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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
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Bill would require Christian prayer in Indiana's public schools
WSBT TVIt'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
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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
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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
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UPDATE: Baptist groups call on church to reject racism
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
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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
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Reuters People News Summary
ReutersFollowing 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
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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
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Barbra Streisand raps Orthodox Jews' actions against Israeli women
ReutersJERUSALEM, 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
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'Art of the West' inaugurates the Autry's new permanent gallery
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
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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
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Letters to the Editor: Oviedo's chickens, immigration reform, school tax
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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