Transsexual foster-care bill vetoed
October 31, 2002
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Governor Gray Davis of California has vetoed a bill that would have affirmed the rights of transsexual foster-care youth and expanded the
Presbyterians reform handling of abuse
October 24, 2002
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The nation’s largest Presbyterian church will consider a host of reforms on how it handles sexual abuse cases after a damning report
One in three pregnant girls seeks abortion
October 24, 2002
NEW YORK — Despite being inundated with sex education and contraception, more and more teenage girls throughout the world are getting pregnant. According to the
Retired president of BFA Warren Trussell dies at 65
October 17, 2002
Well-known Alabama Baptist and retired president of the Baptist Foundation of Alabama (BFA), C. Warren Trussell Jr., died Oct. 10 at 65. A member of
Mass attendance in Ireland taking a tumble
October 10, 2002
LONDON — Weekly church attendance in the Irish Republic — which stood at the extraordinarily high level of 91 percent of the population as recently
Most Americans think prayer affects world events
October 10, 2002
BOSTON — A majority of praying Americans believe prayer can have a positive effect on national or world events, according to a poll by The
Religious freedom challenged in Azerbaijan
October 10, 2002
BAKU, Azerbaijan — A Baptist pastor still cannot conduct services in the local church and Bibles sent to the Baptist church are yet on the
Rights activists decry repressive religion legislation
October 10, 2002
MOSCOW — Repressive new religion legislation in Belarus could mean the closing of dozens of churches and religious communities in the former Soviet republic, human
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