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Fun Friday: Not the End of the World As We Know It?
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Nicole Neroulias
Well, it’s Oct. 21 — Radio preacher Harold Camping’s thrice-revised prediction for Judgment Day. And, as CNN’s Belief Blog optimistically observes. we’re all still here. (Well, except for a certain Libyan dictator. In the words of entertainment journalist and my former coworker Chris Serico: Oh Gaddafi. We hardly knew how to spell you.) Of course, there’s still…
Fun Friday: Cagefighting Jesus, Alternative Southern Baptist Names, Ted Haggard’s Wife Swap
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Nicole Neroulias
The Daily Show and The Colbert Report aren’t resting on their Emmy laurels — they each had entertaining faith-related bits this week, particularly on the end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’s United Nations edition. (Unfortunately, Comedy Central videos tend to play automatically on this blog, so I’m not going to upload them…
Military Ends ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Ban on Gay Troops: Chaplains Blink?
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Nicole Neroulias
The U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on openly gay troops ended yesterday, and as many outlets have noted, we’re all still safe and sound. Check out the AP’s story and video here. If anything, military recruiting looks poised to improve, as a result: -Several top universities that had kicked ROTC off campus during the…
Gay vs. Christian Activists in Corporate Clashes; Dalai Lama vs. GOP in Church-State Separation Debate
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Nicole Neroulias
Deadline and space limitations — even cyberspace has limits! — left some interesting notes on my cutting-room floor this week, so here’s my version of DVD extras for two stories that ran yesterday: 1. Corporate Culture Wars (Religion News Service) A feature story prompted after TOMS, a shoe company that donates a pair to a needy child…
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