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NEWS STORY: Presbyterians debate fidelity, chastity for officials, pastors
c. 1997 Religion News Service
RICHMOND, Va. _ The Presbyterian Church (USA), a denomination that sits squarely in the middle of mainline Protestantism, finds itself balanced on the edge of banning some members _ gay and straight _ from holding church office or being ordained to the...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Richard Rehm case sent back to local conference for investigation
(RNS) There was a new twist this week in the tangled case of the Rev. Richard Rehm, pastor of one the largest congregations in the Reformed Church in America (RCA) and a source of con...
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Meetings give glimpse of approved, unapproved Catholic life
c. 1997 Religion News Service
LOS ANGELES _ What is and what is not endorsed by a huge Catholic archdiocese provides insight into the dynamics of U.S. Roman Catholic life and the diversity _ traditional and liberal, obedient and dissenting _ at the center and margins of the church....
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NEWS STORY: Cardinal Mahony urges Catholics to find `common ground’
c. 1997 Religion News Service
ANAHEIM, Calif. _ Roman Catholic Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles has given a strong endorsement to the late Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin's Common Ground project, telling 10,000 Catholics they must work to end divisions."One of his (Bernardin) conce...
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COMMENTARY: Special Seders highlight Passover’s universal appeal
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi A. James Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ Passover, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Freedom, begins at sundown April 21, and each year I receive invitations to attend some uniqu...
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NEWS STORY: Clinton: There’s no hiding from the `poison’ of hate
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ To the Rev. Samuel Kyles, hate is not a ghost _ it's the word"nigger"splashed on the charred walls of a burned black church. For Tammie Schnitzer, it's the splinters of glass from the windows broken because she is Jewish.
That's why Kyles...
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NEWS STORY: Catholic bishops urge acceptance of gay orientation
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Steering clear of a debate about the origins of homosexuality, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops Wednesday (Oct. 1) extended to parents and families of gay and lesbian children an"outstretched hand"of support but reaffirmed church teaching saying...
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NEWS FEATURE: Debate on the Bible and gays comes to middle America
c. 1997 Religion News Serive
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. _ As the Rev. Robin Scroggs sees it, the increasing controversy in churches over homosexuality has produced at least one positive benefit: It's got people reading the Bible."This is really an amazing situation,"said Scroggs, a Biblica...
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COMMENTARY: Real boycotts are about personal sacrifice
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C., an author and former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(at)interpath.com).
UNDATED _ A word to the Southern Baptists as they gird up for a boycott of the Walt Disney Co. empir...
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TOP STORY: GAY FAMILY VALUES: Gay families push for a place in the mainstream
c. 1996 Religion News Service
SAN FRANCISCO _ Given the stinging rhetoric that accompanied Congress' recent approval of the Defense of Marriage Act, it's hard to imagine homosexual-rights activists having much reason for optimism.
Signed Sept. 21 by President Clinton, the new fede...
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