Stories tagged with: u.s. senate

• Southern Baptist Coburn remembered for faith, integrity

  by Tom Strode, posted Monday, March 30, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

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  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Retired U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, a Southern Baptist, is being remembered for his Christian faith, pro-life advocacy, campaign against government waste and friendships with political opponents following his March 28 death.

  Coburn, 72, who died after a prolonged struggle with prostate cancer, served Oklahoma as a Republican member of the Senate from 2005 to 2015. He retired with two years remaining in his second six-year term. He previously had served as a U.S. representative from 1995 to 2001, keeping his promise to step down after three two-year terms. Read More

• Ala. elects Jones to Senate amid faith appeals

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, December 13, 2017 (6 years ago)

  

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  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) -- Democrat Doug Jones' election to the U.S. Senate in Alabama last night (Dec. 12) over controversial social conservative Roy Moore capped a campaign in which both sides appealed to faith and values.

  On Election Night, Moore's supporters prayed at his headquarters and sang hymns, including "How Great Thou Art" and "Great Is Thy Faithfulness," according to NPR. Meanwhile, Jones supporter and African American activist Dejuana Thompson told attendees at a victory party, "To God be the glory for the great thing that He has done, for the victory that He has won." Read More

• Roy Moore imbroglio draws So. Baptists' comments

  by David Roach, posted Tuesday, November 14, 2017 (6 years ago)

  

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  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) -- New allegations of sexual misconduct against Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore emerged as Southern Baptists offered a range of commentary on the embattled social conservative.

  Moore's wife Kayla posted on Facebook Nov. 12 an endorsement of her husband by more than 50 pastors, some Southern Baptists. But Alabama's AL.com news website noted the endorsement appeared to be a "recycled" statement from Aug. 15, well before two women accused Moore of sexual contact with them when they were teenagers and he was in his early 30s. Three pastors listed as signatories reportedly told media outlets the Moore campaign did not ask them if they still endorsed Moore before republishing the statement and asked that their names be removed. Read More

• Roy Moore denies sexual misconduct allegations

  by David Roach, posted Thursday, November 09, 2017 (6 years ago)

  

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  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) -- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, a Southern Baptist long known for his support of Judeo-Christian values in the public square, has denied allegations he initiated a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl decades ago.

  The allegations were published Thursday (Nov. 9) by The Washington Post, which claims Moore, 70, also pursued dating relationships with three other teenagers when he was in his early 30s. Read More

• Roy Moore wins GOP Senate primary

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, September 27, 2017 (6 years ago)

  

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  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) -- Roy Moore, the former Alabama chief justice known for his stands on same-sex marriage and a Ten Commandments monument, has won the Republican primary in a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

  Moore, a Southern Baptist, referenced God frequently during the campaign and his victory speech, according to media reports. His election night party Sept. 26 in Montgomery, Ala., included the singing of hymns like "How Great Thou Art." Read More