Public Islamic school in Minnesota

This story certainly will raise some eyebrows. Apparently, a charter school in Minnesota has mandatory Muslim prayer and ritual washing on Friday, the holy day for Islam. Yet another reminder why the First Amendment is a very good thing, both because this school is being exposed by the free press and because issues involving the establishment of religion are being discussed.

Scriptures in the hotel room

I am in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where I just enjoyed three nights at the Renaissance Hotel, which is owned by Marriott. I usually read scriptures on-line when traveling, but I was very pleased to find a Book of Mormon in English when I arrived at my hotel room. This of course raises all kinds of interesting questions for me.

1)Why wasn’t the Book of Mormon in Portuguese?

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