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On-again, off-again bill to allow guns in churches back on
BATON ROUGE, La. (RNS) The Louisiana state Senate revived legislation Tuesday (June 15) that would allow congregants to carry concealed weapons on church property as part of a security force.
The move is the latest procedural step in an on-again, off-again fight over whether to allow...
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Wednesday’s roundup
Retiring Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony defended his decision in 1986 not to report a predatory priest to police, saying such decisions were handled "pastorally" at the time, in a deposition that was unsealed yesterday (Mahony had fought to keep the document from public view).
The...
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Mormon church agrees to pay fine over support for Prop. 8
(RNS) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will pay a $5,000 fine for not reporting non-monetary contributions in support of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California.
The California Fair Political Practices Commission concluded the church "failed to timel...
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Gun bill dies (again) in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE (RNS) A law that would have allowed concealed weapons in houses of worship died in the Louisiana State Senate on Tuesday (June 8).
A Senate judiciary committee killed the bill sponsored by Rep. Henry Burns, a Republican. The bill is dead for the session unless Burns can fi...
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Sikhs blast `raghead’ comment directed at S.C. candidate
WASHINGTON (RNS) The "raghead" comment aimed at South Carolina gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley was unfair, uncalled for and unreasonable, Sikh advocacy groups said.
"It is a very unfortunate situation," said Gurinder Singh Mann, director of the Center for Sikh and Punjab Studies a...
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Lawmaker wants to refine bill on guns in churches
BATON ROUGE, La. (RNS) The chief sponsor of a bill that would allow guns in houses of worship has asked his colleagues to delay action so he can draft amendments to prevent what one lawmaker called "unintended consequences."
State Rep. Henry Burns, a Republican, ran into tough questio...
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Amish offer business tips for CEOs
(RNS) Some of the most successful entrepreneurs in America have never been to high school, don't use electricity, and would sooner love their competitors than sue them.
For generations, the Amish have tended farms tucked away in rural communities like Lancaster, Pa., motivated by a fa...
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Monday’s religion roundup
An Australian Catholic bishop blamed the sex abuse scandal on the Catholic Church's focus on "sin and forgiveness rather than crime and punishment." A Polish priest has turned himself into police in Brazil after authorities said transformed his rectory into an "erotic dungeon." The AP...
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Update: La. bill allowing guns in church is back on
BATON ROUGE, La. (RNS) Guns should be allowed in Louisiana houses of worship as a way to protect congregants from attacks, if the pastor or head of the religious body approves, state lawmakers said Wednesday.
The state House voted 74-18 for the bill on Wednesday (May 12), sending it t...
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Church gun bill shot down in La. House
BATON ROUGE, La. (RNS) A bill that would have allowed people to carry concealed weapons to their places of worship died in the Louisiana House on Thursday (May 6).
Lawmakers voted 45-39 for the bill, eight votes short of what is needed to get a bill through the lower chamber.
Rep. Hen...
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