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Funding news weekly. Dedicated to its founders, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america. Designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. Analysts say continued strong support from white evangelicals helped propel republican victories in this weeks midterm elections. About 26 of voters selfidentified as white evangelical or bornagain christians. They voted overwhelmingly for gop candidates, which was a key factor in several senate races, especially in the south. Smaller majorities of other protestants and catholics also went republican, as did those who say they attend religious services at least once a week. Majorities of jews, people of other religions, and those with no religious affiliation voted democratic. After a recent string of Court Decisions supporting samesex marriage, the sixth u. S. Circuit court of appeals this
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. As israel launched its ground offensive in gaza, religious groups continued to raise concerns and special prayers about the crisis. Some people of faith protested israels campaign in gaza, highlighting the large numbers of civilians who have been killed. Jewish groups and some christians rallied in solidarity with israel. Several u. S. Jewish leaders expressed concern about what they see as an antisemitic tone in many antiisrael protests. Meanwhile, some jews and muslims joined together in a daylong fast for peace. At the vatican, pope francis led tens of thousands in prayer for an end to the violence. He also personally called israeli president shimon peres and palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas urging a ceasefire. The complex interfaith sensitivities provoked by the crisis were evident at the white house this week. President obama hosted islamic leaders and muslim diplomats for a dinner to break their ramadan fast. He pledged
101. The driver of the suvs son said it is the scariest moment of my life. Apparently the driver of the pickup truck was not hurt in this accident. Live here in san jose, nbc day bear new nbc bay area news. The southbound lanes of i5 in stockton have just reopened within the hour. However, you can see crews are still battling hot spots near the freeway. A recycling plant went up in flames late this afternoon which caused more than a dozen spot fires. You see the video. Two propane tanks burst. Extensive damage at this plant. Strong winds are sending embers and debris across i5. Happening now, blustery winds around the bay area putting us at risk in creating a red flag warning. Looking at a live look right now, San Francisco. You can see the wind battering that flag. Team coverage for you. Were tracking the winds. We begin with Jodie Hernandez in pittsburgh for more. Jessica, the list risk of wie is so great, the Fire District is taking the unusual step of reopening this fire station in
Todays christians are less than 2 of pakistans population. Most are descendants of people converted from hinduism or islam by missionaries, generations, in some cases centuries, ago. They consider themselves fully pakistani. But often, catholic archbishop Joseph Coutts says, thats not how theyre perceived. Because of our colonial past christianity has been, is being identified with colonialism. Reporter with the west. With the west in general. We are sort of linked with being products of the west. Reporter that has made christians targets for all kinds of grievances against the west, whether a drone strike in the region or an antiislamic pronouncement in florida. I can give you a very dramatic example. We had, i think about two years back, a pastor, or he claimed to be a pastor, but if he was, i dont know, terry jones, an american pastor who wanted to burn the holy koran, and, of course there was the sort of a backlash on the christians, and we had to make it very clear that we are not