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Last week the gays received a setback, when the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in Baltimore voted that it would be "injudicious if not improper" to ordain homosexuals. After a two-hour session the church reaffirmed its position that "the practice of homosexuality is a sin." However, the delegates also voted to undertake a study of the "perplexing" question of homosexuality, leaving the door open a crack for gays in the future. Said the final report: "We do not believe that a position taken in any period sets forth the final understanding of His Word to the Church...
...differences in the quality of the internship appointments for minority and non-minority students. Minority students have been appointed to a variety of high quality internships, including the Massachusetts General Hospital (medicine), Los Angeles County Harvor General Hospital (medicine and surgery), University of California Hospital, San Francisco (medicine), Presbyterian Hospital, New York City (medicine), University of Texas Southwestern Affiliated Hospitals, Dallas (medicine), Yale-New Haven Medical Center, New Haven, Connecticut (surgery), Children's Center University Hospital, Seattle, Washington (pediatrics), Standford University Hospital, California (medicine), Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, New York City (pediatrics), Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston (medicine...
...curing social ills, which are not "immediately solvable" anyhow. He also has no use for those Christian activists who think that "questions of the meaning of human life are to be solved by material means alone." The "greatest deception" of our era, Pannenberg told an audience at the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, is the idea that "political change can satisfy a religious need...
...further study of religion; now less than half do. A surprising number simply drop out of organized religion-a defection that may reflect loss of faith and the shrinkage of the job market as the liberal Protestant churches continue their decline in membership. (Since 1966 the United Methodist, United Presbyterian and Episcopal Churches and the United Church of Christ have lost a total of 2.4 million members.) Meanwhile, the more conservative independent Evangelical schools and church-run seminaries are growing in size and prestige, though the report finds that the latter too are absorbing the "religious studies" approach...
Both sides are passionate about the case. Says Hans Schmocker, 35, a Presbyterian minister who is a member of the Third World group: "Nestle has known about this problem for 30 years and has done little about it." The powdered formulas, he adds, "should be provided in pharmacies or through doctors...