Baptist Press Archive

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

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  • USAID accused of human rights abuse for burying Harvard prof’s abstinence research
    by Erin Curry, posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 (19 years ago)

    "Data that could save lives is being ignored -- at the cost of millions of lives. That's a great abuse of human rights because you would have saved 3 to 5 million lives if the ABC data was recognized and used years earlier."
    Rand Stoneburner

    CDC epidemiologist

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The U.S. Agency for International Development has dismissed a report by a Harvard professor which says abstinence is the method that has worked best in dramatically reducing the AIDS epidemic in Uganda, according to Focus on the Family's Citizen magazine. USAID instead tapped a nationally known condom advocate to conduct another study that shed a more favorable light on the role of condoms in Uganda's success.

          For the first of a two-part series on the American government's discrimination against abstinence and faith-based programs in distributing AIDS prevention funds overseas, Citizen interviewed Edward C. Green, an anthropologist at Harvard University and the lead author of a study financed by USAID that found abstinence to be more effective than condoms in reducing the spread of AIDS in Uganda. Read More

  • Bush resubmits nominees; Frist says he has rule change votes
    by Tom Strode, posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 (19 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP)--The fight over the confirmation of President Bush’s embattled judicial nominees has escalated. Bush resubmitted seven appeals court nominees Feb. 14, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says he has the votes to change the rules, thus ending Democratic filibusters. Read More

  • Ark. governor, 6,400 others take stand for covenant marriages
    by Stella Prather, posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 (19 years ago)

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    Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and First Lady Janet Huckabee take part in a marriage covenant ceremony Feb. 14. Some 6,000 people attended the Little Rock event, which spotlighted covenant marriages. Dennis Rainey of FamilyLife performed the Huckabees' ceremony. Photo by Brett Prather


    NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BP)--Thousands of Arkansans joined Gov. Mike Huckabee and first lady Janet Huckabee in supporting covenant marriage Feb. 14 during the Arkansas Celebration of Marriage ceremony.

          “There is a crisis in America and we face it here in Arkansas,” the governor told the Valentine’s Day crowd of 6,400 at Alltel Arena. “That crisis is divorce. It is now getting to the point that it [divorce] almost equals the number of marriages.... When it is easier to get out of a marriage than get out of a contract to buy a used car, clearly something is wrong.” Read More

  • SBC registration opens for childcare, children & youth
    by Staff, posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 (19 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Registration is now open for families who wish to enroll their children in the preschool childcare, the children's conference or the youth Centrifuge June 19-22 in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Read More

  • Florida coalition launches marriage amend. petition drive
    by James A. Smith Sr., posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 (19 years ago)

    ORLANDO, Fla. (BP)--A broad-based coalition of religious and pro-family organizations -- including the Florida Baptist Convention –- launched Feb. 14 an ambitious citizen initiative to amend Florida’s Constitution defining marriage as “the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife." Read More

  • Southern Seminary launches new vision for biblical counseling
    by Jeff Robinson, posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 (19 years ago)

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is taking its Christian counseling department in a new direction, one built upon the sufficiency of Scripture and designed to train pastors to deal biblically with the needs of hurting people. Read More

  • Prof: Biblical counseling vital to God-honoring churches
    by David Roach, posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 (19 years ago)

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Churches must place greater emphasis on the discipline of biblical counseling in order to nurture believers to spiritual maturity, David Powlison said in chapel at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Feb. 3. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Madame secretary!
    by Terriel Byrd, posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 (19 years ago)

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (BP)--America has come a long way in its history and continues to do so. Read More