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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Supreme Court, Minority Groups, Roman Catholicism, Youth Organizations
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Boy Scouts' vote to allow openly gay members, but not leaders, ending century-long ban
The Boy Scouts of America approved a historic policy shift Thursday, allowing gay youths as members for the first time in the organization's 100-year history. But the highly anticipated vote by 1,400 members of the Scouts' executive committee stopped...Tags: Minority Groups, Roman Catholicism, Elections, Youth Organizations, Clubs and Associations
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Vatican marks anniversary of 1972 attack on Michelangelo's Pieta
ReutersVATICAN CITY -- Forty-one years ago, a crazed Hungarian named Laszlo Toth jumped an altar railing in St. Peter's Basilica and dealt 12 hammer blows to Michelangelo's Pieta, severely damaging the Renaissance masterpiece. To mark the attack on May 21,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Vatican City, Renovation, Madonna
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Dr. Richard J. Bouchard, cardiologist
Dr. Richard J. Bouchard, a retired cardiologist who played an instrumental role in the establishment of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at St. Agnes Hospital, died Saturday from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at Stella Maris Hospice. The longtime...
Tags: Cardiologists, Internal Medicine, Hospitals and Clinics, Roman Catholicism, U.S. Public Health Service
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Religions rethinking the sin of suicide
The Salt Lake Tribune reporter Lisa Schencker writes for the Religion News Service about those left behind by the person who commits suicide and how different religions are changing their thinking about the sin of suicide: DRAPER, Utah (RNS) As young...
Tags: Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Suicide, Religion and Belief
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Letters to the Editor - May 13
What if media coverage were 100 percent liberal? To the editor: What would the newspaper and television coverage of the political scene be like if instead of being just 90 percent with the liberal slant, it was 100 percent? There would no longer be a...Tags: Minority Groups, Primaries, Roman Catholicism, Elections, MSNBC (tv network)
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In Theory: Are parts of Scripture outdated and in need of change?
It's not often that a Christian minister agrees with the New Atheist movement, but the Rev. Michael Dowd believes it's possible when it comes to what he calls the "idolatry of the written word." A self-described "New Theist" — one who "value[s]...Tags: Fossils, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, Bible, Tra Thomas
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Northern Michigan church briefs for Sunday, April 14
Petoskey United Methodist The Petoskey United Methodist Church welcomes all for worship each Sunday at an 8:45 a.m. contemporary service and an 11 a.m. traditional service. Nursery care and children's church are available for both. All are welcome. The 11...Tags: Human Interest, Methodist, Arts and Culture, Christianity, Customs and Tradition
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Joseph E. Welsh, educator
Joseph E. Welsh, a retired Baltimore County public school educator who was also a hospice volunteer and Eucharistic minister, died Monday of melanoma at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Oak Crest Village resident was 80. "He was both my teacher and...
Tags: Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Arts and Culture, Graduation, Timonium
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In Theory: Has the economy damaged the work ethic?
Sociologist Max Weber first advanced the idea of a Protestant work ethic in 1914. A recent study suggests that not only does this ethic exist, it can make the effects of unemployment worse for Protestants than for non-Protestants. The Dutch survey,...Tags: Labor Markets, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, Bible, Personal Weapon Control
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Community & Clubs: Plenty to pray about this week
With the happenings in Boston and in West Texas fresh in our minds, the National Day of Prayer makes more sense than ever, says the Rev. Julie Elkins, president of the Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council and pastor at First United Methodist Church of...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Human Interest, American Legion, Arts and Culture, Roman Catholicism
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Boy Scouts proposing to lift gay ban for youth
NEW YORK (AP) — Searching for compromise on a divisive issue, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays — allowing them as youth members but continuing to bar them as adult leaders. The...
Tags: Minority Groups, Social Issues, Abusive Behavior, Roman Catholicism, Elections
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