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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…

Trump’s new ICE policy attacks the church

White House plan to combat Islamophobia draws mixed reviews

Rep. Barry Loudermilk pushes democracy to the brink

Mary the thorny rose