The American Civil Liberties Union yesterday began a campaign to urge officials in 18 states to reject abstinence-only sex-education programs.
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COSTA MESA/TORONTO, September 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Paul McGuire is a California radio talk show host who frequently uses his show to urge political action from his listeners. On KBRT, a Christian station that broadcasts to most of Southern California, McGuire is asking his listeners who are pastors of churches, why they remained silent on [...]
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FORT DEFIANCE — Samantha Weatherholtz said she received an outpouring of support from friends and some teachers on her first day back at school following a three-day suspension over her decision to distribute religious literature on campus.
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FORT DEFIANCE — Samantha Weatherholtz says that she loves being a student at Fort Defiance High School. But she also loves being one of the faithful at the Spring Creek Church of Nazarene.
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WASHINGTON — Americans who don’t believe in God have decided it’s time they had a lobbyist in the nation’s capital. Their new advocate describes herself as a “soft, fuzzy atheist.”
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal judge declared the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools unconstitutional Wednesday, a decision that could put the divisive issue on track for another round of Supreme Court arguments.
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Fearing an expensive legal challenge from the ACLU, a county commissioner begrudgingly ordered removal of a display of the 23rd Psalm from a courthouse.
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Vietnamese authorities burned more than 10 homes of tribal Christians who refused to deny their faith, a U.S. persecution monitor reported
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“While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades,” Tom Brokaw says, “the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships.”
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint against the Rev. Jerry Falwell that said he broke federal election law by urging followers last summer to re-elect President Bush. Falwell’s lawyer, Mathew D. Staver, said in a news release Monday that the FEC notified him that it had ruled in the [...]
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An atheist who convinced a federal appeals court three years ago that the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance are unconstitutional returned to court Monday and made his case a second time. Michael Newdow, a doctor and lawyer, is suing four Sacramento-area school districts on behalf several atheist children [...]
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Experts cite greater willingness and greater numbers in general. According to figures provided by the U.S. Air Force, the number of evangelical chaplains has risen in the last 11 years. Some denominations have doubled their numbers since 1994. One group seeing a great increase is the Full Gospel Fellowship. It went from having no chaplains [...]
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Opposition and left-wing groups said Monday they will press ahead with protests calling for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s resignation over electoral fraud allegations, undeterred by the refusal of influential Roman Catholic bishops to join them. Arroyo has expressed gratitude to the bishops for their crucial stand, which may ease a raging [...]
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Three burnished steel crosses, the largest 30 feet tall with a 13-foot flame insignia, soon will stand in front of Community United Methodist Church. Members of the Columbia Board of Adjustment voted last night, some grudgingly, to grant the church a variance to the city sign ordinance and allow the display. In December, city building [...]
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A Kentucky judge has been offering some drug and alcohol offenders the option of attending worship services instead of going to jail or rehab — a practice some say violates the separation of church and state. District Judge Michael Caperton, 50, a devout Christian, said his goal is to “help people and their families.” “I [...]
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a federal law requiring state prisons to accommodate inmate religions. The Ohio case included a witch, Satanist. Justices unanimously sided with Ohio inmates, including a witch and a Satanist, who had claimed they were denied access to religious literature, ceremonial items and time to worship. Justice [...]
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A framed copy of the Ten Commandments is hanging again in Indiana’s Elkhart County building with copies of other historical documents. A brief ceremony to mark the occasion was held Monday before the County Commissioners’ weekly meeting. “We stood staunch in our resolution that this hang in the office building,” said Phil Stiver, president of [...]
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A public school prohibited a second grader from singing a religious song at a talent show, prompting a lawsuit Friday alleging violation of the girl’s constitutional rights. A federal judge declined an emergency request to compel Frenchtown Elementary School to allow 8-year-old Olivia Turton to sing “Awesome God” at the Friday night show, but allowed [...]
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Vanity may be a sin, but a Christian message on vanity license plates is OK with the state of Washington. The Department of Licensing yesterday dismissed a complaint against a vanity plate imprinted with “JOHN316.” “The plate is not offensive under our rules and was never in danger of being canceled,” said Licensing Department Director [...]
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The inscription “In God We Trust” on the facade of a government building in North Carolina does not violate the U.S. Constitution’s guidelines on the separation of church and state. That’s according to a federal appeals court ruling issued today. A three-judge panel of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a lower [...]
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