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L.A. Boy Scouts propose admitting gay leaders as well as Scouts
A Boy Scouts of America proposal to admit gay boys as members while continuing to bar homosexual adults as leaders is not a good way to settle a longstanding controversy that has roiled the youth organization in recent months, a Los Angeles Scouts...Tags: Reese Witherspoon, Boy Scouts of America, U.S. Supreme Court, Protestant Convention, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Leaders of Boy Scouts endorse allowing gay boys but not adults
Top officials of the Boy Scouts of America have unanimously recommended allowing gay boys into the ranks of one of the nation's oldest and most traditional youth groups while continuing to exclude homosexual adults as leaders. Scouting's executive...
Tags: Barack Obama, Abusive Behavior, U.S. Supreme Court, University of California, Riverside, Intel Corp.
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Boy Scout leaders recommend allowing gay boys into the ranks
Top officials of the Boy Scouts of America have unanimously recommended allowing gay boys into the ranks of one of the nation’s oldest and most traditional youth groups while continuing to exclude homosexual adults as leaders. Scouting’s...
Tags: Barack Obama, Abusive Behavior, U.S. Supreme Court, University of California, Riverside, Intel Corp.
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Boy Scouts proposal would lift ban on gay youths
The Boy Scouts of America announced Friday a proposal to allow gay youths to join the program, a move that, if approved, would mark a dramatic shift for one of the nation's oldest and most traditional youth organizations. The proposal, which would...Tags: Barack Obama, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, Illegal Immigrants, Boy Scouts of America
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Five women detained in Israel over prayer shawls at Western Wall
Israeli police detained five women for wearing prayer shawls at the Western Wall on Thursday, days after a new proposal emerged to set aside part of the holy site for men and women to pray together. Female worshippers at the sacred site are barred...
Tags: Israel, Judaism, Christianity, Rituals, Christian Orthodoxy
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Mormonism and the discussion of a woman's place
The newer, smaller and more centrally organized a religion is, the less prone it is to reformed versions breaking away. It also helps if the religion's followers form an insular group, to one extent or another, away from the tug of societal trends....
Tags: Judaism, Christianity, Mormonism, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Rituals
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In rare event, woman leads prayer at major Mormon conference
For the first time in memory, a woman has led a prayer at the major conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. Jean A. Stevens offered the closing prayer for more than 100,000 Mormons gathered Saturday for the...Tags: Christianity, Mormonism, Rituals, Religion and Belief
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Out of the Blue: Time for a little maternal patricide
Jimmy Carter in 2009 announced he was severing ties with the Southern Baptist Convention after six decades because the leadership clings to the doctrine that "women are subservient to their husbands, and prohibited from serving as deacons, pastors or...Tags: Nelson Mandela, Same-Sex Marriage, Jimmy Carter, Christianity, Abusive Behavior
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Same-sex couples making new wedding rituals
SEATTLE (AP) — "People used to ask, when are you getting married?" Shelly Crocker says, leaning across the table at a north Seattle donut shop next to her wife, Sandy Kibort, and their daughter, Emma Kibort-Crocker. "I always told them, 'Well, the...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Judaism, Family, Separation of Church and State, Social Issues
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Aaron Neville, "War Horse" Creators, Kronos Quartet Highlight New Haven Festival
Hartford CourantThe latest show from the British director and South African puppeteers of Broadway’s award-winning “War Horse,” a premiere of a chamber opera based on a Chekhov short story, performance by Aaron Neville and the Kronos Quartet and talks...Tags: Italy, Music Theater, Funkadesi (music group), Long Wharf Theatre, Festive Events
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Ask the Mayor: Church vs. circus: Is Shriner event appropriate during Holy Week?
Q. I’m a parent and a Christian. I’m shocked that the city would allow the circus to take place during Holy Week where there are so many religious events taking place. Can the city make sure the circus never is here during Holy Week in the...Tags: Local Government, Shriners, Easter, Religious Festivals, Religion and Belief
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Plenty of Americans dislike gay marriage yet still support equal rights
In my Sunday column, I explored the possible consequence of the Supreme Court's impending rulings on gay marriage: a patchwork of different laws in different states, making life very complicated for gay couples who want to move from one part of the...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Manhattan (New York City), Elections, Religious Conflicts, Family
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