{"id":817,"date":"2011-07-04T08:24:25","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T12:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=817"},"modified":"2011-07-04T21:28:12","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T01:28:12","slug":"back-to-the-usa-catching-up-on-faith-news-your-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/07\/back-to-the-usa-catching-up-on-faith-news-your-picks.html","title":{"rendered":"Back to the USA &amp; Catching Up on Faith News: Your Picks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy birthday, America! It&#8217;s nice to be back in time for the Independence Day fireworks, though my dog is not so thrilled. Check back tomorrow for a roundup of July 4-related faith news links.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, how&#8217;s this for a 21st century problem: do you check work email (and headlines, in my case) while on vacation, or leave it to become a gigantic pile that instantly re-stresses you out upon your return? I opt for the former, which means I&#8217;m not completely out of the loop on breaking religion news from the past few weeks, but I&#8217;m also lacking perspective on which stories you may most like to discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Muslim debate over <a href=\"http:\/\/muslimmatters.org\/2011\/06\/21\/heba-ahmed-cnn-interview-on-the-ban-in-saudi-arabia-outlawing-female-drivers\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Muslimmatters+%28MuslimMatters+Posts%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">driving while (Saudi) female<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Faith of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/2011\/06\/bachmanns-faith-none-of-our-business\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+getreligion%2FDmXm+%28GetReligion%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Michele Bachmann,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/06\/25\/jon-huntsman-religion-mormon_n_884532.html\">Jon Huntsman<\/a> &amp; other Republican presidential contenders?<\/li>\n<li>Gay marriage gains ground in<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenfieldreporter.com\/view\/story\/83f7e7a7371e4059ba94146ce6af52a7\/US--Gay-Marriage-Bishops\/\"> New York<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/ncronline.org\/blogs\/ncr-today\/rhode-island-most-catholic-state-welcomes-gay-marriage\">Rhode Island<\/a> (despite Catholic opposition)?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/ctpolitics\/2011\/06\/sbc_vote_reveal.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\">Growing evangelical Christian support for immigration reform<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or something else?<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy birthday, America! It&#8217;s nice to be back in time for the Independence Day fireworks, though my dog is not so thrilled. Check back tomorrow for a roundup of July 4-related faith news links. 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