Stories tagged with: culture digest

• CULTURE DIGEST: Rice’s pro-gay comments upset conservatives; ‘gay-friendly’ campuses praised; ...

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 (17 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Conservative Christians are upset over comments made by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a State Department ceremony to install Mark Dybul, an open homosexual, as the nation’s new global AIDS coordinator. Read More

• CULTURE DIGEST: Rosie takes on conservative Hasselbeck on ‘The View’; Mich. & Ohio reject Intelligent Design; ...

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 (17 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--During her short tenure on the ABC talk show “The View,” Rosie O’Donnell has made several comments that are offensive to conservatives, including her highly publicized assertion that “radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam.” Read More

• CULTURE DIGEST: Catholic voter guide questioned; Citgo link to Chavez targeted; Ala. sells ‘God Bless America’ plates

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 (17 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A new Catholic activist organization is distributing more than 1 million copies of a voter guide nationwide with the goal of helping Catholics evaluate candidates and their positions. But the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization is warning voters not to take the guide too seriously. Read More

• CULTURE DIGEST: Hollywood paying more attention to faith & family groups; 'Jesus Camp' distorts Christianity; ...

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, October 04, 2006 (17 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Some Hollywood-based movie producers more frequently are screening their films with faith and family groups and removing offensive material after realizing the conservative, evangelical demographic can deliver a needed boost for box office success, according to a recent report in the Los Angeles Times. Read More

• CULTURE DIGEST: Bush assassination film ‘a new low’; Columbine-simulating video games under fire

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, September 27, 2006 (17 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Fierce opponents of President Bush have exercised their freedom of speech by comparing him to Hitler and Mussolini and by calling him names such as “evil maniac,” “terrorist” and worse. A head of state even referred to Bush as “the devil” and received applause at the United Nations. Read More

• CULTURE DIGEST: Former Iranian president speaks at National Cathedral; Baylor study finds Americans mostly religious; ...

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, September 20, 2006 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Mohammad Khatami, a Shiite cleric and president of Iran from 1997 to 2005, was invited to visit the United States by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and embarked on a two-week tour in which he spoke at various venues including the Washington National Cathedral Sept. 7. Read More

• CULTURE DIGEST: Iran wants to host debate on reality of Holocaust ; Journal says Christians can learn from Irwin; ...

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, September 13, 2006 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Amid Iran’s tension with the international community over nuclear weapons comes a controversy over the historical accuracy of the Holocaust, with Iran displaying caricatures of victims and planning to host a conference dismissing the event as “exaggerated.” Read More

• CULTURE DIGEST: Georgetown (D.C.) kicks out campus ministries; Baptists among most obese in nation;

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, September 06, 2006 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Georgetown University (D.C.) abruptly kicked out several long-established evangelical campus ministry groups at the beginning of this semester. Read More

• CULTURE DIGEST: Wal-Mart partners with homosexual group; businesses campaign to legalize alcohol sales; ...

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, August 30, 2006 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, has taken another step away from its family oriented roots by entering a partnership with the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, a move the chamber’s president said Wal-Mart initiated. Read More

• CULTURE DIGEST: Military dismissals over homosexuality rose in ’05; geneticist reasons the existence of God; ...

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The U.S. Department of Defense reports that 726 service members were discharged from the military for being homosexual in 2005, which represents an 11 percent increase over the previous year. Read More