Weekly Wrap 10.28.16: The 10 Best Stories You Missed This Week

8. LifeWay Stops Selling Jen Hatmaker Books Over LGBT Beliefs

Evangelical Christian author and HGTV star Jen Hatmaker on Tuesday said LGBT relationships can be “holy” in an interview with Jonathan Merritt. The statements prompted far-right blogger Matt Walsh to write a fairly incoherent hit piece against Hatmaker in The Blaze. And yesterday, LifeWay decided to pull her books from the shelves because her statements “contradict LifeWay’s doctrinal guidelines.”

9. In Pop Culture, There Are No Bad Police Shootings

“Hollywood has promoted the very myths that result in our being shocked when we see an officer shoot a fleeing person or fire into a parked car, as well as an inflated narrative of valor that generates a near-automatic presumption of the guilt of those killed by police.”

10. The Yale Record Does Not Endorse Hillary Clinton

As a 501(c)3 organization, there are some rules against political endorsements. Here’s how the Record handled things.

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