FAITH
Friday, May 26, 2017
BRIEFLY
New Hope presents
sexuality seminar
HERMISTON — A
special seminar for parents
and those working with
youths will highlight our
culture’s fascination with
sexuality.
The session will address
how to have important
conversations with youths
about gender, social media,
sex and porn. The discussion
will include when it’s best to
have particular conversations
with children and youths.
Parenting in a Sexually
Charged World is Friday,
June 2 from 5:30-9 p.m.
at New Hope Community
Church, 1350 S. Highway
395. It includes dinner at
5:30 p.m. The cost is $3 each
or $10 for a family. Also, free
childcare is provided from
6-10 p.m. In order to plan,
registration is requested by
calling 541-567-8441.
The special speaker is
Jason Soucinek of Project
Six19 in Spokane. He’ll talk
about the current cultural
landscape in America, what
kids are being exposed to and
provide a biblical framework
for having conversations
with kids about God’s design
for sexuality.
For more information,
call 541-567-8441 or visit
Facebook.
Redeemer church
celebrates Feast of
Pentecost
PENDLETON —
Episcopal Church of the
Redeemer is celebrating the
Feast of Pentecost.
Referred to as the
“birthday of the church,” the
service will include a group
of readers who will join the
lector in presenting Acts
2:1-21. In addition to English,
it will feature a variety of
languages. The service is
Sunday, June 4 at 9 a.m. at the
church, located at 241 S.E.
Second St., Pendleton.
For more information,
call 541-276-3809 or
redeemerchurch1897@
gmail.com.
Service offers
‘hymnspiration’
HERMISTON — The
public is invited to an evening
of singing old hymns with
new and old friends.
The Hymnspiration is
Sunday, June 4 from 5-6
p.m. at Victory Baptist
Church, 193 E. Main St.
Hermiston. The gathering
is the last one until after the
summer, so be sure to join
the fun and fellowship.
For more information,
call Chris Finley at 541-571-
2516.
East Oregonian
Travel ban blocked, headed for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) —
President Donald Trump’s
revised travel ban “speaks
with vague words of national
security, but in context drips
with religious intolerance,
animus and discrimination,”
a federal appeals court said
Thursday in ruling against the
executive order targeting six
Muslim-majority countries.
Trump’s administration
vowed to take the fight to the
U.S. Supreme Court.
In a 10-3 vote, the 4th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals
said the ban likely violates
the Constitution. And it
upheld a lower court ruling
that blocks the Republican
administration from cutting
off visas for people from
Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,
Syria and Yemen.
The Richmond, Virgin-
ia-based 4th Circuit is the
first appeals court to rule
on the revised travel ban
unveiled in March. Trump’s
administration had hoped it
would avoid the legal prob-
lems that the first version
from January encountered.
A second appeals court, the
9th U.S. Circuit based in San
Francisco, is also weighing
the revised travel ban after
a federal judge in Hawaii
blocked it.
The Supreme Court
almost certainly would step
into the case if asked. The
justices almost always have
the final say when a lower
court strikes down a federal
law or presidential action.
Trump could try to
persuade the Supreme
Court to allow the policy to
take effect, even while the
justices weigh whether to
hear the case, by arguing that
the court orders blocking the
ban make the country less
safe. If the administration
does ask the court to step in,
the justices’ first vote could
signal the court’s ultimate
decision.
A central question in the
case before the 4th Circuit
was whether courts should
consider Trump’s public
statements about wanting to
bar Muslims from entering
the country as evidence that
the policy was primarily
motivated by the religion.
Trump’s administration
argued the court should
not look beyond the text of
the executive order, which
doesn’t mention religion. The
countries were not chosen
because they are predomi-
nantly Muslim but because
they present terrorism risks,
the administration said.
But Chief Judge Roger
L. Gregory wrote that the
government’s
“asserted
national security interest
... appears to be a post hoc,
secondary justification for
an executive action rooted
in religious animus and
intended to bar Muslims
from this country.”
Attorney General Jeff
Sessions said the court’s
ruling blocks Trump’s
“efforts to strengthen this
By MIKE CORDER
Associated Press
MANCHESTER,
England — On the
Manchester street they call
the “Curry Mile,” there are
no longer just Indian or Paki-
stani restaurants. A hungry
diner can now choose Halal
snacks from Beirut, kebabs
from Afghanistan or garishly
colored sweets from India,
among many others.
Traffic along the busy
road is just as varied —
hipsters on vintage race bikes
zoom past a mother in full-
face veil pushing a stroller. A
block away, Paulette Greig,
the daughter of a Jamaican
Indian and a white English
woman, drinks water in
the Albert Inn, a traditional
English pub.
The kaleidoscope of
Mancunians — as the city’s
residents are known —
reflects the proudly multi-
ethnic city’s long history of
welcoming migrants and,
on the whole, successfully
integrating them.
