NEW YORK (Reuters) – Muslim, Jewish, Christian and civic groups formed a coalition on Wednesday to back a plan for a Muslim center near the site of the World Trade Center attacks in New York that has sparked heated national debate.
Also tagged a-plan-for, and-civic, center, center-near, jewish, muslim, national-debate-, near-the-site, new, plan-for, site, wednesdayAn armed Christian organization, Right Wing Extreme, will protect a church that is planning to host an “International Burn a Quran Day” on the ninth anniversary of September 11, the church’s pastor said on Tuesday. Read the original here: Pastor: Armed militia to protect church at Quran-burning The Portland, Oregon bankruptcy attorneys …
Also tagged church, church-at-quran, ninth, oregon, pastor, pastor-said, protect-church, quran, quran-burning, said-on-tuesday, september, tuesday, tuesday-read, will-protectA private religious school in Texas has denied admission to the daughter of a lesbian couple who wanted to enroll the child in preschool, citing its “clear teaching of the Christian faith” for the refusal. Go here to read the rest: Texas school rejects 4-year-old over lesbian parents The Portland, Oregon …
Also tagged child, daughter, enroll-the, for-the, has-denied, lesbian-parents, oregon, portland, read-the-rest, refusal, school-rejects, the-daughterWASHINGTON (Reuters) – A university can legally deny recognition to a Christian student group that bars gays and nonbelievers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a case that pitted anti-discrimination principles against religious freedom.
Also tagged court, domesticnews, gays-and, legally-deny, principles-against, religious-freedom-, ruled-on-monday, student-group, supreme-courtCHICAGO (Reuters) – Nine members of a Christian militia group accused of plotting to kill police and wage war on the U.S. government were freed on bond on Monday by a judge who said prosecutors had failed to show they posed a real threat.
Also tagged a-group-accused, a-real-threat-, and-wage, domesticnews, freed-on-bond, government-were, had-failed, kill-police, militia-group-, monday, real-threat-, said-prosecutorsWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a federal judge erred in ordering the removal of a large Christian cross intended to serve as a war memorial in a remote part of the California desert.
Also tagged a-federal-judge, a-war-memorial, california, cross-intended, domesticnews, federal-judge, ordering-the-removal, remote-part, removal, ruled-on-wednesday, supremeWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army on Thursday withdrew an invitation to a Christian evangelist to speak at a Pentagon prayer service next month following an outcry over his references to Islam as a violent religion.
Also tagged a-violent-religion-, army-on-thursday, domesticnews, his-references, islam, outcry-over, pentagon, prayer-service, references, thursday, violent-religion-WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court considered on Monday whether a university can legally deny recognition to a Christian student group that excludes gays and nonbelievers.
Also tagged considered-on-monday, domesticnews, gays-and, legally-deny, monday, student-group, supreme, supreme-courtAP – Five members of a Midwest Christian militia accused of conspiring to overthrow the government were lured to a warehouse to attend a phony memorial service so they would be unarmed when authorities arrested them, Michigan’s chief federal agent said Thursday.
Also tagged and-husband, are-attorneys, attorney-for, chief-federal, david-brian, federal, government-were, militia-accused, overthrow-the, photo, satawa, the-federal, thursdayAP – Rough winter weather forced members of a Midwest Christian militia to cut short a road trip to a rally in Kentucky, so suspected ringleader David Brian Stone used time in the van to hone his speech on the “New World Order” he feared, authorities said Wednesday.
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