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Tom Waddell: Gov. Mills’ order treats all equally — including churches Religious leaders only recognize the separation of church and state when it suits them. By Tom Waddell Share “Religious leaders in central Maine split on Mills’ house of worship order,” or so the headlines in this newspaper read. What wasn’t reported is some religious leaders want to use the Constitution’s separation clause as a shield when it suits their purpose and ignore it when it doesn’t. Under Gov. Mi...

In 1989, the rapper known as Professor Griff made anti-Jewish comments that derailed his career. More than 30 years later, when Griff appeared on the actor Nick Cannon’s podcast in July, their conversation about that moment nearly derailed The divergent paths these two men traveled offer a kind of test case of celebrity teshuvah, or repentance — the broad theme of the Jewish High Holidays, which begin this weekend — and show the role that Jewish leaders can play in legitimizing, or not,...