“Obviously, you get the
odd idiot, but you get them
everywhere,” Greig said.
Manchester’s
race
relations have been in the
spotlight since suicide
bomber Salman Abedi, a
British citizen of Libyan
descent, killed 22 people
and injured dozens more on
Monday night outside an
Ariana Grande concert. The
attack has been claimed by
Islamic State, drawing atten-
tion to the city’s Muslim
population. Some 80,000
Muslims live in Manchester,
according to data from the
2011 census, making up
nearly 16 percent of the
population at the time.
Alongside many churches
and a handful of Sikh
LCMC
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Religious leaders speak to crowds during a vigil at St Ann’s square in central Man-
chester, England on Wednesday.
“Obviously, you get the odd idiot,
but you get them everywhere.”
— Paulette Greig, English citizen
temples, there are dozens of
mosques dotted around the
sprawling city. The large,
modern Central Mosque is
tucked into a leafy street in
the Victoria Park neighbor-
hood just a few blocks from
the Curry Mile, and smaller
establishments cater to
national minorities who tend
to be bonded by language.
Mohammed Fadl, a
spokesman for Libyan expa-
triates in Manchester, said
there are no exact figures
but the community numbers
in the tens of thousands and
is the largest in the United
Kingdom.
It remains unclear how
exactly Abedi became radi-
calized. Libyan anti-terror
forces arrested his father
in Tripoli on Wednesday,
Special Deterrent force
spokesman Ahmed bin
Salem told the Associated
Press. Two of Abedi’s
brothers also have been
arrested — one in England,
the other in Libya.
In the aftermath of
Monday’s deadly attack,
community leaders have
been keen to stress that
attackers like Abedi are a
tiny minority in the Muslim
community, and to under-
score the spirit of unity in
this melting pot city.
“If you look at Curry
Mile and people across
the community generally,
people are understanding
each other’s cultures,” said
Irfan Chishti, Imam of the
Central Mosque.
On Wednesday evening,
girls in school uniforms
stood near women in Islamic
headscarves at a multi-faith
vigil next to a statue of
19th-century
Manchester
industrialist and lawmaker
Richard Cobden. A sea of
flowers, candles, football
scarves
and
balloons
surrounded the statue. One
pink, heart-shaped balloon
was emblazoned with the
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message “RIP Angels” on
one side and “‘’Manchester
together” on the other.
Many tributes included
pictures of bees — the
community-minded insect
has been a symbol of
Manchester for years, dating
back to when its booming
textile mills helped power
the industrial revolution.
A rabbi, Islamic leaders
and Christians addressed
the short meeting, vowing
not to let hate drive a wedge
between the city’s diverse
religious groups.
So far, they seem to be
succeeding; the city appears
to have avoided a concerted
anti-Islam backlash in the
aftermath of Monday’s
attack.
Law
enforcement
authorities also are playing
a role. A police car briefly
drove into the deserted car
park of the Central Mosque
Wednesday morning and
asked staff if they had expe-
rienced any trouble since the
concert blast. They said they
had not.
Manchester, a city 160
miles (260 kilometers)
northwest of London, now
has a population of some
530,000. It has long been
a magnet for migrants and
others seeking work.
After
its
economic
boom in the 19th century,
Manchester gradually lost
its sheen, becoming a gritty
post-industrial city in the
late 20th century.
It was then that it became a
creative hub and a launching
pad for influential bands
ranging from The Smiths to
Britpop powerhouse Oasis.
In the late 1980s and early
‘90s, the city was dubbed
Madchester because of its
hedonistic nightlife and
bands.
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Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Sunday Bible Classes 9:45 AM
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country’s national security.”
Trump is not required to
admit people from “coun-
tries that sponsor or shelter
terrorism until he determines
that they can be properly
vetted” and don’t pose a
security threat, Sessions said.
The three dissenting
judges, all appointed by
Republican presidents, said
the majority was wrong to
look beyond the text of the
order. Calling the executive
order a “modest action,”
Judge Paul V. Niemeyer
wrote that Supreme Court
precedent required the court
to consider the order “on
its face.” Looked at that
way, the executive order “is
entirely without constitu-
tional fault,” he wrote.
Melting pot Manchester stresses unity
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Lutheran Church
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276-0882
Sabbath School 9:20 am
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Pendleton
352 SE 2nd Street, Pendleton OR
Sunday Worship 9am • 541-276-2616
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Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors
Rev. Dr. Jim Pierce, pastor
Youth Classes: Nursery - 6th grade
Sun & Wed
Jr & Sr High Discipleship Program Wed
Overcomer’s Outreach
Tuesday at 6:00pm - Annex
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401 Northgate, Pendleton
541-278-8082
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Sunday Worship
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