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• Obama tells Jewish donors he strongly backs Israel (Reuters)
• Obama tells Jewish donors he strongly backs Israel (AP)
• Religious Rebuttal: Southern Baptists Resolve That Hell Is Real (Time.com)
• 10 Questions for Pastor Fred Luter, Jr. (Time.com)
• Anglican Church to allow gay bishops (AFP)
• Some Methodist clergy defy gay marriage ban (AP)

Obama tells Jewish donors he strongly backs Israel (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2011 06:17 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama reassured Jewish donors on Monday he strongly supports Israel, stressing close ties between the United States and the Jewish state, but also emphasizing that changes in the Middle East will require a fresh look at the region.

Obama tells Jewish donors he strongly backs Israel (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:49 PM PDT AP - Seeking to reassure Jewish donors amid questions over his support for Israel, President Barack Obama pledged Monday that his administration would "devote all of its creative powers" to trying to bring about Mideast peace.

Religious Rebuttal: Southern Baptists Resolve That Hell Is Real (Time.com) Posted: 20 Jun 2011 09:20 AM PDT Time.com - At their convention in Phoenix this past week, Southern Baptists issued a resolution asserting that hell is real

10 Questions for Pastor Fred Luter, Jr. (Time.com) Posted: 20 Jun 2011 09:20 AM PDT Time.com - Pastor Fred Luter, Jr. rebuilt his home church Franklin Avenue Baptist after Hurricane Katrina. On June 14 he became the first ever African-American to be elected first Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention

Anglican Church to allow gay bishops (AFP) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 06:29 PM PDT AFP - The Anglican Church was on Monday set to approve controversial guidelines allowing openly homosexual clergy to become bishops.

Some Methodist clergy defy gay marriage ban (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:40 PM PDT AP - A growing number of pastors in the United Methodist Church say they're no longer willing to obey a church rule that prohibits them from officiating at same-sex marriages, despite the potential threat of being disciplined or dismissed from the church.

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