Convicted pedophile allowed to resume duties
August 12, 2004
OTTAWA — A convicted pedophile has been cleared by an Anglican bishop to resume his duties as an assistant organist and choir director at a
S.C. town council prayers ruled unconstitutional
August 12, 2004
GREAT FALLS, S.C. — Two groups concerned about church-state separation have welcomed an appeals court ruling that a South Carolina town council violated the Constitution
Denominations affirm marriage
August 12, 2004
Two more denominations have made official statements about their opposition to same-sex “marriage.” The General Association of Regular Baptist Churches, which recently met in St.
Iran approves abortions for certain cases
August 12, 2004
TEHRAN, Iran — Though Iran has a conservative-dominated parliament, it nonetheless approved a draft bill on July 20 that would allow abortion in the first
Bulgarian police raids alarm Baptist leaders
August 12, 2004
OSLO, Norway — Bulgarian police have forcibly expelled members of an alternative Orthodox synod from some 250 parish churches they have been using for more
Colorado Supreme Court upholds voucher decision
August 12, 2004
DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court on June 28 declared the state’s school voucher program to be unconstitutional because it removes control over education from
Dutch readmitted to South African council
August 12, 2004
JOHANNESBURG, S. Africa — South Africa’s Dutch Reformed Church, once ostracized for its theological justification of apartheid and white-majority rule, has rejoined the South African
Groups urge court to end juvenile death penalty
August 12, 2004
WASHINGTON — Nearly 30 religious groups have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to outlaw the execution of minors. Oral arguments for Roper vs. Simmons, a
