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c. 1998 Religion News Service
Good Friday, Passover beer ban muddles Boston Red Sox opener
(RNS) Citing the desire for a"family atmosphere,"the Boston Red Sox have instituted a one-time"beer ban"because their Opening Day game falls on Good Friday and the first night of Passover...
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Election lesson: religious conservatives have a mind of their own
c. 1998 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Tuesday's election results were a blow to leaders of the religious right, just as the unexpected Democratic gains nationwide shook the Republican leadership with whom religious conservatives have been closely aligned.
Across the nation, a...
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NEWS STORY: House panel approves `religious expression’ constitutional amendment
c. 1998 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ The House Judiciary Committee, giving religious conservatives a long-sought victory, has approved a proposal to amend the Constitution to protect"the people's right to pray and to recognize their religious beliefs, heritage, or traditions o...
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NEWS STORY: Opposition stepped up to religious persecution measure
c. 1998 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Efforts to derail a proposed bill in Congress that would trigger automatic sanctions against nations found to persecute religious minorities accelerated this week on Capitol Hill and at the White House.
On Tuesday (April 28), the National...
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NEWS STORY: Americans United asks IRS to investigate churches over voter guides
c. 1998 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ A church-state watchdog group has asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate eight churches that allegedly violated their tax-exempt status by distributing Christian Coalition voter guides the Sunday prior to the November election.
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Religious persecution bill passes first of many hurdles to becoming law
c. 1998 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ A bill aimed at curbing religious persecution abroad passed its first legislative hurdle Wednesday (March 25) by a wide margin, belying a host of congressional concerns that remain to be ironed out if the measure is to win final approval.
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NEWS STORY: Murder of Sikh publisher in Canada laid to factional religious strife
c. 1998 Religion News Service
VANCOUVER, British Columbia _ The high-profile publisher of a Sikh newspaper was murdered Wednesday (Nov. 18) night in an attack police said they believe is part of an ongoing conflict between Sikh moderates and traditionalists.
Tara Singh Hayer, publ...
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NEWS STORY: Alabama vote hailed by religious conservatives
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Religious conservatives across the nation are hailing Alabama Gov. Fob James' runoff victory against a Republican moderate last week as a sign that a dogged defense of their social issues agenda _ school prayer, public display of the Ten Comma...
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NEWS STORY: Vatican lifts excommunication of Sri Lankan liberation theologian
c. 1998 RELIGION NEWS SERVICE
UNDATED _ The Vatican has lifted the year-old excommunication of the Rev. Tissa Balasuriya, the controversial Sri Lankan Roman Catholic theologian whose views on papal infallibility, Jesus and Mary landed him in hot water with the church's doctrinal wat...
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NEWS FEATURE: PBS to air groundbreaking series on origins of Christianity
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Scholars have been investigating the origins of Christianity for more than a century, and classes on the"historical Jesus"have been standard fare at colleges and seminaries for decades.
But most people in the pews know next to nothing about...
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