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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1999 Religion News Service
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America speaks out on suicide
(RNS) The Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has adopted a message encouraging its members to contribute to efforts to prevent suicide.
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NEWS STORY: Assisted suicide opponents go on the attack
c. 1998 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Congressional opponents, joined by Roman Catholic religious leaders, have launched the first volley of an attack on physician-assisted suicide in what could become a lengthy legislative battle over the same issues of morality and personal c...
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NEWS STORY: Italian Waldensians support assisted suicide, euthanasia
c. 1998 Religion News Service
ROME _ Italy's small Waldensian Protestant Church has adopted a statement supporting euthanasia and assisted suicide, while urging discussion on the issue with an eye toward legislative approval of the practices, which are strongly condemned by the the...
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NEWS FEATURE: Ethicist: Jews should be `tad nervous’ over genetic testing
c. 1998 Religion News Service
PHILADELPHIA _ Specters of genetic and biological blame _ from the 14th-century bubonic plague to the 20th-century Holocaust _ should make Jews"a tad nervous"about the increasing popularity of genetic testing, says Laurie Zolath-Dorfman, an associated p...
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COMMENTARY: Dr. Death on prime time: The slippery slope toward murder
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(R. Albert Mohler Jr., a noted author and speaker, is president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.)
UNDATED _ The slippery slope is getting much harder to deny. Dr. Jack Kevorkian's prime-time publicity stunt demonstrates the...
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COMMENTARY: Humanity, not gender, is key in capital punishment case
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.)
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Rhem found guilty of sexual misconduct at church trial
(RNS) A local jurisdictional body of the Reformed Church in America has found the Rev. Richard Rhem guilty of"gross sexual conduct"and has removed him from the ordained ministry of the denominat...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Public schools approve clergy broadcasts
(RNS) Public school officials in Gary, Ind., have agreed to sell air time on a city high school radio station to a group of ministers who want to broadcast religious programs on the weekends.
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NEWS STORY:
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ With an anxious but by no means unified religious community standing in the wings, the Supreme Court Wednesday (Jan. 8) heard arguments on whether laws barring doctor-assisted suicide are legal, setting the stage for a possible landmark rul...
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BACKGROUNDER: WEIGHING THE RIGHT TO DIE: How will the Supreme Court rule?
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ The ``right-to-die'' question to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday (Jan. 8) is not whether Oregon can permit doctor-assisted suicide, but whether Washington, New York and other states can continue to ban the practice.
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