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This week the Southern Baptist Convention holds its annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, the world headquarters of the Mormon church. These two growing denominations are divided in doctrine, but they are increasingly close on the religious right and equally concerned about the American family. Personifying the affinity is...
When the amendment passed, the bill's original sponsors resigned their sponsorship in protest.
WASHINGTON: A constitutional amendment to restore prayer in public schools was defeated on the House floor late yesterday, despite the fervent support of the Christian Coalition. The attempt to undo decades of Supreme Court church-state separation might not have had a prayer in Congress, but we'll sure be...
Having made it onto the House floor, it's doubtful the issue will stop there. "There is certainly a widespread feeling right now, even among some of the current Justices, that the Court's decisions over the past 30 years need to reexamined," Ostling says. "But this amendment isn't...
The amendment, sponsored by Oklahoma Republican Ernest Istook, proposed to stretch freedom of religion far beyond the after-school clubs and private prayer already allowed under federal guidelines. It insisted that "the people's right to pray and to recognize their religious beliefs, heritage or traditions on public property, including...