2013年6月5日星期三

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Churches split on Scouts' welcoming of gay youth

Posted: 05 Jun 2013 12:49 PM PDT

FILE - Boy Scouts line up before marching in the Utah Gay Pride Parade in Salt Lake City on Sunday, June 2, 2013. Members of Scouts for Equality marched in the parade following last week's vote by Boy Scouts of America to allow openly gay youth to participate in scouting. Scouts for Equality is made up of Scouting alumni advocating to end the BSA's ban on gay members and leaders. A few churches have moved swiftly to sever ties with the Boy Scouts of America in protest over the May 2013 vote to let openly gay boys participate in Scouting. To date, it's far from the mass defection that some conservatives had predicted before the vote by the BSA's National Council. But that may change, depending on the outcome of the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in mid-June 2013 in Houston. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)In suburban Atlanta, northern Idaho and a number of other places, churches have moved swiftly to sever ties with the Boy Scouts of America in protest over the vote last month to let openly gay boys participate in Scouting.

Wasting food is like stealing from poor, pope says

Posted: 05 Jun 2013 05:23 AM PDT

Pope Francis shows a thumbs-up sign as he arrives to lead his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis denounced on Wednesday what he called a "culture of waste" in an increasingly consumerist world and said throwing away good food was like stealing from poor people. "Our grandparents used to make a point of not throwing away leftover food. Consumerism has made us accustomed to wasting food daily and we are unable to see its real value," Francis said at his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square. "Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry," he said. Since taking office in March, Pope Francis has said he wants the 1. ...

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