Gallup Report: Religious Intensity Remains Powerful Predictor of Politics
Americans’ religious intensity continues to be a major predictor of party identification. A new analysis of more than 29,000 interviews Gallup conducted in November finds that Republicans outnumber Democrats by 12 percentage points among Americans who are classified as highly religious, while Democrats outnumber Republicans by 30 points among those who are not religious. The... Continue Reading
Planned Parenthood Breaking State Law?
Did Planned Parenthood lie to patients? A national group says hidden cam video is proof a Wisconsin clinic isn’t telling the truth. Now state lawmakers want to know what’s going on. A group out of California says it has proof a Planned Parenthood clinic in Wisconsin is breaking the law and “selling abortions to women.”... Continue Reading
Obama’s ‘olive-branch’ Cairo speech named top US religion story; Rick Warren named Religion Newsmaker of the Year
President Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo in which he pledged a new U.S. relationship with Muslim countries, has been named the top religion story for 2009 by secular journalists who cover religion in the United States. The June speech in Egypt was seen as offering an olive branch to the Muslim world and was named... Continue Reading
Actor blames Catholic Church for lack of sequels to the movie “Golden Compass”
Actor Sam Elliot has blamed the Catholic Church for stopping sequels from being made to the Golden Compass movie based on the first book of Philip Pullman’s atheistic trilogy His Dark Materials. The film, starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig and Eva Green, grossed more than $380 million worldwide after its Christmas 2007 release, but took... Continue Reading
St. Louis school district seeks to buy Westminster Christian School
The Ladue School District is seeking to acquire Westminster Christian Academy’s Creve Coeur campus for $18 million. The school district is eyeing 30 acres at 10900 Ladue Road for future expansion, according to Director of Communications Susan Dielmann. The Ladue School District’s board of education passed a resolution this week to seek a $32 million... Continue Reading
Baptist orphanage to appeal denial of state funding issue to Supreme Court
A Kentucky Baptist children’s home is being sued by a public taxpayer group who want to stop state funding because the home is a ‘faith based agency’. After a series of back and forth decisions, the U.S. 6th Circuit voted to allow the lawsuit to continue and the home says it will appeal to the... Continue Reading
Stars, angels can return to Christmas trees in California government buildings
Stars and angels may return to Christmas trees in Sonoma County government buildings in downtown Santa Rosa. Their reappearance, however, will be brief and moot. Most county offices are closing Thursday until Jan. 4. On Wednesday Acting Sonoma County Administrator Chris Thomas rescinded his directive on Monday to remove stars and angels from the trees.... Continue Reading
Archaeologists Find First House in Nazareth believed to be from the time of Jesus.
Excavators for the first time have found the remains of a home from the time of Jesus in Nazareth, Israel’s Antiquities Authority announced Monday. Up until now, archaeologists only found tombs but not remains of homes from the time of Jesus in Nazareth, where he spent most of his life. Archaeologists, however, did not draw... Continue Reading
Christmas spirit grips Vietnam’s big cities
Although Christmas does not have historical roots in Viet Nam, people across the country are filled with the holiday spirit. No need to wait until December 25, one can easily sense Christmas coming to many big cities. The whole country is singing Christmas carols together. The streets and buildings in Hanoi have been lavishly decorated... Continue Reading
N.C. judge strikes down law banning sex offenders from church
The Associated Baptist Press is reporting that a North Carolina judge has ruled in favor of two registered sex offenders arrested in May for attending a Baptist church near Raleigh. The men were indicted May 11 for violating a state law requiring sex offenders to stay at least 300 feet away from places used primarily... Continue Reading
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