Mormons appeal ruling on free speech rights
October 31, 2002
SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will appeal a ruling by an appellate court that said it cannot restrict
Satanism club organizes in California high school
October 31, 2002
SAN MATEO, Calif. — A California high school announced the introduction of a Satanism club as an on-campus activity, and 35 students attended the club’s
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
Nonbelievers on rise, conference hears
October 31, 2002
MONTREAL — The number of Canadians who claim to have no religion at all more than doubled in 13 years to 27 percent in 2000,
Children beaten in religious commune
October 24, 2002
CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island — Children living at a religious commune on Prince Edward Island were regularly beaten — sometimes struck as many as 39
Vancouver bishop continues same-sex support
October 24, 2002
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — An attack by the outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey on Vancouver Anglicans who endorse same-sex blessings backfired, says Bishop Michael
More missionaries denied entry into Russia
October 24, 2002
MOSCOW — Five American missionaries were denied entry into Russia in an unofficial ban against foreign religious workers, reported Keston News Service. This is the
Falwell apologizes for remarks that sparked fatal riot in India
October 24, 2002
Jerry Falwell, televangelist and pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Va., has apologized for recent remarks about the prophet Mohammed being a
