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January, 2000

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January 31, 1999

God help these unholy clerics
Rome Mayor Backs Gay Pride Week
Arizona Legislators Want To Ban Sex In College Dorms
Priests Dying of AIDS
Gore Says it Would Not Bother Him If an Atheist Became President
Doomsday Cult Seeks To Soften Image
Russian Patriarch blames USA for rift with foreign church
Burbank won't back down on prayer

January 28, 1999

State money for religious charities
Teaching evolution pros, cons
Koran rules out gay sex, say mullahs
Lmits on gay promotion in schools
Chruch Schism
Pilot resigns over lifting of ban on homosexuals


January 27, 1999

Buffer Zones Ruled Constitutional
Attorneys argue to allow high school gay-orientation club
Religious Memorials
Classrooms Should Maintain Religious Neutrality
Faith-based colleges failing to influence religious behavior of adult students
Campus Porn Targeted
Hell
Martin Luther King site a front for hate group
Orthodox and Conservative Rabbis reject proposals for shared Jerusalem
Sikhs Rebel Over Excommunication


January 26, 1999

Commandments Display Approved
Judge Sets Aside Death Sentence
'Millionaire' Quietly Breaks TV Barriers
Illinois Church Splits Over Gays
Ruling on evolution disclaimer stands for time being
Duke To Host 'God At 2000' Interactive Telecast On Feb. 11-12
War Crimes
Raelian Jailed In Israel
World Pagan Leaders Call for Papal Apology
Schism Within Orthodox Church


January 25, 1999

Fugitive Charged in Canada
Warning Against Efforts to Rekindle Religious Wars in America
Falwell sues FBI, White House over alleged database
Church to lift wedding ban on divorcees
Clash looming over religious schools
Russian Church Gets Closer to State

January 21, 1999

Bush: Roe v. Wade abortion rule unconstitutional
Next president could make presence felt on Supreme Court
Vouchers Subsidize Catholic Schools
College student sues Washington state claming religious-liberty violations
Presbyterian Court To Hear Gay Cases

British Philosopher Advocates Right To Human Cloning
Klan may clean up highway bearing name of Rosa Parks
Beachwear crackdown bares paradox in Brazilian culture


January 19, 1999

Among the Inept, Researchers Discover, Ignorance Is Bliss
KKK Threatens To Kill Mississippi's Attorney General
Virginia Mayor Slams Blacks, Then Jews
900 religious leaders urge ordination of gays
Justices will hear case of gay Scout
John Mccain's "Gay-Dar"


January 18, 1999

God and the classroom
Candidates on 10 Commandments
Wiccan teacherís removal criticized
Court OKs Good Fri. School Closings
Aum Cult Developments
Police Clash With Fundamentalists In Turkey
School board faces book debate
Transgendered law on agenda
Bakker plans network with Reggie White
Antisocial Behavior in Boys Studied
Gore & Bush keep political distance from gays
Homosexuality is perverted, says Cardinal


January 14, 1999

Morning-after pill use for minors OK'd
Baptists' bill to allow discrimination
Report charges high school Bible preaches religion
MPs demand 'bully' Robinson apologize to protesting priest
Faulting Same-Sex Marriage
Tall Men Get Girls, Have More Kids
Church Attendance Drops
Teacher Fighting Ban On Banned-Book List
Secular Humanists to meet Sunday in Charleston
Playboy has some Chileans hopping mad
70 Hurt in Korean Religious Dispute
Lost Jewish Tribe Wants Israeli Home
Italian Gays Call for Woman Pope
State lawmakers say Ten Commandments belong in public schoolrooms


January 12, 1999

Legislators introduce bills on school prayer, abortion
Draud: Require course on religions
Wiccan Fights Suspension From School
Do ask, do change
Critic Takes On Catholic Lawmakers
Nun 'forced out by bullies in Vatican'


January 11, 1999

Hagerstown Suns Agree To Broaden Sunday Discount Program
Do fairytales corrupt kids?
Korean churches enter politics over gay initiative
Press Secretary Apologizes
"God Speaks" Billboards Win Award


January 10, 1999

Challenge to Christmas holiday appealed
Pakistan Cleric Declares Holy War
Germany's Catholics Deny Pope Plea
Dr. James Dobson Gets Top Ranking
Thinking critically about abortion (by Herb O'Brien)


January 7, 1999

Fonda Converting?
Slayings Suspect Said Admits Arson
10 Commandments Becomes Larger Issue
Coach sued over leading players in prayer resigns


January 6, 1999

Catholic diocese to support amended gay rights referendum proposal
Activists take aim at Christian college's stance on homosexuality
Abortion Rates Fell to Near 20-Year Low in 1997


January 5, 1999

Dangerous religious litmus test
Library blocks pamphlet
Government's Copyright on Truth (by Wendy Kaminer)
Southern Baptists and the conversion debate
Suspect: Atheist Disappeared on Own
Whose Choice Is it? (by Wendy Kaminer)
Religious right's campaign power fading
Bradley Has a Right to Keep His Religion to Himself
"Defend Sacrament of Marriage! Sodomy Is a Sin!"
Groups hold off on same-sex marriage
Cardinal concerned about priest's support for Mrs. Clinton


January 4, 1999

Anthrax Threats
Buddhist inmate should get vegetarian meals
Collision of Medicine and Faith
'Morning-after' pill offered on-line
Prostitutes work - but do they consent?
Methodist Church lifts funding suspension
Protesters want ban on Dante
Rabbis Ban Golan Heights Evacuation
Government, Church Differ Over Condom Advocacy


January 3, 1999

Dhaka Rally Opposes Fundamentalism
Religious Violence Spreads in Egypt
Nigerian state Zamfara proclaims Islamic law
Explaining Taliban's 'oppression of women'
Israel Army Topples Gunman Shrine
Pastor told to vacate church


January 2, 1999

Wrestling with Religion
Americans believe in God?
Court rules against drug testing
Pedophile priest may be freed
Massachusettes teens charged with hate crime
Psychic Predicts A Horrifying Year Ahead
"Nativity Stones"
Baptists lead in divorces
Scientology trialdelayed
MythOf Catholic Bashing?
Church, Swedish State Cutting Ties
Cults flourish amid wave of faith
Iran Cleric Wants To Curb Press
Doubting Clergy
New Apologies
Mount of Olives Is Focus of Tensions


December 31, 1999

Abortion doctors' suit thrown out
Abortion Law Declared Unconstitutional
Court Upholds Ruling Against Voucher Plan Pennsylvania
Ten Commandments Display Not Religious?
Mormon Temple Leads Court Fight
ACLU opposes LDS Church's involvement in suit
Bauer Goes After Gay Marriage in NH
Scouting For All
Gay-Straight Alliance Clubs

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