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...independence. Many blacks who now vote Democratic are much more in tune with Republican positions on social issues. "Republicans at this time are standing for some things that we, as religious people, would like to see from the Democratic Party," says Bishop Eddie Long, pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in suburban Atlanta. "We're antiabortion, pro-prayer in school, and we have a problem with gays in the military...
...lockout was the immediate result of a dispute between the Park Service and the King family over a new visitor center being built on the Martin Luther King historic site -- a 23-acre parcel that encompasses the birth home, the Ebenezer Baptist Church, King's tomb and the family-run King Center for Nonviolent Social Change. But in a broader sense, it was symbolic of the troubles that have beset the legacy of the slain civil rights leader in his hometown even as the U.S. prepares to celebrate his birthday next week...
This objection is easily countered by noting that many other student groups at Harvard, especially religious ones, are formed by students with a common interest based on their individual affiliations with outside organizations. Consider, for example, the Catholic Students Association, the Korean Baptist Koinonia and Christian Impact (Campus Crusade for Christ). Does anyone question the autonomous status of these groups because their members have an affiliation with a particular church or fellowship? Of course not. Even with non-religious groups, Harvard seems to have no problem with this ambiguity, considering that it recognizes Amnesty International, the Civil Liberties Union...
...outside world. The men, civilians all, see threats everywhere. There are reports of foreign soldiers hiding in salt mines under Detroit, some of the men say. Others speak of secret markings on highway signs meant to guide conquering armies. The men's voices subside as "General" Norman Olson, a Baptist minister, gun-shop owner and militia leader, enters the tent. He tells the men they are the shock troops of a movement that's sweeping America, that the "end times" are coming, and civil wars are two years away. "People think we are the ones who bring fear because...
WHEN CONGRESSMAN NEWT GINGRICH was a graduate student at Tulane University, I baptized him by immersion into the membership of the St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church. Perhaps I didn't hold him under long enough...