2009年12月9日星期三

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Atheists at Christmas: Eat, drink and be wary (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 02:17 PM PST

Atheist activists Val Woelfel, 47, left, and her boyfriend, Bjorn Larsen, 32, decorate their Christmas tree at their home St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. The pair like the tree tradition despite their rejection of religion. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)AP - Angie O'Neill recently moved into a new apartment complex for seniors and she's trying to make new friends. But Christmas is a tough time of year for an atheist.


Religion News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 09:31 AM PST

AP - Russia's highest court has upheld a ruling that halts the activities of a regional branch of Jehovah's Witnesses and bans dozens of its publications.

UK Christian hoteliers cleared of abusing Muslim (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 09:12 AM PST

Reuters - A Christian couple who run a hotel in northern England were cleared on Wednesday of abusing a Muslim guest for wearing a hijab and then insulting her beliefs.

Episcopal lesbian bishop calls election liberating (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 08:21 PM PST

In this undated portrait provided by the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, the Rev. Mary Glasspool is shown. Glasspool won election as assistant bishop in Los Angeles in voting Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, making her the second openly gay bishop in the national church and the world Anglican fellowship. (AP Photo/Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles) NO SALESAP - The lesbian priest who was elected assistant bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles said Tuesday that she was upset by claims that her role in the church is divisive.


Supreme Court takes case of student group that bars gay members (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a case testing the limits of religious freedom and association when those rights clash with a college's policy of nondiscrimination against gays and lesbians.
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