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...late 1960s, Kwanzaa was celebrated mainly by the more radical members of the black-nationalist community. But now, says the Rev. Willie Wilson, pastor at Union Temple Baptist Church in Washington, "you find a lot of people trying to return to their roots and cultural values." Each year Wilson's church holds nightly Kwanzaa observances that culminate in a ball, which now draws about 1,000 participants. No one knows precisely how many people observe Kwanzaa, but its biggest boosters are middle-class professionals seeking to give their children a sense of black pride. "My children grew...
...conform. This is a far more diverse country than it was in 1892, when the Supreme Court declared, "This is a Christian nation." Millions of Americans attend worship services each week, but the locales range from Hindu temples in California to churches of snake- handling Pentecostalists in Appalachia. Baptist parents might like their child's school day to start with a Bible reading, but could a Muslim teacher choose a passage from the Koran instead? Do Satanists have the right to distribute materials at school? Would a santero football coach be allowed to sacrifice a chicken before the big game...
...modern debate over church-state separation dates back to 1947, when the Supreme Court first set strict limits on the use of state funds that benefit religious institutions or activities. Justice Hugo Black, a Baptist, wrote that neither federal nor state governments "can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions or prefer one religion over another." That ruling marked a sharp separationist turn in court thinking. It unleashed a torrent of litigation that continues to flood courtrooms 44 years later. And in a succession of cases, the court drew the line ever more strictly...
...Sunday morning, Joy had been in the backyard fixing the hair of five-year-old Montez. The twins, Earnestine and Adia, were running around in their bathing suits. Young John, at two the baby of the family, was riding the swing. His dad, a deacon at the Allen Temple Baptist Church, had decided to miss morning services and worship in the afternoon. Reading the newspaper in bed, John focused on one story in particular: an account of a brush fire that had erupted the day before in the nearby hills and that fire officials said had been extinguished...
...people whose paths Hill has crossed, she has left behind the impression of quiet but unquestionable achievement and a sober but not solemn disposition. She dates, though not a lot. She enjoys a laugh, though she doesn't tell the jokes. The youngest of 13 children in a devout Baptist family, she grew up near Morris, Okla., a small town (pop. 1,200) where her father raised cattle and farmed cotton, soybeans and peanuts on 240 acres. She remains close to her family, most of whom flew to Washington last week to support her. For her father...