Tam, left, a member of the Salem Islamic Center, stands with her granddaughter as Brittany Cox, right, and Cherie MacDougall offer flowers and condolences following a mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Women entering the Salem Islamic Center before Friday’s mid-day prayer greeted each other as[Read More…]

An altar decorated to welcome LGBTQ people to services at Morningside United Methodist Church on March 4, 2019 (Courtesy/Wendy Woodworth) Clergy at Salem’s United Methodist churches say they will continue to marry same-sex couples and ordain LGBTQ clergy in spite of a “heartbreaking” vote by the church’s global conference last[Read More…]