Monthly Archives: November 2006
NEWS STORY: Who Won, Who Lost in Midterm Elections
By Daniel Burke — November 9, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Efforts by Democratic candidates to display their faith and connect with religious voters helped produce huge electoral wins in Pennsylvania and Ohio, according to analysts and independent pollsters. While the national voting patterns of religious Americans were not significantly different from the last midterm elections, Democrats turned the […]
Supreme Court Weighs Limits on Late-Term Abortions
By Adelle M. Banks — November 9, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Supreme Court justices returned to the controversial issue of abortion Wednesday (Nov. 8), weighing arguments on whether a procedure critics call “partial-birth” abortion can be banned constitutionally. U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement, arguing for the Bush administration in back-to-back cases, said the procedure is “something that is […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 9, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Dobson Steps Down from Ted Haggard’s Counseling Team (RNS) Focus on the Family founder James Dobson has stepped down from the team of counselors working with the Rev. Ted Haggard, the former president of the National Association of Evangelicals who resigned after a scandal involving a male escort and drug […]
COMMENTARY: The Bishops Must Listen Before They Can Teach
By Frances Kennedy — November 9, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When the nation’s Catholic bishops gather next week (Nov. 13-16) in Baltimore, we presume that they will be well prepared and current on what have been called the “hot button” subjects on their ambitious agenda. Included on their to-do list are guidelines for ministry to homosexuals, a brochure rejecting […]
COMMENTARY: The Bishops Must Listen Before They Can Teach
By Frances Kennedy — November 9, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When the nation’s Catholic bishops gather next week (Nov. 13-16) in Baltimore, we presume that they will be well prepared and current on what have been called the “hot button” subjects on their ambitious agenda. Included on their to-do list are guidelines for ministry to homosexuals, a brochure rejecting […]
Auschwitz Museum Won’t Yield Artwork to Creator
By Kevin McDermott — November 8, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) With some house paints salvaged from a section of the Auschwitz death camp, Dina Gottliebova just hoped to bring a little color to the lives of Nazi Germany’s youngest victims. On a wall of the children’s barracks, the prisoner painted a mural of Snow White in a Swiss mountain […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 8, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Williams Says Anglican Stand on Gays Will Not Be Debated (RNS) Anglican leaders will not reopen debate on a resolution that condemns homosexuality and discourages the blessing of same-sex unions at their next meeting in 2008, according to the archbishop of Canterbury, the leader of world Anglicanism. In 1998, representatives […]
Vandalism Puts Camp in `Jesus Camp’ on Hiatus
By Daniel Burke — November 8, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The summer camp featured in the documentary “Jesus Camp” will shut down for at least several years because of negative reaction sparked by the film, according to the camp’s director. “Right now we’re just not a safe ministry,” Becky Fischer, the fiery Pentecostal pastor featured in “Jesus Camp,” said […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 8, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Catholics, Orthodox Jews Push for `School Choice’ WASHINGTON (RNS) Orthodox Jews and Catholics have issued a joint call for government funds and policies that would allow parents to send their children to private schools with the help of public money. In a Nov. 1 statement, the Rabbinical Council of America, […]
In Egypt, Deciding to Wear the Veil Isn’t Just a Personal Choice
By Peter Sachs — November 8, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service CAIRO, Egypt _ In the midst of a fiery debate over the implications of wearing veils, one young Egyptian woman made the decision about two weeks ago to wear a hijab, or head scarf, as a way to reconnect with Islam. Mai Esmat Mohamed, a 22-year-old self-admitted “rebellious Americanized girl,” […]
Across Europe, Veil Dispute Mirrors Unease Over Islam
By Elizabeth Bryant — November 8, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service PARIS _ Two years ago, the French government handed Noura Jaballah a difficult decision: Send her daughter to school without a head scarf, or school her at home. The 45-year-old French Tunisian reluctantly opted to comply with new legislation banning the wearing of head scarves, or hijabs, and other religious […]
For Muslim Women, Fashionable Modesty Can Be Tough
By RNS Blog Editor — November 8, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N.J. _ When Brooke Samad converted to Islam, convincing her Sicilian Catholic mother and Russian-Polish Jewish father that she knew what she doing was hard enough. Harder still was finding something to wear. “I always considered myself a fairly stylish person,” said Samad, who lives here. “When I […]
COMMENTARY: Here’s What’s on My (Early) Christmas List
By Tom Ehrich — November 8, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ Seven weeks before Christmas, I discovered Christmas in full swing here. Stores were in lavish decor. Twinkly lights turned Park Avenue into a wonderland. Holiday movies and seasonal stage shows were playing again. Not a problem. In fact, I’m all for an early Christmas. We need the […]
Wife of Evangelical Leader Speaks Out
By Tracy Gordon — November 8, 2006
Quote of the Day: Gayle Haggard, wife of evangelical leader Ted Haggard “For those of you who have been concerned that my marriage was so perfect I could not possibly relate to the women who are facing great difficulties, know that this will never again be the case. My test has begun; watch me. I […]
Is Ted Haggard the New Poster Boy for the Ex-gay Movement?
By Kevin Eckstrom — November 7, 2006
Looks like he may well be … In his letter that was read to his church on Sunday, Haggard-the disgraced former president of the National Association of Evangelicals who admitted to daliances and drug use with a male escort-said he had struggled with “repulsive and dark” impulses “all of my adult life.” As part of […]
