by Alex Smirnov | Feb 27, 2001 | News
Eighty U.S. Nobel laureates have signed a letter to President Bush urging him not to block the flow of federal grants for research on human embryo cells, The Washington Post reported last Thursday. The letter is one effort to influence the Bush administration’s...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 27, 2001 | News
Pat Robertson, head of the Christian Coalition, voiced concern over Bush’s faith-based initiative. “This thing could be a real Pandora’s box,” Robertson said on the Feb. 20 broadcast of the “700 Club.” “What seems to be such a...
by Alex Smirnov | Feb 14, 2001 | News
Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke is promoting his movement against Jews and non-Europeans in Russia, according to various news agencies. During several trips to Russia over the past year and a half, Duke targeted radical nationalist and religious groups in...
by Sarah Griffith | Feb 14, 2001 | News
Black History Month is a time to celebrate black history but also cultural history and ethnic diversity, said an Atlanta, Ga., pastor. “We do not emphasize black history but cultural history,” said Emmanuel McCall, pastor of Christian Fellowship Baptist...
by Sarah Griffith | Feb 14, 2001 | News
Black History Month gives churches opportunity to celebrate both historical memory and Christianity’s role in social reformation in the United States, said an Alabama history professor. “Religious groups ought to participate in and support historical...
by Alex Smirnov | Feb 14, 2001 | News
A nationwide study of Protestant church pastors shows they do not have strong feelings one way or another about increasing federal funding for faith-based charity and social service programs. The study, released Feb. 1 by Phoenix-based Ellison Research, ties its...