Judge Dickson does an excellent job of laying out these conclusions at the close of his Order:

The neutral principles of property, corporate, and trust law [in South Carolina] have been consistent for years. Lawyers and judges understand those principles and are competent to decide issue[s] based upon them. Additionally, neutral principles of law avoid[] all religious discussion, including which party is "true" to their denomination.

On July 2, Turkey's Council of State will decide whether to restore Muslim worship to the site by annulling Atatürk's decree that turned the basilica from a mosque into a museum.

"Al-Fath surah will be recited and [Islamic] prayers will be prayed at Hagia Sophia as part of the conquest festival," President Erdoğan announced Thursday night on Turkish television.

"I come back to the fact that, in the New Testament, Jesus says be angry about injustice, repent of injustice -- that means go the other way, take action against injustice," Welby said, beginning his brief apology by reflecting on the parable of the Good Samaritan.

I now find myself sifting through varying views held by fellow believers. In the growing divisions about the current unrest in our culture, I've seen people on both sides have difficulty in engaging others without sliding into that same kind of name-calling and division. I've had issues with the different responses to the coronavirus pandemic and now to the murder of George Floyd and the resulting riots.