Dealer's Choice

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint's news website posted an article on December 12, 2015 declaring the placement of the angel Moroni on top of a Hartford,

The War on Christmas

Every year we are reminded on the war on Christmas. This year, Starbucks was the main target with switching from their holiday cups, to plain, red cups. Some, such as a man in congress,don't support the change in these coffee cups.

Is America a Christian Nation

As we wrap up the semester, Lippy leaves us student with the chapter asking "Is America a Christian Nation?". I feel like there are many ways to answer this question.

Anti-Muslim Sentiment

After reading the Huffington Post's religion section from December, I'm learning that the anti-Muslim sentiment is hitting the internet in a huge way.

Islam

From the Huffington Post, a Muslim taxi driver was shot on Thanksgiving day. The driver was shot in the shoulder after driving away then the passenger brought out a rifle and began to shoot. The driver had been answering the passengers questions related to his Islamic religion and how he doesn't support ISIS. Reporters and police are classifying this as a hate crime.

Hate crimes have been present throughout our history against those with opposing religions. The Mormons has towns burned down and the Chinese were isolated into specific areas of towns across America, formally known as Chinatowns(Lippy 252). What's different about the recent Islamic attacks on Muslims in America is that many are supporting the Muslims, even arguing that the government should step in stating people have the right to religious exercises and beliefs. Whereas back in the day, the government wouldn't have stepped in and many would support and take part of the hate against various religions.