2011年6月22日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Designer Galliano blames drugs, booze for anti-Jewish rant (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:01 PM PDT

Fashion designer John Galliano leaves in a car after he stood trial for anti-Semitic insults in a Paris' court. Galliano claimed Wednesday as he stood trial for anti-Semitic insults that it was an alcoholic, drug-addicted AFP - Fashion designer John Galliano claimed Wednesday as he stood trial for anti-Semitic insults that it was an alcoholic, drug-addicted "shell" of himself who lashed out at patrons in a hip Paris bar.


NY gay-marriage talks hinge on religious rights (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:20 PM PDT

A woman holds a sign as supporters and opponents of gay marriage rallied in a hallway outside a Republican conference room at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday, June 22, 2011.   Senate leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver agree they are working through the proposed additional religious protections that could bring a gay marriage bill to the Senate floor.  No deal was struck. But both leaders say progress is being made and no major obstacles to agreement on the provisions is in sight.  (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Will the Knights of Columbus be required to open their halls for gay weddings if New York lawmakers legalize same-sex marriage? Will Catholic adoption agencies be forced to choose between placing children with gay married couples or leaving the business?


Clergy finds Wis. pastor guilty of marrying gays (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:14 PM PDT

In this June 16, 2011 photo, Rev. Amy DeLong sits at her home, in Osceola, Wis. While trials of pastors who conduct same-gender ceremonies have only occurred once every several years, the threat is indeed real: DeLong faces a three-day trial starting Tuesday, June 21, 2011, on two charges: violating a church prohibition on the ordination of 'self-avowed practicing homosexuals' and marrying a lesbian couple. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)AP - Methodist pastors who have increasingly defied a church ban on marrying gays were dealt a setback Wednesday when a colleague was found guilty in a church trial of marrying a lesbian couple in 2009.


Religion News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:10 PM PDT

AP - Kansas prison ministry conference aims to reduce recidivism

Evangelicals split on faith's influence: survey (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:24 AM PDT

Reuters - Christian evangelicals' influence is seen waning in developed countries, while the faith's future is bright in the developing world, a survey of evangelical church leaders concluded on Wednesday.

Pope may get energy-saving car (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 07:45 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter square at the Vatican for his weekly general audience, Wednesday, June 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - The next popemobile could be green.


Why the Muslim Brotherhood Are Egypt's Best Democrats (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 02:25 AM PDT

Time.com - After the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, many Western commentators were surprised at the ease with which Iraq's religious movements adapted to multiparty democracy

Northern Ireland violence raises questions about paramilitary group (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 11:43 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Homes and a Roman Catholic church in Belfast, Northern Ireland, came under attack last night in the city's worst night of sustained violence in recent years. And as riots erupted in a divided Catholic and Protestant area, many are asking why the Ulster Volunteer Force (UFV), the pro-British paramilitary organization being held responsible for the violence, has refused to go away despite having supposedly destroyed its weapons.
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