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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: Religion and Belief, East Harlem, Social Issues, Belief and Faith, James Black
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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: Students, Religion and Belief, U.S. Supreme Court, Belief and Faith, Rituals
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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: Students, Religion and Belief, Education, Belief and Faith, Rituals
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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: Social Issues, Protestant Convention, 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, Racism, 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, Protestant Convention, Jesse Jackson, Christianity, Al Sharpton
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