2011年12月5日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Obama fights for Jewish support amid GOP attacks (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 04:13 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the Interior Department in Washington. Under attack from Republicans portraying him as harsh toward Israel, President Barack Obama is fighting back at public events and in private talks with donors, rabbis and others to shore up his support among Jewish voters, whose backing could be critical in the 2012 election. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)AP - President Barack Obama and his Republican opponents are clashing over U.S. policy toward Israel as each side jockeys for support from Jewish voters, who could be critical in the 2012 election.

Megachurch's future uncertain after pastor leaves (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 04:02 PM PST

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010 file photo, Bishop Eddie Long speaks at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. Megachurch leader Long has announced he's taking time off to focus on his family after his wife filed for divorce. Long's spokesman, Art Franklin, said that the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church leader told his congregation Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, that he will continue to serve as senior pastor at the church in Lithonia, an Atlanta suburb. But Long said he needs a sabbatical. (AP Photo/John Amis, Pool, File)AP - When Bishop Eddie Long was accused of sexual misconduct by former church members, his congregation rallied around him and his wife stood by his side. About a year later, the Atlanta megachurch pastor is headed for divorce and stepping away from the pulpit.

Fire injures monk, destroys Colo. Buddhist temple (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 03:01 PM PST

AP - A fire in the Denver suburb of Westminster has injured a monk and destroyed the Lao Buddhist Temple.

NYC ban on after-school worship services stands (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 01:40 PM PST

In this Dec. 1, 2011 photo, Bronx Household of Faith co-pastor Robert Hall poses for a portrait in front of P.S. 15 in the Bronx borough of New York. The congregation behind a church-state lawsuit that may become an important Supreme Court case has just 48 official members and doesn't even have office space, never mind a church building. It now holds its services in P.S. 15 and is appealing a ruling that says doing so violates the Constitution. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - The Supreme Court rejected on Monday a plea from a tiny evangelical church in the Bronx to overturn New York City's ban on religious worship services at public schools.

Supreme Court rejects worship at public school appeal (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:22 AM PST

Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court let stand on Monday a ruling that religious groups cannot use public schools facilities for worship services outside of normal school hours in a case about church-state separation.

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