What hath justice to do with righteousness?

[UPDATED] WASHINGTON (ABP) — The first shoe dropped in America's legal debate over gay-marriage when a closely divided Massachusetts court ruled Nov. 18 that a state agency could not deny same-sex couples the right to marry. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Will the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage cause the first collapse in a house of cards that will ultimately lead to gay marriage in all 50 states? Although many on both sides of…

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Virginia Baptists have taken action that may end their 144-year-old tie to Averett University unless a conflict over homosexuality and biblical authority is resolved. Meeting Nov. 13-14 in Richmond, Va., messengers to the annual meeting of…

LAFAYETTE, La. (ABP) — Louisiana Baptists, meeting Nov. 10-11 in Lafayette, approved the sale of the state's retirement center and elected, with no opposition, a slate of officers endorsed by conservatives during the annual meeting of the Louisiana Baptist Convention….

TAMPA, Fla. (ABP) — Florida Baptists experienced a harmonious meeting and re-elected Tampa-area pastor Tommy Green to an uncontested second term as president during the annual Florida Baptist State Convention meeting Nov. 10-11 at the Sun Dome in Tampa. The…

TAMPA, Fla. (ABP) — Florida Baptists experienced a harmonious meeting and re-elected Tampa-area pastor Tommy Green to an uncontested second term as president during the annual Florida Baptist State Convention meeting Nov. 10-11 at the Sun Dome in Tampa. The…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (ABP) — The 1,230 registered messengers attending the 183rd annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention adopted a $32.15 million budget for 2004, approved a three-year missions partnership with South Asia, and elected a Boiling Springs pastor…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ABP) — Halfway through his term, the “Ten Commandments judge” has been ousted as the head of Alabama's judicial system. The Alabama Court of the Judiciary voted unanimously Nov. 13 to remove Roy Moore from his office as…

BIG CANOE, Ga. (ABP) — Wanda Ruth Massey Allen, 74, wife of former Southern Baptist Convention president Jimmy Allen, died at her home in Big Canoe, Ga., Nov. 13 after a long illness. Born in Duncan, Okla., she graduated from…

LUBBOCK, Texas (ABP) — Stan Parks, a mission worker in Southeast Asia for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, was named associate at WorldconneX, a new missions agency created by the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Beginning in January, Parks will serve…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABP) — Federal judge Eugene Siler was elected president of the Kentucky Baptist Convention Nov. 11. He is only the fourth layman elected to that post in the past 50 years. Siler, who serves on the 6th U.S….

JACKSON, Tenn. (ABP) – Several attempts to place more conservatives in leadership of the Tennessee Baptist Convention and its institutions failed during the convention's annual meeting Nov. 11-12. The convention's 1,905 messengers also adopted resolutions supporting the proposed Federal Marriage…