2008年12月30日星期二

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News

Billy Graham moves Dallas church membership to SC (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 07:24 PM CST

AP - Evangelist Billy Graham is changing membership from a Dallas church to one near his retirement home in South Carolina.

Soldier alleges military pattern of Christian bias (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 06:46 PM CST

AP - An atheist soldier suing over prayers at military formations claims a larger pattern of religious discrimination exists in the military, citing attempts to convert Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan and an evangelical bias in a suicide prevention manual.

Church of England drafts women bishops legislation (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 05:13 PM CST

The Church of England, led by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, seen here in July 2008, published draft legislation Monday that could allow the ordination of women bishops -- an issue that has provoked deep splits among Anglicans.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The Church of England published draft legislation Monday that could allow the ordination of women bishops -- an issue that has provoked deep splits among Anglicans.


NJ rules against church group in gay rights case (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 04:55 PM CST

An AIDS activist in Kuala Lumpur. Proposals for compulsory screening and sex and marriage curbs for HIV sufferers have triggered an intense debate over how to handle a disease taking hold in mainly Muslim Malaysia(AFP/File/Tengku Bahar)AP - A church group that owns beachfront property discriminated against a lesbian couple by not allowing them to rent the locale for their civil union ceremony, a New Jersey department ruled Monday in a case that has become a flash point in the nation's gay rights battle.


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