Wednesday, November 09, 2005

• Texas becomes 19th state with marriage amend.; parental notification loses in Calif.

  by Michael Foust, posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 (18 years ago)

  AUSTIN, Texas (BP)--Texas voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional marriage amendment Nov. 8, but Maine citizens voted to keep a new "gay rights" law and Californians rejected a proposal requiring teens to notify a parent before getting an abortion. Read More

• Kan. board votes to inform students of evolution controversy

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 (18 years ago)

  TOPEKA, Kan. (BP)--The Kansas State Board of Education voted 6-4 Nov. 8 to alter the science standards in public schools in favor of Intelligent Design, further igniting a nationwide battle over how much students are taught about the controversy surrounding the theory of evolution. Read More

• CULTURE DIGEST: Jeb Bush urges kids to read ‘Narnia’; Denver vote to legalize marijuana possession has roadblock

  by Erin Curry, posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--It seems Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is a C.S. Lewis fan. Just as the film version of Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” is set for release in theaters, Bush is urging school children to read the book as part of his “Just Read, Florida!” initiative. Read More

• Homosexual group at Mercer concerns Ga. Baptists

  by Gerald Harris, posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 (18 years ago)

  "... I believe that Georgia Baptist parents should be able to have the confidence that their young people who attend a Georgia Baptist institution will not receive errant signals but will be taught that learning to live a life that is like Christ...is the supreme result of higher Christian education."

  GBC Executive Director J. Robert White

  ATLANTA (BP)--An organization to promote the gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender (GLBT) agenda at Mercer University is raising eyebrows among Georgia Baptists who have begun questioning the integrity of the historically Baptist university.

        The Mercer Triangle Symposium, billing itself as the university’s “GLBT Rights Student Organization,” sponsored a National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11 and publicized the event in The Cluster, the campus newspaper. In addition, it published the names of 29 faculty and staff who supported the organization and its goals.

        Among those showing their support were professor of Christianity Margaret Dee Bratcher and assistant professor of Christianity Janell Johnson.

  According to the group’s website, the campus’ Gay-Straight Alliance meets at 10 a.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of each month in Willingham 203. The meetings occur in the building which houses the former campus chapel. Read More

• Iowa Baptists celebrate 10 years as a convention

  by Richard Nations, posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 (18 years ago)

  WINTERSET, Iowa (BP)--The 10th annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of Iowa returned to the church where the convention was founded in 1995, First Baptist in Winterset. In addition to the 10th anniversary, messengers also celebrated 50 years of Southern Baptist work in the state. Read More

• Miss. Baptists hear pastors tell of Hurricane Katrina’s impact

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 (18 years ago)

  JACKSON, Miss. (BP)--Special times of testimony were provided for pastors of churches devastated by Hurricane Katrina in late August during the Mississippi Baptist Convention’s Nov. 1-2 annual meeting at First Baptist Church in Jackson. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Reflections from a younger leader

  by Ed Stetzer, posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 (18 years ago)

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Lots of people have been thinking, speaking and blogging about the whole “young leader thing.” I’ve done my fair share -- although speaking for young leaders is probably not a wise long-term strategy for a guy just 10 months away from turning 40.

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• FIRST-PERSON: Prop. 2 passed -- now what?

  by Trey Graham, posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 (18 years ago)

  MELISSA, Texas. (BP)--By going to the voting booth, the citizens of Texas have spoken. On Nov. 8, Proposition 2 passed by a margin of more than 3-to-1, adding an amendment to the Texas Constitution that explicitly defines marriage in our state as only between one man and one woman.

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