MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Methodist pastor was suspended Thursday for 20 days for officiating at a lesbian wedding, a modest victory for traditionalists in a growing rift over the role of gay and lesbian partnerships in the church. The Rev. Amy DeLong of Osceola never denied marrying the couple, an act that prompted a church [...]
Tag: Africa
June 24, 2011
June 23, 2011
June 23, 2011
Michelle Obama Talks Marriage, Exercise, Barack
“How do you get Barack (Obama) to believe he’s in charge?” asked radio personality Anele Mdoda of Michelle Obama during her recent trip to Africa, reports Mail Guardian Mdoda was among 74 other African women chosen by their respective U.S. embassies to attend the photo opportunity with the first lady. “A good man is happy [...]
June 23, 2011
Census shows whites lose US majority among babies…
WASHINGTON (AP) – For the first time, minorities make up a majority of babies in the U.S., part of a sweeping race change and growing age divide between mostly white, older Americans and predominantly minority youths that could reshape government policies. Preliminary census estimates also show the share of African-American households headed by women – [...]
June 14, 2011
California Court Hears Challenge of Gay Judge
SAN FRANCISCO – A U.S. judge sharply questioned foes of gay marriage Monday in a hearing about whether a ruling by a homosexual judge in favor of same-sex marriage should be thrown out. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco struck down California’s same-sex marriage ban, known as Proposition 8, last year, and supporters [...]
June 14, 2011
Southern Baptists Poised for Historic Election
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Southern Baptist Convention meets this week in Phoenix to elect new leaders and one could make his mark in the history of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Fred Luter is expected to be nominated for first vice president. If elected, he would be the first African-American in the No. 2 position [...]
June 12, 2011
Clinton Honors Victims of 1998 Embassy Attacks
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has honored the victims of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa during a visit to the American compound in Tanzania. She put flowers on a large rock just inside the main gate of the embassy, said a silent prayer and spoke [...]
June 8, 2011
Episcopal Parish in Md. Converts to Catholicism
An Episcopal parish in Maryland has become the first congregation in the United States to convert to Catholicism under new Vatican rules. The church and its pastor made the move under regulations that Pope Benedict XVI adopted to appeal to Protestants, The Washington Post reported. St. Luke Church in Bladensburg has a majority of members [...]
June 7, 2011
Fox Says it Will Bid for 4 Olympics through 2020
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Fox has made its pitch for the next set of U.S. Olympic television rights, saying it wants to bid on a four-games package through 2020. Fox sports chairman David Hill led a six-man delegation that made a two-hour presentation Monday to IOC officials, seeking to secure the first games in the U.S. [...]
May 26, 2011
Blood at Scene Becomes Pivotal for Strauss-Kahn Defense
Evidence that Dominique Strauss- Kahn’s encounter with a hotel maid may have involved force, including reports of blood at the scene, might damage any defense contention that she consented, former prosecutors said. Strauss-Kahn is accused in a seven-count indictment of forcibly trying to have intercourse with the woman at the Sofitel hotel in midtown Manhattan, [...]
May 24, 2011
May 23, 2011
NY case shows daily dangers faced by hotel maids
NEW YORK – Hotel housekeepers say they often feel a twinge of fear when they slide the key card, turn the door handle and step into a room to clean it. What will they find? For Argelia Rico, it was a naked man who touched himself as he ogled her. For Kimberly Phillips, it was [...]