGUSTA — Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Greater Portland area gathered online to welcome a new area stake president and two counselors to preside over 11 ward and branch congregations, according to a LDS Church news release. The stake, a collection of wards within the LDS Church, is […]