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    May 25, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail
  1. Allan Powell: Roger Williams, a lone visionary

    One can only hope that John M. Barry’s scholarly and compelling book, “Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul,” will become a literary success. It is fair to say that Williams’ contribution to American culture is...

    Tags: Church and State Relations, Rituals, Thomas Jefferson, Separation of Church and State, Christianity

  2. Jun 5, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail
  3. Letters to the Editor - June 5

    Williams’ legacy affects our modern times To the editor: I very much appreciated Allan Powell’s column (March 25) on the great Colonial American Roger Williams. He remains primarily a figure for historians to study, though his legacy...

    Tags: Belief and Faith, Church and State Relations, Mormonism, Same-Sex Marriage, Separation of Church and State

  4. Jun 6, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail
  5. Letters to the Editor - June 6

    Insurance companies care for profits, not health To the editor: Many big insurance companies have stopped giving insurance policies to all children so they can make an end run around the Affordable Health Care Act’s requirement that they cannot...

    Tags: New York University, Separation of Church and State, Christianity, Social Issues, Gay Rights

  6. May 9, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  7. Listing: Chicago-area farmers markets

    An early spring will bring not only May flowers to the farmers markets this year, but also an abundance of farm-fresh produce earlier than usual, while preparations for Chicago's first NATO summit will delay two downtown markets.
    An early spring will bring not only May flowers to the farmers markets this year, but also an abundance of farm-fresh produce earlier than usual, while preparations for Chicago's first NATO summit will delay two downtown markets. The Daley Plaza...

    Tags: Chicago City Hall, Wicker Park, Farms, Hyde Park, Politics

  8. Feb 26, 2012 |Story| Daily American
  9. First Amendment - Part Two Where did this doctrine of religious liberty come from?

    Pastor - Berachah Baptist Church Somerset
    "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press." This doctrine of religious freedom was not really some new doctrine but an overlooked...

    Tags: John Clark, Church and State Relations, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Christianity, Politics

  10. Feb 1, 2012 |Story| Jessamine Journal
  11. Mildred Johnson: Jan. 27, 2012

    Mildred Williams Johnson, 92, widow of Roger Williams  and Cecil Johnson, died Friday, Jan. 27. Mildred was  supervisor for Tococo, deputy Jessamine County court clerk,  Jessamine County court clerk,  and  member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.  Survivors include daughters Jane Juett and Mary Scobee; grandchildren Debbie Gill, Roger Todd Williams, Sherie Orange, Anthony Reynolds, Rodney Williams, Danny Stocker, and Ramey Stidham; and numerous great- and great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by daughter Carole Reynolds, grandson Sonny Reynolds, great-grandson Bradford Williams, two brothers, and two sisters. Services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hager & Cundiff Funeral Home with burial in Bluegrass Memorial Gardens. Her grandsons were pallbearers. Visitation was Monday. Make donations to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.  www.hagerandcundifffunerals.com.
    Mildred Williams Johnson, 92, widow of Roger Williams  and Cecil Johnson, died Friday, Jan. 27. Mildred was  supervisor for Tococo, deputy Jessamine County court clerk,  Jessamine County court clerk,  and  member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. ...

    Tags: Rodney Williams, Human Interest

  12. Jul 22, 2011 |Story| Jessamine Journal
  13. Surprising support for separating church and state

    Guest columnist
    It’s been a good month for the much-maligned, often-misunderstood principle of church-state separation. A whopping 67 percent of the American people agree that the First Amendment “requires a clear separation of church and state,”...

    Tags: Church and State Relations, Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Dalai Lama

  14. Jul 29, 2011 |Story| Winchester Sun
  15. Haynes: Norway's 'crusader for Christendom' is no Christian

    Within hours of last week’s mass murder in Norway, headlines around the world proclaimed the accused killer, Anders Behring Breivik, a “Christian terrorist.”
    Within hours of last week’s mass murder in Norway, headlines around the world proclaimed the accused killer, Anders Behring Breivik, a “Christian terrorist.” The “Christian” label apparently came from initial statements by...

    Tags: Jesus Christ, Al-Qaeda, Washington, DC, Murder, Rhode Island

  16. Aug 5, 2011 |Story| Winchester Sun
  17. Haynes: Surprising support for separating church and state

    It’s been a good month for the much-maligned, often misunderstood principle of church-state separation.
    It’s been a good month for the much-maligned, often misunderstood principle of church-state separation. A whopping 67 percent of the American people agree that the First Amendment “requires a clear separation of church and state,”...

    Tags: Church and State Relations, Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Dalai Lama

  18. Feb 16, 2011 |Story| Aberdeen News
  19. Religious dissent nothing new

    I belong to a book discussion group. The book choice for this month is the historical nonfiction, “American Jezebel” by Eve LaPlante. Since history is not my favorite genre, it was rather tedious, but I learned, or should I say remembered, a lot of the...

    Tags: Church and State Relations, Constitutional Issues, Anne Hutchinson, Rhode Island, Politics

  20. Apr 5, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. Edwin Gaustad dies at 87; scholar of American religion

    Edwin Gaustad, a retired UC Riverside history and religious studies professor who was a preeminent scholar on the separation of church and state, and who did groundbreaking work mapping the nation's religious landscape, has died. He was 87.
    Edwin Gaustad, a retired UC Riverside history and religious studies professor who was a preeminent scholar on the separation of church and state, and who did groundbreaking work mapping the nation's religious landscape, has died. He was 87. Gaustad...

    Tags: Rhode Island, World War II (1939-1945), Politics, Christianity, New York City

  22. Aug 4, 2002 |Story| Hartford Courant
  23. Indian Stories Passed Down Orally

    Courant Staff Writer
    For thousands of years before the Europeans arrived, people told stories in Hartford. "For people who lack writing, memory becomes all important," wrote historian Howard S. Russell in 1980. "The ancestry of the family on both sides for several...

    Tags: Delaware, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Rhode Island, Children, Connecticut

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