Associated Press Beijing – Beijing Olympic organizers angrily disputed allegations of religious intolerance Thursday, saying Bibles and other religious items for personal use will be welcome at next summer’s games – except for the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement. Recent reports by a religious news agency and European media saying Bibles would be banned at…

By Sarah More McCann Religion News Service WASHINGTON — Lester Leavitt said he first had an inkling he might be gay when, as an 18-year-old college freshman, he was startled by his hope to see certain boys at a party. “Lester, what are you thinking? Are you gay or something?” Leavitt wondered at the time.…

Associated Press – November 7, 2007 SALT LAKE CITY – A polygamous-sect leader tried to hang himself in jail in January, eight months before a jury convicted him of rape as an accomplice, according to court documents. The disclosure Tuesday was in an evaluation by mental-health expert Eric Nielsen, who examined Warren Jeffs in April…

Associated Press-November 7, 2007 WASHINGTON – Moderate Republican presidential hopefuls Sen. John McCain and Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday secured key endorsements that could translate into increased support from Christian conservatives who, so far, have viewed their candidacy with a measure of concern. Former Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback, a conservative and favorite of evangelical Christians,…

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