Associated Press – December 5, 2007 SPOKANE, Wash. – The city’s Police Department will remove crosses from its chaplain badges to settle a lawsuit filed by a Lutheran pastor-turned-atheist. “It’s a milestone,” said Ray Ideus, 75, who volunteers eight hours a week for the department, and filed the lawsuit in 2006. “It’s very important that…

Associated Press – December 4, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO – An atheist pleaded with a federal appeals court to remove the words “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance tot he American flag and “In God We Trust” from U.S. currency, saying the references disrespect his religious beliefs. “I want to be treated equally,” said Michael…

Associated Press – December 4, 2007 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – A delegation of the world’s elder statesmen called Tuesday for an immediate cease-fire in Sudan’s Darfur and for the international community to urgently honor its pledge to send in a U.N.-African peacekeeping force. “The future of Darfur, and indeed the whole of Sudan, sits on…

AFX News Limited – Among the many conservative Christians who feel misunderstood by the general public, the six televangelists under investigation by a Senate committee are an embarrassment. The ministers’ on-air faith healings and fundraising, backed by self-serving misinterpretations of Scripture, reinforce offensive stereotypes of greedy preachers and put their followers at spiritual risk, critics…

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