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Southern Baptists’ Top Ethicist Calls Waterboarding ‘Torture’
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akornfeld
Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land, a leading Christian conservative who helped advance the Bush administration’s agenda on a range of social issues, said Monday (May 4) that the formerly sanctioned practice of waterboarding of suspected terrorists is torture and “violates everything we stand for.” Land, who is president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission…
New Accusations Surface Against U.S. Military Proselytizing
By
akornfeld
A watchdog group that monitors inappropriate proselytizing in the military has renewed calls for a Pentagon probe after a recent Al Jazeera English news segment showed U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan preparing to distribute Bibles printed in the Pashto and Dari languages. “These inciteful actions are grossly offensive to not only Muslims in Afghanistan and across…
Bill to Allow Jesus License Plates in Fla. Dies
By
nsymmonds
(RNS) Moves to create two Florida license plates with images of a crucified Jesus on one, and a stained glass window and cross on another, have died in the Florida legislature. Both plates had come under blistering criticism from Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the American Civil Liberties Union. The Associated…
Obama Plans Proclamation, Not Event, for National Day of Prayer
By
nsymmonds
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Obama administration says it will issue a proclamation marking the National Day of Prayer on Thursday (May 7), but appears to be moving away from the White House ceremonies hosted by former President George W. Bush. “President Obama is a committed Christian and believes that we should be engaging Americans of faith…
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