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...Reitan’s mother first got him involved with the activism portrayed in the film. “We are a fairly religious family, a Lutheran family,” said Reitan. “After I came out, it was very important for my mother in particular to see that the Lutheran Church changed on this issue.” She discovered an organization called Soulforce, a non-violent resistance group dedicated to ending gay bigotry with religious roots, and was unbowed in the face of the group’s arrest record. Her drive inspired Reitan...
...early numbers have been 4,084 in 2005, 3,541 in 2006, and 4,820 in 2007. I don’t have a basis for speculating how much any particular factor explains the fluctuations,” he wrote in an e-mail. Brenzel added that the increase in applications would not change applicants’ chances of being admitted...
...what the law is capable of doing or what the law is capable of meaning,” law professor Noah Feldman ’92 said. “That’s a great message to send to the world in general and to General Musharraf in particular...
...Munich and the radical President of Venezuela have in common? All three are ditching Bill Gates. More and more governments are turning to open-source software like Linux as a cheaper, more flexible alternative to Microsoft's proprietary programs (Microsoft declined to comment for this story.) Linux, in particular, is proving irresistible in the developing world. In Brazil, when Microsoft offered to install Windows in school computers pro bono, Brazil's chief technology officer caused a stir by comparing the company to drug dealers giving the first hit free. The cities of So Paulo, Recife and Porto Alegre...
...strong religious beliefs - and he's a former pastor. So by going on Copeland's show he can reach this huge audience, hundreds of thousands of people at least. But many evangelicals are uncomfortable with Prosperity theology, and they may be put off by seeing him on this particular show. And the real risk is with non-Evangelicals. This could be his Dean Scream moment. Not that he would scream. But he's doing well enough now to draw major media. And he may find himself standing next to a 'prophet' or an 'apostle' getting a message from...