WARRIORS FOR CHRIST: IS PROMISE KEEPERS MAKING A COMEBACK?
By J. Terry Todd, Religion Dispatches
Promise Keepers has repackaged its muscular Christianity and evangelical nationalism for a post-9/11 world.
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Believers Invest in the Gospel of Getting Rich
New York Times
Mrs. Biellier said some friends and relatives would say the preacher just wanted their money. She explained that the Copelands did not need the money for …
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ANTI-CHOICE ZEALOTS MAKE BANK PROMOTING THE “PERSONHOOD” OF ZYGOTES
By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check
The ‘egg-as-person’ crusade is driving big money to anti-choice groups.
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MSNBC’S MADDOW SHOW PROPELS GROWING SCANDAL OVER WASHINGTON’S “CHRISTIAN MAFIA”
By Bruce Wilson
Are Leadership Lessons of Hitler, Lenin, and Mao Compatible with Democracy ?
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COMING OUT ATHEIST
Kate Shellnutt
Young non-believers come out of the shadows and embrace secular identities.
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AU Press Release :: AU Praises Appeals Court Decision Upholding Separation Of Church And Post Office
Friday, August 21, 2009
Press Release
American United Praises Appeals Court Decision Upholding Separation Of Church And Post Office
Decision Says Connecticut Church Cannot Display Proselytizing Materials In Contract Postal Unit
August 21, 2009
Americans United for Separation of Church and State today commended a federal appeals court decision requiring a church to separate its religious outreach from the activities at a church-run postal unit.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Full Gospel Interdenominational Church must separate its preaching and proselytizing from the work it does on a contract basis for the U.S. Postal Service.
Said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United executive director, “Americans look to houses of worship if they need religious counsel, not post offices. We expect Uncle Sam, and those he contracts with, to deliver the mail, not preach or pass the plate.”
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Americans United for Separation of Church and State au.org
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AU Press Release :: Illinois May Not Fund Religion, AU Warns State Officials
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Press Release
Illinois May Not Fund Religion, Americans United Warns State Officials
Church-State Watchdog Group Questions $40 Million In Grants To Religious Groups
August 19, 2009
Americans United for Separation of Church and State today challenged Illinois state government’s plan to distribute millions of dollars in state funds to religious organizations.
In a letter to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Americans United insisted that the Constitution clearly forbids the use of public funds to subsidize religion.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn recently signed an infrastructure-improvement bill allocating $40 million in grants to at least 97 religious organizations within the state. The bill fails to place any restrictions on these organizations’ use of the funds.
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Court records on sex abuse by priests near release And More …
WRCB-TV
(AP) – Thousands of pages of court records about allegations of child sexual abuse by Memphis Catholic priests could be released by the end of the summer. …
http://www.wrcbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10935850
AP source: Ex-priest called before grand jury
The Associated Press
Mahony did not notify police but sent Baker to a residential facility that treated priests for sexual abuse problems. In the years that followed, …
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jA-HURgaE8BFz76KPUhO1w-A2EAQD9A2V9HG0
$600G settlement puts spotlight on sex-abuse priest at a Jersey …
The Jersey Journal – NJ.com
Carmine Sita,a Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to molesting a teenage boy while at a Jersey City parish more than 25 years ago is at the center of a …
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009/08/600g_settlement_puts_spotlight.html
Former deaf-school student sues archdiocese
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
He was placed on the archdiocese’s list of priests with substantiated claims of sexual abuse in 2004. Weakland, a central figure in the lawsuits,
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http://www.jsonline.com/features/religion/53174097.html
Big settlement in church abuse case disclosed
Kansas City Star
Howard had pleaded guilty in a sex abuse case in New Jersey in 1982, received treatment, then was placed in Boonville in the Diocese of Jefferson City. …
http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1381530.html
Child sexual abuse complaint against priest is ‘credible,’ Madison …
Wisconsin State Journal
By DOUG ERICKSON
The Madison Catholic Diocese said Wednesday its sexual abuse review board has found an allegation of child sexual abuse against the Rev. …
http://www.madison.com/redirect.php?type=newstool&id=461878
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The Evolution Controversy in America, written by historian George Webb
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