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Hallmark Plan for Gay Marriage Cards Angers Conservatives
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By Tim Murphy Religion News Service (RNS) Hallmark’s decision to introduce a new line of cards for gay marriages has drawn criticism from conservative Christian groups who accuse the company of promoting immoral behavior. Hallmark is releasing four cards specifically for same-sex couples in response to increasing demand after gay marriage was legalized in California…
US Doctors Can Refuse to Provide Abortions
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akornfeld
Associated Press Washington – The Bush administration Thursday proposed stronger job protections for U.S. doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said that health care professionals should not face retaliation from employers or from medical societies because…
McCain’s Faith Journey Largely Unspoken
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akornfeld
By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service Washington – Sen. John McCain has one story he tells again and again about his religious life. In a campaign ad, a family memoir, and most recently a televised interview with megachurch pastor Rick Warren, he recalls a guard in his prisoner of war camp in Vietnam who…
Foreign Missionaries Defy Ban During Olympics
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akornfeld
Associated Press Beijing – Christian groups who flouted a Chinese ban on foreign missionaries are calling their underground evangelizing during the Olympic Games a success. Drawn to a nation of 1.3 billion people under atheist rule, the groups prepared for years for what the Southern Baptists once called “a spiritual harvest unlike any other.” “We…
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