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Autistic Teen’s Ouster from Church Stirs Debate
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nsymmonds
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News – May 20, 2008 May 20–Some see it as too harsh. Others see it as a last resort for safety. A Minnesota church’s efforts to bar a severely autistic 13-year-old boy from its Roman Catholic mass, saying he’s a danger to others, illustrates the difficulties that surface when institutions and parents…
Muslim Group Distributes Free Qurans To Promote Understanding
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nsymmonds
Chicago Tribune – May 21, 2008 CHICAGO – As Marcia Macy chatted with her dog walker in the driveway of her Wheaton, Ill., home Thursday, a young Muslim man passed her and hooked a plastic bag containing a Quran on her doorknob. Unlike most religious solicitors, the man didn’t try to speak with her or…
IRS Clears Pastor on Huckabee Endorsement
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akornfeld
By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service Washington – The Internal Revenue Service has concluded that a Southern Baptist pastor’s endorsement of former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee was a personal one that does not jeopardize his church’s tax-exempt status. Pastor Wiley Drake of First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, Calif., received a May 12…
Texas Megachurch Pastor Charged in Sex Sting
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akornfeld
By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service A minister to married adults at Prestonwood Baptist Church, a prominent Dallas-area Southern Baptist megachurch, has resigned after being charged in an Internet sex sting. Joe Barron, 52, was charged Friday (May 16) with soliciting a minor online, the Associated Press reported. Police said he had communications of…
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