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Clergy drop in poll rating honesty and ethics of professions Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Friday, December 11, 2009
PRINCETON, N.J. (ABP) -- Americans' views of the honesty and ethics of clergypersons has dropped to a three-decade low, according to the latest Gallup poll.
 
Anti-gay Phelps clan loses challenge to Nebraska flag-desecration law Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
This photo posted on the Westboro Baptist Church website is from a recent protest in Chicago.
OMAHA, Neb. (ABP) -- An independent Baptist church famous for pushing the boundaries of free speech in controversial protests denouncing homosexuality lost a legal battle when Nebraska's Supreme Court refused to hear the case of a church member accused of desecrating the American flag.
 
Supreme Court to deal with rights of religious groups at state schools Print E-mail
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By Robert Marus   
Monday, December 07, 2009
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- The Supreme Court agreed Dec. 7 to hear a case dealing with sticky questions about whether religious groups at state schools can be forced to either comply with non-discrimination policies or forego the access to funding and other benefits that go along with official school recognition.
 
Ethicist: Obama's Afghanistan plan falls short of just-war criteria Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Thursday, December 03, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- A Baptist ethicist says President Obama's Dec. 1 speech outlining his Afghanistan strategy did not satisfy criteria used by Christians for centuries to justify war.
 
Did Huckabee rely too much on faith in making pardon decisions? Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) -- The Dec. 1 police shooting of suspected cop killer Maurice Clemmons has renewed allegations that, as governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee paid more attention to preachers and professed jailhouse conversions than prosecutors and parole boards in deciding to commute the sentences of prisoners.
 
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Christian ethics and social networking

A student's Facebook entry chronicles the painful details of a romantic break-up. Or describes an ill-spent weekend partying with friends. Or scathingly blisters someone who holds differing political views. Fast-forward a few years. That same student sits in a job interview -- or maybe at a conference table with a church search committee -- and has to answer uncomfortable questions about those entries. [Read More] ...

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