WASHINGTON (ABP) — In the same week, voters in Missouri and an elections board in the District of Columbia dealt successive blows to the gambling industry. By a 56-to-44 percent margin Aug. 3, “Show-Me” state voters defeated a proposed amendment…
Researchers argue over whose numbers to believe about gambling’s impact
DALLAS (ABP) — A recently released study on the economic impact of casinos in Texas trumpets casinos' benefits without fully considering their cost to taxpayers, according to independent researchers. And they claim a companion study on the social impact of…
North Carolina Baptists help hurricane victims
HATTERAS, N.C. (ABP) — Once again Baptist volunteers are helping with clean-up efforts in the wake of a hurricane along the East Coast. Hurricane Alex hit North Carolina's Outer Banks on Aug. 3 bringing 100 mph winds, heavy rain and…
Missouri voters OK gay-marriage ban, but Seattle judge issues pro-gay ruling
WASHINGTON (ABP) — In the continuing battle over same-sex marriage, both supporters and opponents found victories in the opening days of August. Missourians voted overwhelmingly Aug. 3 to amend that state's constitution to ban same-sex marriage. Meanwhile, a Seattle judge…
Ten Commandments monument begins national tour at site of ‘Monkey Trial’
DAYTON, Tenn. (ABP) — The granite Ten Commandments monument that cost Alabama judge Roy Moore his job last year started a nationwide tour July 31 — beginning in a town famous for an earlier clash between the secular and sacred…
Moore asks Supreme Court to restore him to his office
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Roy Moore has filed his final appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to re-gain his job as Alabama's chief justice. Moore announced Aug. 2 that his attorneys had filed a motion asking the court…
Innovative literacy program brings pride to Waco families
WACO, Texas (ABP) — The words “Yes You Can, Si Se Puede” frame a large wall at Cesar Chavez Middle School in Waco, Texas. An innovative family literacy program has gotten families in the school's largely Hispanic neighborhood believing that…
Alabama inmates graduate from seminary program
BRENT, Ala. (ABP) — Six inmates in an Alabama prison recently graduated from a Baptist seminary program designed to train them for ministry. The six men, all inmates at the Bibb County Correctional Facility in Brent, Ala., received certificates of…
SBC’s withdrawal ‘compromises worldwide testimony,’ BWA says
SEOUL, South Korea (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention's withdrawal from the Baptist World Alliance has caused “a compromise of the worldwide testimony of all Baptists,” declares a BWA General Council resolution adopted last week. Declining to respond to specific…