ACC meeting begins Saturday
May 1, 2009
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Updated. The 14th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in Kingston, Jamaica tomorrow and ends on May 13th.
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Social media and the Church
May 1, 2009
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One of our favorite blogging bishops, the Rt. Rev. Alan Wilson, describes the Diocese of Oxford’s Social Media Day which he recently chaired. He says that “the aim was to gather people working for the Church with an interest in communications, to scope the scene and its possibilities.”
Hate Crimes Bill and the Pulpit
May 1, 2009
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Would the passage of a federal hate crimes bill restrict the freedom of preachers to preach? That is the meme of some conservative Christians and right-wing politicians as the bill, named for Matthew Shepard, passed the House of Representatives yesterday.
Support for torture among the religious
May 1, 2009
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The Pew Research Center surveyed 742 Americans including white evangelicals, white non-Hispanic Catholics, white mainline Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated during the week of April 14-21 and found that 60% of evangelical churchgoers favored torture while only 40% of the unaffiliated agreed with them.
Poll finds more favor of gay marriage than oppose
May 1, 2009
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An ABC News-Washington Post poll shows that 49 percent support gay marriage in the US and 53 percent of those polled think that gay marriages held in other states should be honored in their own.
In search of justice in Kingston
May 1, 2009
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Savitiri Hensman notes that the Anglican Consultative Council meets to decide the future of the communion in one of the world’s most homophobic cities.
World Malaria Day
April 24, 2009
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Saturday, April 25th is World Malaria Day. Learn about this deadly disease and what you can do to help.
Gledhill says “Sorry guys” to ACI
April 24, 2009
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Ruth Gledhill says to the Anglican Communion Institute and the 15 bishops “Sorry bishops, but a diocese is not a church.”
Debunking myths
April 24, 2009
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Religious leaders from Massachusetts are lending their support to the campaign for the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York state, telling New Yorkers that gay marriage has not affected religious freedom in the Bay State.
An alien legacy
April 18, 2009
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Human Rights Watch says laws forbidding consensual homosexual conduct were introduced into countries that had been colonized by Europeans. 80 countries around the world still criminalize consensual homosexual conduct between adult men, and often between adult women.
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