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Religion

Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

August 11, 2011

Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit LinkedIn I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. – Melvin Melvin Reed Pres at Your Billing Solutions Charlotte, North Carolina Area Confirm that you know Melvin © 2011, LinkedIn Corporation

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What about when the state is the church?

June 27, 2009

What about when the state is the church? Once again, I find it interesting that in the name of God, Iranian leaders conclude that their interpretation of their scriptures gives them license to suppress people using methods very much like the Shah. What we are seeing in Iran is an example of why American founding [...]

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Religious Groups Respond to Flu Outbreak

May 28, 2009

As the World Health Organization warned that the swine flu outbreak may become a worldwide epidemic, religious leaders mobilized to try to keep worshippers safe. Catholic masses were canceled in Mexico City, where people prayed for an end to the crisis. Here in the US, churches in Texas and elsewhere encouraged sick parishioners to stay [...]

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Methodists Uphold Ban on Same-Sex Marriages; Presbyterians Reject Openly Gay Clergy

May 28, 2009

Same-sex couples started getting married in Iowa this week. A state Supreme Court decision last month allowed gay marriage there. But United Methodist clergy won’t be performing any of those ceremonies, at least not officially. The denomination’s high court upheld a ban against presiding over same-sex unions, even if those unions are recognized Comment: One [...]

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