by Bob Allen | May 4, 2007 | News
Growing up as a privileged white daughter of the South, “Dead Man Walking” author Sister Helen Prejean never questioned the need for a death penalty to protect society from dangerous criminals. But that was before her “awakening to justice,”...
by Bob Allen | May 3, 2007 | News
Tennessee’s Democratic governor allowed a 90-day moratorium on the death penalty to expire Wednesday, clearing the way for next week’s scheduled execution of death-row inmate Philip Workman. Gov. Phil Bredesen ordered a halt to carrying out the death...
by Bob Allen | May 3, 2007 | News
The call for an “exodus” from public schools continues to gain momentum in the Southern Baptist Convention, according to sponsors of a resolution being proposed at this summer’s SBC annual meeting in San Antonio. Bruce Shortt, a representative of...
by Bob Allen | May 2, 2007 | News
Alabama’s Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has launched a “Let Justice Roll Down” initiative to bring a goodwill Baptist public witness to bear on issues like racism, poverty, equality of women, education and constitutional reform. Kicked off at last...
by Bob Allen | May 2, 2007 | News
Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page suggested an activist group pressing the denomination to confront the problem of sexual abuse by clergy may have a hidden agenda of setting up the nation’s largest Protestant body for lawsuits. “We believe...
