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    Feb 18, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  1. Amid Boy Scout turmoil, other groups hope to grow

    NEW YORK (AP) — With the Boy Scouts of America entangled in a furor over its ban on gays, lesser-known youth organizations across the ideological spectrum see an opportunity. They wonder if the turmoil might prompt some families to give them a...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Girl Scouts of the USA, Protestant Convention, East Harlem, New Products

  2. Jan 4, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  3. Bill would require Christian prayer in Indiana's public schools

    <span style="font-size: small;">It's a place many parents send their children to learn &ndash; but should public school classrooms also be a place for faith? What if just Christian faith is promoted? Northern Indiana Senator Dennis Kruse, a Republican, is sponsoring a bill that would allow public school districts to require the "Lord&rsquo;s Prayer" in classrooms. </span>
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    It's a place many parents send their children to learn – but should public school classrooms also be a place for faith? What if just Christian faith is promoted? Northern Indiana Senator Dennis Kruse, a Republican, is sponsoring a bill that would...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Public Schools, Indiana University South Bend, Separation of Church and State, Republican Party

  4. Jan 4, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  5. Indiana lawmaker wants 'Lord's Prayer' in schools

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Republican state senator is pushing for Indiana's public school students to start the school day by reciting the Lord's Prayer amid what he calls an "attack" on religion in the schools. Senate education committee chairman...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Public Schools, Separation of Church and State, Rituals, Republican Party

  6. Jul 27, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast
  7. Chaplain quits So. Baptists over same-sex rite

    NEW YORK (AP) — A long-serving Air Force chaplain has left the Southern Baptist Convention after the conservative denomination publicly questioned his decision to attend a same-sex civil union ceremony at his base in New Jersey. The chaplain, Col....

    Tags: Protestant Convention, Social Issues, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Repeal (2010), Gays and Lesbians

  8. Jul 30, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast
  9. UPDATE: Baptist groups call on church to reject racism

    <span style="font-size: small;"><strong>UPDATE: </strong></span>
    UPDATE: JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Southern Baptist groups are calling on a Mississippi church that blocked a black couple from getting married under its roof to reject racism. Leaders of the Mississippi Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist...

    Tags: Religion and Belief, Weddings, Protestant Convention, Marriage, Christianity

  10. Apr 14, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast
  11. Baptist leader criticizes Trayvon Martin support

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The head of the Southern Baptist Convention's public policy arm has condemned the response of many black leaders to the Trayvon Martin case as "shameful." Some black pastors within the nation's largest Protestant...

    Tags: Religion and Belief, Al Sharpton, Protestant Convention, Christianity, Jesse Jackson

  12. Jun 19, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  13. Reuters People News Summary

    Reuters
    Following is a summary of current people news briefs. Teens more resilient, tech savvy than older millennial: study NEW YORK (Reuters) - Young teenagers who make up the second wave of millennials, the generation that began in the 1980s, are more...

    Tags: Dyslexia, Gemma Arterton, Judaism, Nigella Lawson, Authors

  14. Jun 17, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
  15. Sunday best

    My daughter had her First Communion in April.  We were a little late starting her in a church program so she’s older than most but she wasn’t alone. We joined our church about a year ago when we decided to become more involved with our faith...

    Tags: Rituals

  16. Jun 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  17. Barbra Streisand raps Orthodox Jews' actions against Israeli women

    Reuters
    JERUSALEM, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. entertainer Barbra Streisand on Monday took a swipe at Orthodox Jews in Israel who compel women to sit in the back of buses and assault them for following religious rituals traditionally reserved for men. "It's...

    Tags: Religion and Belief, Customs and Tradition, Judaism, Feminism, Christianity

  18. Jun 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. 'Art of the West' inaugurates the Autry's new permanent gallery

    In traditional Native American belief, spirits can inhabit seemingly inanimate things.
    In traditional Native American belief, spirits can inhabit seemingly inanimate things. Can paintings, sculptures, decorative objects and handicrafts also be infused with the spirits of their subjects, and of the people who made them? If so, the new...

    Tags: Sculpture, Immigration, Artists, U.S. Army, Arts and Culture

  20. Jun 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. Letters: Baptists and Boy Scouts

    Re "Church opposes gays in Scouts," June 13 As a Baptist, I want to crawl in a hole when I read of such blatant hostility by Christians against gays joining the Boy Scouts of America. The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant...

    Tags: Religion and Belief, Protestant Convention, Roger Williams, Christianity, Social Organizations

  22. Jun 11, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel
  23. Letters to the Editor: Oviedo's chickens, immigration reform, school tax

    <strong>Oviedo's beloved chickens</strong>
    Oviedo's beloved chickens Amen to Tom Weighill's plug for chickens in Saturday's letters to the editor. Oviedo's chickens have been around since about 1875. How many places can tout a living symbol of history so simple and yet so meaningful? Oviedo'...

    Tags: Protestant Convention, Immigration, Arts and Culture, Minority Groups, Oviedo

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