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Socially conscious Christians take the fight to Glenn Beck
Talk show host Glenn Beck has made some enemies in a corner of American society where most Fox News pundits would prefer to have friends: The Christian community. Beck has upset the socially-conscious, activist side of the Christian movement with comments last week that listeners should “run” from churches that…
Witness: Dr. Tiller’s alleged killer fired without saying a word
A man accused of killing a prominent abortion doctor wordlessly pumped a single gunshot into his victim’s head and threatened two other men before fleeing a Kansas church, witnesses said Monday. Scott Roeder, 51, is on trial for first-degree murder in the 2009 shooting death of Dr. George Tiller, one…
Mormon church wanted ‘plausible deniability’ on anti-gay effort
The Mormon church worked to hide its involvement in the 2008 effort to ban gay marriage in California, telling the Proposition 8 campaign that it wanted “plausible deniability” in its connections with the movement, documents revealed in a California courtroom Wednesday show. In the seventh day of testimony in the…
Anti-gay pastor Warren asks for money, $2.4 million appears
Evangelical pastor Rick Warren’s plea for donations to fill a $900,000 deficit at his Southern California megachurch brought in $2.4 million, Warren announced to cheers during a sermon at the church on Saturday. Warren said the amount raised after the appeal was posted online Wednesday included only money parishioners brought…
An Anti-Gay, Anti-Liberal Terrorist
According to the lead officer in the investigation (airing on CNN right now), yesterday’s church shooting was the act of a man lashing out against gays and liberals. I predict those declaring that Christianity is under assault from evil and violent sectors of our society will find virtually any way…
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