Archdiocese to sell residence to pay settlement

December 18, 2003

BOSTON — In a surprise bid to remedy both the financial and symbolic tolls of last year’s sexual abuse crisis, the Archdiocese of Boston announced

Church baptizes ‘gay’ men, ousted

December 18, 2003

North Carolina Baptists twice affirmed a decision to oust McGill Baptist Church in Concord from the state convention for baptizing two men presumed to be

Hate crimes declined in 2002, says FBI

December 11, 2003

WASHINGTON — The number of hate crime incidents in 2002 declined dramatically from 2001, the FBI reported Nov. 13. State and law enforcement agencies reported

Wisconsin governor vetoes marriage protection

December 11, 2003

NASHVILLE — Wisconsin’s governor vetoed legislation Nov. 7 that would have defined marriage as being solely between a man and a woman. The Defense of

Court bans former lesbian from teaching her adopted child to be against homosexuality

December 11, 2003

In a different twist on the debate about homosexuality, a Colorado woman who broke off a lesbian relationship after converting to Christianity is fighting a

Senate set to debate Federal Marriage Amendment

December 11, 2003

The move to protect the traditional definition of marriage within the U.S. Constitution took another step forward Nov. 25 when the Federal Marriage Amendment was