by Bob Allen | Jan 19, 2005 | News
As supporters of President Bush gather to celebrate Thursday’s $40 million presidential inauguration, an Internet campaign is trying to organize a boycott on any spending that day to protest the war in Iraq. No one knows who wrote the e-mail that has been...
by Bob Allen | Jan 18, 2005 | News
The death toll from the Dec. 26 Southeast Asia tsunami catastrophe passed 175,000 on Monday when Sri Lanka confirmed thousands more dead, according to Reuters. Meanwhile, relief workers feared for their safety amid unconfirmed threats of terror attacks in...
by Bob Allen | Jan 18, 2005 | News
In a move likely to anger his conservative base, President Bush said in a Sunday front-page story in the Washington Post that he would not lobby the Senate to pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Bush said there is no reason to press for the...
by Bob Allen | Jan 17, 2005 | News
An organization of pro-gay American Baptists issued an open letter last week strongly condemning a call by denominational leaders for a moratorium on performing same-sex marriages or elevating homosexuals to ministerial positions. Writing with “uncharacteristic...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 14, 2005 | News
Paul Weitz recently spoke with EthicsDaily.com by phone from Los Angeles about the new movie and how fatherhood has affected his work. But now the smallest Weitz is one and the movie starring Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace and Scarlett Johansson is rolling into wide...
by Bob Allen | Jan 12, 2005 | News
An Australian Baptist minister who leads a key aid group says something like the Marshall Plan used to rebuild post-World War II Europe is needed in the aftermath of Southeast Asia’s tsunami disaster. Tim Costello, chief executive of World Vision Australia, said...
