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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: Girl Scouts of the USA, Protestant Convention, Christianity, Reformed, East Harlem
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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: Indiana University South Bend, Separation of Church and State, Freedom of Religion, Republican Party, Religion and Belief
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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: Separation of Church and State, Freedom of Religion, Republican Party, Religion and Belief, Education
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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, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Repeal (2010), Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues
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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: Family, Protestant Convention, Racism, Christianity, Religion and Belief
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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: Protestant Convention, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Jesse Jackson, Baptist
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