Recent Religious Headlines [T11R-4]
Throughout its 75-year history in the valley, the First Congregational Church/United Church of Christ has experienced a few growing pains, name and affiliation changes and even a splintering of the congregation.
At a time in which newspapers across the country are folding or moving on-line, two newspapers continue to operate in Charleston. However, the Department of Justice may put the future of those papers in question later this year.
The Observer: Friend to the atheist, the homosexual, the illegal alien รข€" and now the drunk.
Pastors, preachers and reverends will unite tonight to try to bring the subjects of homosexuality and spirituality a little closer together. Their goal is to extend a helping hand to students who feel lost or confused about their beliefs and stance on the subject.
If I want to hear the administration's position I'll go on its website. I don't need a wide-eyed cheerleader echoing what the President's saying. Bias is bias.
A bill to legalize same-sex marriage won approval, 186-179, Thursday afternoon after falling short by one vote on an initial ballot.
The New York Times, which ditched anti-gay op-ed columnist William Kristol earlier this year, has hired Ross G. Douthat, 29, a writer and editor at The Atlantic, to replace him. While Douthat describes himself as a "squishy pro-lifer," he is more emphatic about same-sex marriage.
Prosecutors have filed hate crime charges against an 18-year-old Seattle man accused of accosting another man on a Metro bus while yelling anti-gay slurs.
Instructors at a local high school military program are under scrutiny for making anti-gay remarks in class and mocking President Obama, and for making teen cadets do push-ups as punishment, violating a ban on the physical disciplining of students.
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