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My Wish for 2011: We Stop Kicking the Can Down the Road

Before I start looking to the future, let me open with some family bragging. I've got two great grandkids who make me so proud. They're smart guys, both in highly gifted programs in school. The older one is into playing the guitar and has just started working at a shelter for abandoned pets. The younger one loves social...

My Wish for 2011: A Better Next Decade

At sunset every New Year's, we make a bonfire at Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown, Mass. The crazy curve of the cape affords a disorienting western view of sunset over water. And it has always been my contention that Provincetown, on the tip of Cape Cod, is so far east, it is actually in a different time zone. The sun...

My Wish for 2011: More Progress for Women

My wish for the new year, the dawn of the second decade of the 21st century, is for women around the globe to progress significantly in both public and private arenas. On Dec. 10, the world observed Human Rights Day, commemorating the 1948 adoption by the U.N. General Assembly of the inalienable rights of mankind. The...

My Wish for 2011: A Smile, Freely Given

How things change. When I was young, I prayed for three things: braces, glasses and a cast. The braces were a foregone conclusion, as my two front teeth had a wide gap between them and a not-so-sexy overbite. But more importantly, my brothers had both been subjected to orthodontia, ergo, I must as well. If they got to do...

Debate: Tax-Exempt Churches Can't Endorse Candidates

(April 6) -- If you are on a drive in Gainesville, Fla., cruising down Northwest 37th Street, you might be a little surprised at a handwritten sign on the front lawn of the Dove World Outreach Center. It reads: "No homo mayor." Who would put up such an unpleasant message on the grass outside a Christian church? The...

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Pastor Ronnie Spriggs Urged Congregation To Vote Against Obama; Targeted By Americans United for Separation of Church and State

An eastern Kentucky Baptist pastor troubled by President Barack Obama's views on gay marriage violated federal law when he urged his followers to vote the president out of office in November, a Washington watchdog group said.

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Roxanne Coady: Notes From My (Book)shelf: Week of April 23, 2012

As the owner of an independent bookstore, RJ Julia , and the founder of the online book service Just the Right Book , my starting point for learning, being charmed or just distracted, is first and foremost books.

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05/23/12 Maiden church's sermon spurs possible IRS scrutiny... Source: Mooresville Tribune MAIDEN, N.C.--The Maiden church that has garnered nationwide attention because its pastor delivered a fiery sermon denouncing gays and lesbians may lose its tax-exempt status.
05/23/12 Rev. Barry Lynn blasts religious politicking: Churches... Source: The Raw Story Rev. Barry Lynn, the Founder and Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said Tuesday that people didn't go to church to learn who to vote for.
05/22/12 Bishops' Lawsuits Seek To Impose Birth Control Ban... Source: YubaNet.com - Nevada City CA The Roman Catholic hierarchy's claim that its religious freedom is being violated by new health-care regulations is bogus, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
05/22/12 Watchdog group goes after anti-Obama pastor in Ky. Source: NBC - WCNC NewsChannel 36 - Charlotte NC LOUISVILLE, Ky. An eastern Kentucky Baptist pastor troubled by President Barack Obama's views on gay marriage violated federal law when he urged his followers to vote the president out of office in November, a Washington watchdog group said.
05/21/12 Watchdog group goes after anti-Obama pastor in Ky. -... Source: Windy City News - Chicago IL An eastern Kentucky Baptist pastor troubled by President Barack Obama's views on gay marriage violated federal law when he urged his followers to vote the president out of office in November, a Washington watchdog group said.