Academic Freedom
June 1, 2000
A recent article in this paper reported First Baptist Church, Athens, Ga., severed ties with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in part because of a
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Canada rules against Laura Schlessinger
June 1, 2000
OTTAWA, Canada — A Canadian broadcasting regulation panel has ruled that radio talk show host Dr. Laura’s controversial statements about homosexuals have violated national broadcasting
Protestors charged, released in Puerto Rico
June 1, 2000
VIEQUES, Puerto Rico — Twenty-five protestors who re-entered the U.S. Navy’s military training ground on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques were charged with trespassing
New Archbishop of New York named
June 1, 2000
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Bishop Edward Michael Egan of the Bridgeport dicese in Connecticut was named successor to the late Cardinal John O’Connor as archbishop of
Seventeen dead after violence in Indonesia
June 1, 2000
JAKARTA, Indonesia — At least 17 people died May 17 in an eastern Indonesian province after violence erupted between Christians and Muslims amid rumors that
Sierra Leone losing religious relief workers
June 1, 2000
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Catholic relief Services has withdrawn its workers from strife-torn Sierra Leone where a number of United Nations peacekeepers have been killed.
Teens charged in race-related vandalism
June 1, 2000
SUMTER, S.C. — Two South Carolina teenagers have been charged in vandalism attacks on two black churches and with smashing windows at the NAACP office.
Pro-gay group plans demonstrations
June 1, 2000
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — The pro-gay group that brought 191 people to Cleveland to be arrested at the General Conference meeting of the United Methodist
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