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RNS senior correspondent Adelle Banks looks at the growing importance of events at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for religious and faith-based organizations. To see the full text of the story, click here.
Quote: "It is the national green," said Steve Chavis, director of comm...
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COMMENTARY: On so Many Issues, No Single `Right’ Opinion
c. 2005 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Here is a question to ponder.
My son and I recently went to play tennis. All five courts were empty, as they are most days. A generation ago, people lined up to play tennis. What changed?
Some will say, Who cares? I don't play tennis. If it...
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From the courthouse to the jailhouse
Ben Chaney, Brother of Civil Rights Slaying Victim
"I want to thank God that today we saw Preacher Killen in a prison uniform taken from the courthouse to the jailhouse."
-Ben Chaney, younger brother of black Mississippian James Chaney, one of three civil rights workers who was slain...
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From the courthouse to the jailhouse
Ben Chaney, Brother of Civil Rights Slaying Victim
"I want to thank God that today we saw Preacher Killen in a prison uniform taken from the courthouse to the jailhouse."
-Ben Chaney, younger brother of black Mississippian James Chaney, one of three civil rights workers who was slain...
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COMMENTARY: Thou Shalt Not Make the Bible an Idol, a Club or a Hammer
c. 2005 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) The Jewish people will celebrate the two-day festival of Shavuot, ``The Birthday of the Bible,'' with special synagogue services beginning on the evening of Sunday, June 12. Shavuot, Hebrew for ``Weeks,'' comes 50 days, seven weeks and a day a...
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Second-grader’s Family Sues Public School Over Denial of Christian Song
c. 2005 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) The talent show went on without Olivia Turton's rendition of ``Awesome God.'' The second-grader wasn't allowed to sing the Christian pop tune, but her family isn't giving up their legal fight for her right to sing a religious song in a public...
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COMMENTARY: Newsweek Has Only Itself to Blame for Quran Story
c. 2005 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Did no one at Newsweek consider the difficulty of flushing a book down the toilet? Perhaps the editors assumed American technical ingenuity had developed a commode capable of consuming a Tom Clancy paperback in six seconds. Heck, when they fir...
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COMMENTARY: The Right Wages Religious War Over Judiciary
c. 2005 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) It's a great convenience that judges wear black robes.
For many GOP leaders and right-wing allies, it makes them really stand out as targets.
The most enthusiastic sniper, of course, has been House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, who m...
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NEWS ANALYSIS: For Terri Schiavo’s Family, No Easy Answer to Ethics Questions
c. 2005 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) The legal battle over the fate of 41-year-old Theresa Marie ``Terri'' Schiavo may be close to an end. Judge George W. Greer of Pinellas County, Fla., has ruled that at 1 p.m. on Friday (March 18), Terri's husband, Michael Schiavo, ``shall caus...
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NEWS STORY: In Ten Commandments Cases, Supreme Court Will Hear Passion From Both Sides
c. 2005 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ The call ``God save this honorable court'' will echo throughout the chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court on March 2, just as it does every time the court's marshall convenes a session for the nine justices.
But this time those words will un...
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