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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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Church-state expert said minorities face biggest threats to religious liberty Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
WASHINGTON (ABP) – An advocate for the separation of church and state told a House panel Oct. 26 that what some Americans regard as imminent threats to religious liberty are in fact attempts to maintain a favored status for the majority.
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Faith leader says panel facing funding challenge isn't effective Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Monday, October 17, 2011
WASHINGTON (ABP) – An interfaith leader and Baptist minister said Oct. 15 that a 13-year-old government commission on international religious freedom now facing funding obstacles is too politicized to effectively address the “tremendously important issue” of religious persecution.
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Group says IRS should investigate church for endorsing Rick Perry Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Thursday, October 13, 2011
WASHINGTON (ABP) – Americans United for Separation of Church and State asked the Internal Revenue Service Oct.11 to investigate whether a Southern Baptist pastor in the news for calling Mormonism a “cult” broke the law by posting on his church's website videos of himself endorsing a candidate.
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Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights pioneer, dies at 89 Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Thursday, October 06, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) – Fred Shuttlesworth, the last of the “Big Three” of the civil rights movement with Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King Jr., died Oct. 5. He was 89.
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Churches composed primarily of first-generation immigrants to the United States often face obstacles -- linguistic, financial and cultural -- in terms of fitting into an Anglo-dominated society. But they may possess a strategic advantage in fulfilling Christ's Great Commission. [Read More]
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