2011年7月15日星期五

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Bachmann, family leave Minn. church congregation (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 02:03 PM PDT

AP - A church official says Minnesota Republican Michele Bachmann and her family gave up their membership in a conservative Lutheran congregation about the time she opened her presidential campaign.

Clinton seeks to smooth Islamic defamation row (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 09:19 AM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (L) chat as they walk before their meeting in Istanbul July 15, 2011. REUTERS/Murad SezerReuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed with a major global Islamic organization on Friday to pursue new ways of resolving debates over religion without resorting to legal steps against defamation.


Bachmann's husband: Clinics are not anti-gay (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 07:31 AM PDT

AP - The husband of Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says counselors at his family's Christian clinics are not focused on converting homosexuals to heterosexuality through prayer.

Debt crisis taxes cozy Greek Church-state ties (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 07:01 AM PDT

Reuters - The Greek Orthodox Church owns more land than anyone except the state, employs thousands on the public payroll, has a stake in the nation's biggest bank, but campaigners say its tax payments are derisory.

Atheist Wins Right to Wear 'Pastafarian' Headgear in License Photo (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 10:30 PM PDT

Time.com - After a years long pursuit, Niko Alm, a self proclaimed "Pastafarian," finally earned the freedom to appear in his Austrian driver's license sporting a pasta strainer on his head. An accessory he argued was 'religious headgear'
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