{"id":660,"date":"2011-05-09T22:36:50","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T02:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=660"},"modified":"2011-05-11T10:18:56","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T14:18:56","slug":"no-offense-sojourners-rejects-gay-ad-jewish-paper-rejects-sen-clintons-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/05\/no-offense-sojourners-rejects-gay-ad-jewish-paper-rejects-sen-clintons-image.html","title":{"rendered":"No Offense? Sojourners Rejects Gay Ad, Jewish Paper Rejects Hillary Clinton&#8217;s Image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a case of two faith-related news stories that both illustrate two of my favorite sayings:\u00a0&#8220;Don&#8217;t bite the hand that feeds you&#8221; and &#8220;The medium is the message.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sojourners, the progressive Christian organization helmed by Jim Wallis, is getting lots of left-wing criticism for declining an ad that urged churches to welcome gay members. Check out the coverage from <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/ctpolitics\/2011\/05\/sojourners_decl.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctpolitics+%28Christianity+Today+Politics+Blog%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Christianity Today<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/lead\/faith_and_politics\/what_should_progressive_christ.html\">Episcopal Cafe<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.religiondispatches.org\/dispatches\/sarahposner\/4592\/\"> Religion Dispatches<\/a> and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritual-politics.org\/2011\/05\/sojourners_muted_voice.html\"> Spiritual Politics<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Di Tzeitung, a\u00a0Hasidic Jewish newspaper, looks completely absurd for having edited the women &#8212; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (previously a senator from New York and quite popular with the Jewish community) and Audrey Tomason, counterterrorism chief &#8212; out of that now-infamous Situation Room photo of the Obama administration&#8217;s inner circle watching the raid on Osama bin Laden&#8217;s Abbottabad hideaway. (Something to remember, next time we&#8217;re discussing a story about traditionalist Muslims who want to keep women hidden away.) Check out the coverage from <a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/05\/09\/religious-paper-cuts-clinton-from-iconic-photo\/\">CNN&#8217;s Belief Blog<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/news\/article\/2011\/05\/09\/3087621\/hasidic-paper-removes-hillary-clinton-from-photo#When:15:35:00Z\">JTA<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/Religion\/post\/2011\/05\/hasidic-newspaper-cuts-hillary-clinton-from-photo-watching-bin-laden-raid-1\/1?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Religion-TopStories+%28News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">USA Today&#8217;s Faith &amp; Reason blog<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click  here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat <\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to\u00a0<strong>follow Belief  Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a case of two faith-related news stories that both illustrate two of my favorite sayings:\u00a0&#8220;Don&#8217;t bite the hand that feeds you&#8221; and &#8220;The medium is the message.&#8221; Sojourners, the progressive Christian organization helmed by Jim Wallis, is getting lots of left-wing criticism for declining an ad that urged churches to welcome gay members. 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