by Bob Allen | Dec 20, 2005 | News
The National Council of Churches on Monday praised the U.S. Senate for Friday’s vote declining to end a filibuster blocking renewal of the U.S.A. Patriot Act. President Bush blasted senators in a Monday press conference for “playing politics” with...
by Bob Allen | Dec 20, 2005 | News
A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that public schools cannot teach intelligent design as an alternative to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution in science classes. The ruling, which drew comparisons to the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, is the first...
by Bob Allen | Dec 16, 2005 | News
A Christian talk-show host who sued to reinstate Roy Moore after his ouster as Alabama’s chief justice isn’t supporting his run for governor, citing his ties to groups she says want to impose a theocracy. “You may say I am crazy for coming out...
by Bob Allen | Dec 15, 2005 | News
Led by evangelical activist Jim Wallis, 114 religious leaders were arrested Wednesday in Washington for civil disobedience protesting federal budget proposals that slash spending for the poor while extending tax breaks for the rich. According to SoJo.net, the...
by Bob Allen | Dec 14, 2005 | News
A Southern Baptist leader previously on record as saying it is a sin for married couples not to have children has added a new rationale–demographics. In a Nov. 27 Chicago Tribune story about married couples choosing to remain childless, Al Mohler, president of...
