By a large majority, the Senate voted June 15 to extend federal hate-crimes protections to sexual minorities. Senators voted 65-33 to add crimes based on
In a year when citizens will go to the polls and choose their president and many other national leaders, more than one-third of Southern Baptists
Britain opened the world’s first national stem cell bank in May, establishing a new era in a controversial area of medical research. Stem cells are
BOSTON — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston will close 65 parishes in a consolidation plan to combat low Mass attendance and donations in the
SAN FRANCISCO — The battle for traditional marriage shifted from Massachusetts to California where the California Supreme Court began hearing arguments on whether San Francisco
WASHINGTON — The Library of Congress awarded Mark A. Noll, prominent evangelical church historian, a distinguished research position June 1. Noll, who hopes to use
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County supervisors, faced with a lawsuit to remove a tiny gold cross from the county seal, have voted to remove
INDIANAPOLIS — A Baptist state trooper, fired after refusing a casino assignment that he said violated his religious beliefs, wants the Indiana Supreme Court to
