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By Daniel Burke Religion News Service (RNS) As many as six Episcopal bishops and more than 200 Episcopal congregations have taken a first step toward forming a new alternative to the Episcopal Church that will unite conservatives irked by the church’s liberal drift. Meeting in Pittsburgh last week (Sept. 25-28), the Common Cause Council of…

Associated Press – October 1, 2007 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court returned to work Monday by sidestepping two church-state cases that social conservatives had hoped the justices would use to chart a rightward course. The justices decided not to consider a challenge by religious groups to a New York law requiring health plans to cover…

Associated Press – October 1, 2007 NEW YORK – Some of the most politically influential conservative Christians in the U.S., alarmed by the prospect of a Republican presidential nominee who supports abortion rights, are considering backing a third-party candidate. More than 40 Christian conservatives attended a meeting Saturday in Salt Lake City to discuss the…

Associated Press – September 27, 2007 HARTFORD, Conn. – Roman Catholic bishops in Connecticut have agreed to let hospital personnel give emergency contraception to all rape victims, reversing their decision days before a new state law requires it. The church, which runs four of the state’s 30 hospitals, had fought the state law requiring medical…
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