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Same sex marriage faces hurdle among African-American church leaders

Same sex marriage faces hurdle among African-American church leaders

Marriage amendment supporters in Minnesota are counting on strong support from the African-American community come Election Day, when they hope to change the state constitution so that it blocks same-sex marriage.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Muslims begin Ramadan fast; bombs hit Thai south

Muslims begin Ramadan fast; bombs hit Thai south

Muslims have begun fasting for the start of the Ramadan holy month in Indonesia, Malaysia and elsewhere around Asia, but the somber occasion was marred in Buddhist-dominated Thailand by two bomb blasts that killed one person and injured seven.

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Tennessee Muslims feel blessed this Ramadan

Tennessee Muslims feel blessed this Ramadan

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is always a joyful time for believers, but a Tennessee congregation was feeling especially blessed this year as they worshipped Friday.

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Leader of US Orthodox church quits

The leader of the New York-based Orthodox Church in America has resigned amid questions about whether he failed to report an allegation of a rape by a priest to church officials or law enforcement.

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Native Americans to celebrate white bison in Conn.

Native Americans to celebrate white bison in Conn.

The birth of a white bison, among the rarest of animals, is bringing Native Americans who consider it a sacred event to celebrate at one of the least likely of places, a farm in New England.

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Judge tosses $700K clergy abuse verdict

A judge on Wednesday ordered a new trial for the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay in a civil fraud lawsuit brought by two childhood victims of clergy abuse.

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Episcopal Church approves same-sex blessing rite

Episcopalians approved a churchwide ceremony Tuesday to bless same-sex couples, the latest decisive step toward accepting homosexuality by a denomination that nine years ago elected the first openly gay bishop.

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Presbyterians reject redefinition of marriage

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) narrowly rejected a proposal to revise the traditional definition of marriage on Friday, a year after it struck down a barrier to ordaining gays.

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Amish residents question mining activity in SE Minn.

Amish residents question mining activity in SE Minn.

Amish families fear the burgeoning silica sand mining industry in southeastern Minnesota could harm their way of life.
by Elizabeth Baier

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What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?

What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?

More than 10 years before the Emancipation Proclamation, the Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass delivered an Independence Day speech that remains famous to this day.

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