Brethren postpones ordination of gay man
June 27, 2002
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Church of the Brethren has postponed the controversial and historic ordination of the first openly gay man in the denomination’s history.
Gay rights group protests SBC meeting; 50 members arrested
June 20, 2002
Gay rights activists picketed the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) annual meeting for the third year in a row, this time trying to disrupt President James
Law requiring library porn filters overturned
June 13, 2002
A federal appeals court has invalidated a law requiring public libraries to install filters on their computers to combat pornography. A three-judge panel of the
Scientists, theologians debate morality of cloning embryos for research, reproduction
June 13, 2002
Cloning is no longer merely in the realm of science fiction. President Bush has spoken out against cloning. Christopher Reeve and other celebrities say cloning
Proposed legislation would ban same-sex ‘marriages’ in nation
May 23, 2002
A proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to define the legal status of marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman was
Baptist Olympian advocates abstinence until marriage
May 9, 2002
For Olympian speed skater Jason Hedstrand, the slim gold band he wears on his right hand means more than his newly ordered Olympic ring.
NAMB abandons endorsements of ordained female chaplains
February 14, 2002
North American Mission Board trustees decided Feb. 6 that while the agency’s Chaplains Commission “is committed to endorse chaplains, both men and women,” it will
Congress paves way for D.C. same-sex benefits
January 10, 2002
WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia will be able to implement a program making health benefits available to the same-sex partners of its employees for
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