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Environmentalists celebrate pipeline delay Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Monday, November 14, 2011
WASHINGTON (ABP) – Environmental activists claimed a victory Nov. 10 when President Obama ordered an environmental review of a proposed 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast called Keystone XL.
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National Baptists, NAACP co-sponsor empowerment conference Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Friday, November 11, 2011
ST. LOUIS (ABP) – The NAACP and National Baptist Convention gathered together Nov. 10-12 in St. Louis to co-sponsor a conference on “Faith, Family and Community Empowerment.”
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Religious leaders urge probe into FBI training procedures Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Friday, November 04, 2011
WASHINGTON (ABP) – Religious leaders from Jewish, Christian and interfaith organizations called on the White House to convene an interagency task force to investigate, address and resolve concerns over recent allegations that the federal government has used biased and misleading materials about Islam to train personnel for homeland security.
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Pastor at center of school-prayer flap Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Friday, November 04, 2011
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) – A Florida Southern Baptist pastor says he has no intention of ending weekly prayers around an elementary school flagpole that the school district’s attorney says are unconstitutional.
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N.C. county petitions U.S. Supreme Court to hear prayer case Print E-mail
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By Robert Dilday   
Monday, October 31, 2011
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) -- A North Carolina county is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling that prayers offered in Jesus’ name at meetings of the county’s board of commissioners are a constitutionally impermissible endorsement of religion.
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