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April 2004 Archive

Anti-Wal-Mart? Anti-American!
In recent years more and more people have become critical of Wal-Mart - specifically, the way in which the company drives down wages, pressures suppliers, runs small companies out of Read More...

Tuesday April 20, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)
Bishops Delay New Sex-Abuse Audits
In the wake of the sex-abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church, bishops agreed to institute new disciplinary and reporting standard as well as a follow-up audit in order to Read More...

Tuesday April 20, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)
Pope's Support of Feeding Tubes Riles Catholic Hospitals
What should be done with a person who is in a persistent vegetative state and whose body only continues to live through the intervention of machines, like feeding tubes? According Read More...

Tuesday April 20, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)
Some Seek Removal of Gay Marriage Judges
Some in Massachusetts are hoping to remove the four Supreme Judicial Court justices who voted to legalize gay marriage. They haven't been able to succeed in stopping gay marriage via Read More...

Tuesday April 20, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)
Suffering vs. Resurrection
One of the curious features of Mel Gibson's movie "The Passion" is its almost-exclusive focus on Jesus' suffering and death. While it is true that they are important to Christian Read More...

Tuesday April 20, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)
What's the Point of Gay Marriage?
One of the fundamental questions underlying the debate over gay marriage is, quite simply, what the point is for gays to marry. Aside from certain property and legal issues which Read More...

Tuesday April 20, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)
Tom DeLay Booed by Teachers
Texas Representative Tom DeLay has a reputation of being very mean and vindictive - apparently, it's a well-deserved reputation, too. He recently made a visit to the Rosenberg Civic Center Read More...

Tuesday April 20, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)
Supreme Court Rejects Case of Religious Police Officer
An Indiana state trooper objected to being assigned full-time to work at a casino because gambling was against his religious beliefs. He was fired for refusing the assignment and he Read More...

Tuesday April 20, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)
This Date in History: Catholicism & Human Rights
April 20, 1884: Pope Leo XIII, in his encyclical Humanum genus, rejected the idea that humans have equal rights and should be sovereign.

Tuesday April 20, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)
Art Cover-Up
Some people really dislike nudity no matter what the context, even art or attempts to replicate art. In Tennessee, the G&L Garden Center has had to cover up statues that Read More...

Tuesday April 20, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)
Town Won't Support National Day of Prayer
Many politicians refuse to stand up for the separation of church and state because it means standing up against popular measures. The town council of Belvidere, New Jersey, however, did Read More...

Tuesday April 20, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)
Truth About Atheism
Atheists are perhaps the most reviled minority in society - even an openly homosexual candidate has a better chance of being elected to public office than an admitted atheist. Accompanying Read More...

Tuesday April 20, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

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