June--Week 4

June 23, 2008

Mount Vernon board votes to fire science teacher

Most Americans believe many religions lead to heaven

Everything seemingly is spinning out of control

Flood victims thank God, volunteers

Atheist wants Michigan town to remove religious symbols

Group files suit over 'I Believe' plates in SC

Oil drilling question looms as election issue

Bush tells Dems to stop blocking his energy proposals

Mayor: No support for claims of pregnancy pact

Man offered $2.2m for his life in Australia

Prosecutors say SC scammers took $80M



                                                              
June 24, 2008

Survey: More have dropped dogma for spirituality in U.S.

Dobson accuses Obama of 'distorting' Bible

Obama's presidential seal: No, he won't

Mormon Church enters California gay marriage fight

The un-Christian, un-Baptist CBF

Legal victory predicted for home schoolers

Mayor: No evidence of 'blood-oath bond' to become pregnant


June 25, 2008

Survey: American dream centers on family values

Land: Candidates should be free, not forced, to share faith

Western world is losing Christian values, says leading bishop

Teaching not preaching in California Bible belt

Jesus in China: Life on the edge

Pelosi expresses support for Fairness Doctrine

Challenging the I.R.S.

Law bans sex offenders' church work, say critics

More states rejecting abstinence education money

Angry kids protest gas prices after mom cancels cable TV

Stem-cell progress shows why unimpeded research is vital


June 26, 2008

Supreme Court says Americans have right to guns

Won't allow execution of child rapist

McCain, Obama both slam decision

Faithful in pews might not be voters in November

Why people still go to church

Experts debate religion's role in American democracy

View from America: Real friends, and real enemies

Bradley Burston: Perhaps we killed Christ after all

San Diego County pastor rallies clergy against gay marriage

Spanish parliament to extend rights to apes

Converts on trial in Algeria for spreading Christian faith

Neopaganism growing quickly

Harness volcano power, energy experts say

Zogby Poll: 74% support off-shore oil drilling in U.S. coastal waters


June 27, 2008

Church drops in on others for day

Celebrity revivals fleeting

Conservative Anglicans opting to break away

The decline of America's religious right

Michelle Obama: My husband will fight traditional marriage

McCain seeks to reassure conservatives in Ohio

George Will: Shining a supreme light on the candidates

Republicans, Democrats differ on Creationism

Iranian Christians forced to worship in secret

 

June 30, 2008

Christianity in crisis

Conservative Anglicans avoid split, launch fight against liberalism

The struggle to imitate Jesus

Islam is real threat to church, says Synod member

Study: Christianity makes men better husbands, fathers

Evangelical movement touts 'Jesus for president'

McCain gets praise, not backing, from Grahams

Arizona puts traditional marriage on November ballot