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NEWS STORY: Conservative supporters of gay `conversion’ ads denounce Wyoming killing
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Conservative religious groups known for their condemnation of homosexuality are adding their voices to those denouncing the brutal murder of a gay University of Wyoming student.
The killing of Matthew Shepard, who died Monday after being a...
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RNS DAILY Digest
c. 1998 Religion News Service
Interfaith group slams gay debate ads by conservative Christians
(RNS) An interfaith coalition of gay rights groups have banded together to condemn a highly visible national ad campaign by religious conservatives to convince homosexuals they can cha...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1998 Religion News Service
Holocaust victims, Swiss banks reach agreement
(RNS) Representatives of Swiss commercial banks and Holocaust survivors have reach an agreement under which the banks have agreed to pay $1.25 billion for assets lost during the Nazi era.
The agreemen...
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NEWS FEATURE: Conservative Catholics say"Common Ground"may be trimmed
c. 1997 Religion News Service
NEW YORK _ The Common Ground Project, an effort launched by the late Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago to promote dialogue and overcome divisions on sensitive pastoral and theological issues within the Roman Catholic Church, has been criticized by...
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NEWS STORY: Episcopal seminary relaxes policy on sexual behavior
c. 1997 Religious News Service
UNDATED _ An Episcopal Church seminary with deep roots in the evangelical wing of the denomination has relaxed its 25-year-old policy barring students and faculty from sex outside of marriage and homosexual behavior.
The board of trustees of Virginia...
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NEWS FEATURE: Winans hit nerve with song opposing homosexuality
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ When Christian music artists Angie and Debbie Winans released their album"Bold"earlier this month, they didn't expect negative reactions.
But that's exactly what they got.
A death threat, successive telephone calls from gay and lesbian gro...
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NEWS STORY: Presbyterians gear up for new debate on gay clergy
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Opponents and proponents of a proposed church rule tempering restrictions on the sexual activity of Presbyterian clergy and other congregational and denominational officials, especially gays and lesbians, are gearing up for a nearly year-long...
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NEWS FEATURE: AIDS’ youngest victims alter attitudes about disease
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Lana Aumer used to think AIDS was a gay man's disease.
Then she met 3-year-old Shanita."It never occurred to me that it'd be a child,"said Aumer, a Roman Catholic who volunteers for the Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) in Charlotte, N...
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NEWS SIDEBAR: Excerpt from the lyrics of the song"Not Natural”
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Here are excerpts from the song"Not Natural,"on the compact disc"Bold"by Angie and Debbie Winans:
"I was chilling on my couch one night
Looking at my screen TV
There were people celebrating and congratulating
The new addition to the ga...
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NEWS STORY: Complaint filed against Methodist pastor over gay union ceremony
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ To the Rev. Jimmy Creech, it was"a very simple and very meaningful service."But to others, the ceremony uniting two lesbian members of his United Methodist congregation was a slap in the face of church policy.
Since performing the"covenantin...
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