2011年11月22日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Alabama judge removed over Ten Commandments fight to run again (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 02:58 PM PST

Reuters - A former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice who was famously booted from his post for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from a state courthouse said on Tuesday he would run again for his old job.

Special report: Mitt Romney's thrill of victory at the Olympics (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 01:49 PM PST

Reuters - In 1999, three years before the 2002 Winter Olympics, the Salt Lake City games were mired in a bribery scandal and facing a $400 million budget shortfall. Utah's capital city, home of the straight-laced Mormon Church, had won its bid to host the Games with a shower of cash and presents on International Olympic Committee officials, bringing disgrace upon itself and the global sports organization.

Mo. shop owner apologizes to religious skeptics (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 12:38 PM PST

AP - A businessman has apologized for briefly posting a sign in the window of his Springfield gelato shop informing those in town for a convention of religious skeptics that they were not welcome at his Christian business.

'Ten Commandments judge' seeks top Ala. post again (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 09:56 AM PST

Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore announces his candidacy for the office during a news conference in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. Eight years after Moore was removed from the post because of the monument dispute, he announced that he would run for the position again at a news conference on the steps of the Alabama Judicial Building in Montgomery. The 64-year-old Republican addressed the dispute in his remarks to the media. 'I have no plans to move the monument to Montgomery,' he said, but added that he will continue to acknowledge God. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - The former top Alabama judge known for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse said Tuesday that he's seeking to regain his old job as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.


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