2011年12月2日星期五

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


After uproar, Ky. church revisits interracial ban (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST

FILE - In this November 2010 file photo provided by Stella Harville, Stella Harville and her fiancé, Ticha Chikuni, pose for a picture in Richmond, Ky. Stella’s childhood church in Pike County, Kentucky, the Gulnare Free Will Baptist Church, voted to ban interracial couples from becoming members at the church after the pair sang a song during a visit to the church over the summer. The pastor at the church now says that the decision is unlikely to stand. (AP Photo/Stella Harville, File)AP - When Stella Harville brought her black boyfriend to her family's all-white church in rural Kentucky, she thought nothing of it. She and Ticha Chikuni worshipped there whenever they were in town, and he even sang before the congregation during one service.


Expanding oil exports top priority: Canadian minister (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:47 PM PST

Demonstrators carry a giant mock pipeline while calling for the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline during a rally in Washington November 6, 2011. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsReuters - Canada believes the United States will ultimately approve TransCanada Corp's proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which Washington put on hold last month amid fierce environmental opposition, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said on Friday.


Long's wife says she'll withdraw divorce petition (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:11 AM PST

AP - The wife of Atlanta-area megachurch founder Bishop Eddie Long has filed for divorce after more than 20 years of marriage, but says she plans to withdraw the petition.

Revote on interracial couples likely at Ky. church (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:32 AM PST

AP - The pastor of an eastern Kentucky church where the congregation voted to not accept interracial couples as members says the decision is unlikely to stand.
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