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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News – May 23, 2008 May 23–For three years and three months, Ali Hussain has waited to become a U.S. citizen. On Thursday, his wait was over — but not before he sued the federal government. In February, Hussain and 24 other Muslims joined a statewide lawsuit against Citizenship and Immigration Services…

By Benedicta Cipolla c. 2008 Religion News Service NEW YORK — After the memorial Mass on Oct. 26, 2001, for her son Christian, a probationary firefighter who died in the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Sally Regenhard didn’t proceed to a cemetery. There was no cemetery because there was no body. Christian’s…

By Kevin Eckstrom Religion News Service Five years ago, New Hampshire Bishop V. Gene Robinson made headlines by becoming the first openly gay bishop elected in the Episcopal Church or in the wider Anglican Communion. Robinson is making headlines again — this time for his upcoming civil union ceremony with his partner of 20 years,…

Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) London (dpa) – British police are looking for suspected souvenir-hunters who used a hammer and a screwdriver to vandalize the world-famous stone circle of Stonehenge, south-west Britain. The incident, which occurred in the late evening of May 15, was the first atc of vandalism at the site, near Salisbury, in decades, police…

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Ottumwa – Though one rider called the event a “show of unity,” the sound of 14 closely packed motorcycles was more like a “roar of unity.” The Jewish bikers said they don’t want others to forget the Holocaust — or to see others go through one. “This is about getting the…

By Daniel Burke c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said Tuesday (May 20) that she does not expect up-or-down votes on the role of gays and lesbians in the church at a meeting of global Anglican leaders in England this summer. The Lambeth Conference, a once-a-decade gathering of bishops…

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…

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…

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…

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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