Baptist, Buddhist, Jewish and others for health reform

Michael Mansur of the Kansas City Star writes:

There was no screaming. No shouting. Security hauled no one off. ... for more than two hours Sunday afternoon, about 250 Kansas Citians clapped and supported a panel of religious leaders — including Buddhist, Jewish and Baptist — who called for a moral response to the national health care crisis. The forum was at Community Christian Church.

The core message: With 46 million in the U.S. uninsured (35.9 million uninsured Americans) and millions more underinsured, "it is time to do something."

The Rev. Eric Williams, pastor of Calvary Baptist Temple in Kansas City "and other panel members" said it is time to end the fusillades of misinformation, fear and division: “Call it what you want, but let’s get something done.”

Persecution in Burma

From slaughtering Buddhist monks in 2007 the Burmese junta has moved on to steadily increasing oppression of the Christian and Muslim minorities. In the 1990s, authorities stop issuing permits for churches and mosques to buy land and construct buildings, forcing worship in homes and apartments. And, Religion Clause writes:

... both Christians and Muslims were ordered last week to stop holding religious services in residential apartments. Mizzima reported on Wednesday that in Rangoon, the Kyauktada Township Peace and Development Council held a meeting with nearly 50 church leaders last Monday to deliver their demand. ... According to a subsequent report by Mizzima, Muslim leaders were separately summoned by authorities on Monday and similarly ordered to stop holding worship services in private apartments.