Thursday, April 14, 2005

• Ore. court invalidates 'gay marriages'; Conn. embraces civil unions

  by Staff, posted Thursday, April 14, 2005 (19 years ago)

  HARTFORD, Conn. (BP)--The Oregon Supreme Court handed pro-family leaders in the state a clear victory April 14, ruling that marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples last year are invalid and refusing to take up the issue of civil unions. Read More

• Land at Harvard: Religious right concerned about many issues

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, April 14, 2005 (19 years ago)

  Voicing values at Harvard People who embrace traditional values “believe America has a special obligation and responsibility because of the blessings we have received to be the friend of the oppressed,” Richard Land told a religion class at Harvard University. Photo by Tom Strode

  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (BP)--The religious right is a movement that consists of more than evangelical Christians, is still growing and is concerned about more than abortion and homosexual marriage, Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land told a class in Harvard University’s religion department.

  People of traditional religious values form a movement that has more similarities to the effort to abolish slavery than the one to end segregation, Land said in his visit to the Boston-area campus April 12. Read More

• State-funded stem cell studies, slot machines fall short in Md.

  by Staff, posted Thursday, April 14, 2005 (19 years ago)

  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (BP)--Bills to spark embryonic stem cell research and legalize slot machines failed to survive the final days of the Maryland General Assembly’s 2005 session. Read More

• Casting Crowns among most rewarded at GMA Music Awards

  by Erin Curry, posted Thursday, April 14, 2005 (19 years ago)

  Full house for Doves The historic Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn., was filled for the 36th annual GMA Music Awards April 13. Switchfoot, The Crabb Family and Casting Crowns were among the night's top winners. Photo by Morris Abernathy

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Mainstream breakthrough band Switchfoot and the quickly rising Casting Crowns were among Christian music's most recognized artists April 13 during the 36th annual GMA Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn.

        Switchfoot won four Doves, including one for Artist of the Year, while Casting Crowns won three, including a Dove Award for Group of the Year. Casting Crowns' lead singer, Mark Hall, picked up honors for Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year for "Who Am I."

  Big band entertainers Denver & the Mile High Orchestra was the house band for the 36th annual GMA Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn., April 13. The group opened the show with its big band sounds and then provided accompaniment as artists made their way to the stage upon winning awards. Photo by Morris Abernathy

  "Songs come and go and styles come and go, but the church will always be there," Hall, a youth pastor at Eagles Landing First Baptist Church in McDonough, Ga., said backstage. "I believe the church is where our talents belong."

  The Crabb Family earned Doves in three different song categories, demonstrating their growing reputation as a genre-busting group that is drawing a younger generation of fans to southern gospel music. Read More

• ‘Whatever it takes’ attitude underscored by Johnny Hunt

  by Cory Miller, posted Thursday, April 14, 2005 (19 years ago)

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--Pastors and Christian leaders need a “whatever it takes” mentality toward their ministry, Johnny Hunt said during Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s “The Shepherd and His Sheep” conference April 12. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Euthanizing newborns in the Netherlands

  by R. Albert Mohler Jr., posted Thursday, April 14, 2005 (19 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Advocates for euthanasia routinely chide opponents that "slippery slope" arguments are fallacious and irrelevant. A decision to allow euthanasia in some cases, they say, does not in fact open the door for the killing of yet others. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: What are Islamic schools teaching?

  by Daniel Pipes, posted Thursday, April 14, 2005 (19 years ago)

  PHILADELPHIA (BP)--"Shocked" is how Aisha Sherazi, principal of the Abraar Islamic school in Ottawa, described the reaction of the school's administration and board on learning that two of its teachers had incited hatred of Jews. Read More