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Wednesday, November 05, 2014

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  • GOP gains Senate; Southern Baptists win
    by Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, November 05, 2014 (9 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP) -- Voters gave the Republican Party a majority in the U.S. Senate in Tuesday's mid-term election, leaving President Obama without a Democratic-controlled chamber in Congress for the first time since he took residence in the White House nearly six years ago. Read More

  • Pro-lifers win in Tenn., gain ground in Colo.
    by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, November 05, 2014 (9 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Tennesseans approved Nov. 4 a constitutional amendment to allow legislative regulations on abortions there, while measures in North Dakota and Colorado to affirm the beginning of life at conception failed at the polls.

    Still, Southern Baptists in Colorado view the election of pro-life U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner as a victory for unborn children, and North Dakotans will continue to proclaim the value of life from conception, leaders told Baptist Press. Read More

  • Marijuana legalized in Alaska, Ore. & D.C.
    by David Roach, posted Wednesday, November 05, 2014 (9 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Results of marijuana votes Tuesday (Nov. 4) were mixed, with Oregon, Alaska and the District of Columbia approving recreational pot use but Florida rejecting a state constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana.

    Two Maine cities made opposite decisions in their votes on recreational marijuana. South Portland approved recreational use by a 52-48 margin while Lewiston rejected it 55-45. Read More

  • Mo. Baptists take stand on biblical marriage
    by Benjamin Hawkins/Missouri Pathway, posted Wednesday, November 05, 2014 (9 years ago)

    Photo by Bob Greenlee/The Pathway
    OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (BP) -- Missouri Baptist Convention messengers stood together during their 180th annual meeting to defend the biblical view of marriage and oppose the modern-day slavery of sex-trafficking. Read More

  • Mo. Baptists challenge attorney general
    by Staff/Missouri Pathway , posted Wednesday, November 05, 2014 (9 years ago)

    OSAGE BEACH (BP) -- Messengers to the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting, Oct. 27-29, defended the biblical view of marriage and challenged Attorney General Chris Koster to fulfill his oath of office by defending Missouri's constitution. Read More