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Oregon, New Hampshire latest states set to recognize gay relationships

SALEM, Ore. (ABP) — Legislators in Oregon and New Hampshire have set up their states to become the latest offering marriage-like legal protections for same-sex couples. The Oregon Senate voted overwhelmingly May 2 to approve a bill creating domestic partnerships…

In reauthorizing Head Start, House rejects religious discrimination

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The House of Representatives has turned back a last-ditch effort by Republicans to allow religious groups receiving Head Start funds to discriminate in hiring on the basis of faith. On a mostly party-line vote of 222-195, the…

House adds gender, sexuality, disability to hate-crimes law, but veto looms

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Despite a veto threat from President Bush, a large majority of the House of Representatives voted May 3 to add gender, sexual orientation and disability to the categories protected under federal hate-crimes laws. On a 237-180 vote,…

List of evangelical kingmakers may signal shift in politics, opinions

NEW YORK (ABP) — As the battle for the Republican presidential nomination takes shape, it is revealing a “seismic shift” in the way evangelicals shape their opinions, political observers say. A recent story by the Religion News Service, in an…

No easy answers

Sometimes, answers to the tough questions just don't come, campus ministers at Virginia Tech insist. When they do, they don't come easily. And they often come up short. As ministers and counselors descended on Virginia Tech to offer comfort and…

Tech students gather at Baptist campus center

BLACKSBURG (ABP)—As the sun began to set and the wind continued to howl over a wounded campus and city, Virginia Tech students gathered for prayer, comfort and counseling at the school's Baptist student center. Blacksburg, the small city that houses…

Seven Baptist-affiliated students among 32 dead at Virginia Tech

RICHMOND (ABP)—At least seven of the 32 dead in the April 16 massacre at Virginia Tech had ties to Baptist churches in Virginia, Baptist leaders in the state said. Here is what is known about the six with Baptist ties,…

EDITORIAL: Deliver us from evil

Though it has been two weeks since that awful morning in Blacksburg, I am not ready, completely, to turn my thoughts away. I still see anguished young faces revealing in their eyes and from their lips their deep sense of…

OTHER OPINION: Reflections from Blacksburg

Words. How can I put into words what we have experienced at Virginia Tech? How can I communicate the depth of the hurt and the beauty of the first steps of God's healing? It seems impossible to even begin. Yet…

Dates of Infamy

They are dates that “will live in infamy.” September 11, 2001. April 16, 2007. December 7, 1941. President Roosevelt summarized that last date: “America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan….

Out Loud

“We are particularly pained, as Koreans ourselves, to learn that this incomprehensible, dreadful act of violence was committed by a Korean student. But we sincerely hope also that this tragedy does not generate new prejudice or violence among people, but…

We will prevail: A cry of faith in the Virginia Tech tragedy

April 16, 2007 was already a strange day in Blacksburg. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Blacksburg is accustomed to unusual weather patterns. But 35 degrees, snow flurries and 60 mph wind gusts are still odd for spring even in…

Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church