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Letter: Tenn. Gunman Hated 'Liberals,' 'Gays'

Adkisson details deep disdain for groups, inability to find work

Jul 28, 08 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A letter found in the vehicle of a gunman who killed two people at a Tennessee church yesterday indicated a deep hatred of liberals and gays, and frustration over unemployment, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. The liberal Unitarian church claims involvement with social causes dating to the 1950s, and hosts... More »

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suicide • homophobia • church • Tennessee • church shootings • Knoxville • Unitarian

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 Gunman Charged in Deadly
 Attack on Tenn. Church

Children were performing Annie when attack occurred

Jul 27, 08 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A gunman opened fire at a Knoxville, Tenn., Unitarian church today, killing two and wounding seven others before he was subdued, CNN reports. He was later charged with first-degree murder in the death of the first victim. The attack occurred about 10am while children were performing the musical Annie, church... More »

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crime • church • Tennessee • church shootings • mass shootings

Fewer Men
Are Going
to Church

Religious groups
recruit with 'guy decor' and 'beast feasts'

Jul 24, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The number of men attending church services is plummeting, and now females outnumber males at places of worship in every major Christian denomination, reports USA Today. Religious groups across the US are launching campaigns to get men praying, trying everything from guy decor to "beast feasts," where male... More »

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men • religion • church

 Dutch Fight
 Smoking Ban
 With God  

Smokers' Church members claim immunity from ban

Jul 22, 08 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Worshipers are flocking to the One True Universal Smokers' Church of God—whose "masses" are held in bars—since the Netherlands instituted a smoking ban July 1. Adherents claim their right to light up is protected as a religious freedom, Radio Free Netherlands reports. "I genuinely believe in... More »

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smoking • religion • Netherlands • church • smoking ban • bars • cigarette • One True Universal Smokers' Church of God

Man Trades Baby Name for
$100 Gas Card

Free fuel on offer
for everything from brothels to bloodbanks

Jul 18, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Orlando man agreed to name his baby after two local radio hosts in exchange for a gift card worth $100 of gasoline, Reuters reports. The listener will collect the card in December, when his son is born, after producing a birth certificate. He's not the only American susceptible to... More »

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gas • church • American Red Cross • gas prices • newborn • brothel • gift card • baby name

Illinois Man
Calls Home a Church, Saves $80K in Taxes

Locals suspicious of religious conversion

Jul 18, 08 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Illinois man has declared his home a church, knocking $80K off his property taxes in the bargain, the Chicago Tribune reports. George Michael says he got an online pastor's degree and transformed his $3 million lakefront estate into a house of worship so his disabled wife and daughter could... More »

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religion • church • Illinois • George Michael • Armenian • Lake Bluff

 Italian Churches Ban
 Da Vinci Code Prequel 

Howard, Hanks shut out of would-be shooting locations

Jun 16, 08 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The diocese of Rome is branching out into film criticism and banning a DaVinci Code prequel from shooting in two of the city's churches because the first movie was “harmful to religious feeling,” the ANSA news agency reports. Like the original, Angels & Demons is directed by Ron... More »

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film • church • Catholicism • Da Vinci Code • production • Dan Brown • Ron Howard

 Obama Slams
 Black Dads on
 Father's Day 

'Too many fathers are AWOL,' he says at Chicago black church

Jun 15, 08 6:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama sharply critiqued black fathers today at one of Chicago's biggest black churches, the New York Times reports. “Too many fathers are M.I.A, too many fathers are AWOL,” he said to a mostly black audience, including his wife and daughters. “I say this knowing... More »

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Barack Obama • fatherhood • African Americans • Michelle Obama • church • domestic violence • Obama 2008 • Barack Obama supporters • Apostolic Church of God

 Jordan Cave May Be
 World's First Church 

Unearthed cavern could be oldest place of Christian worship

Jun 10, 08 5:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Archaeologists have found what might be the world’s oldest Christian church in Rihab, Jordan, the BBC reports. The cavern, located under the also-ancient church of St. Georgeous, dates to between 33 and 70 AD, and doubled as a home. More »

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Jordan • archaeology • Christianity • church • Roman Empire

 Rove Canned in Church: Book 

Bush gave 'brain' the boot during Sunday service

Jun 10, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - After riding to prominence on prophesies of a permanent Republican majority, Karl Rove ultimately learned of his White House excommunication in church, a new book reveals. President Bush gave his longtime adviser his pink slip in the pews, telling Rove last summer, “there’s too much heat on you.... More »

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Karl Rove • church • Ed Rollins • George W. Bush • firing

Gay Marriage Gives Pause to Calif. Faithful

Conservatives voice opposition; other sects ponder next steps

May 20, 08 6:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Across California, congregations of all faiths are adjusting to last week's ruling allowing same-sex marriages—even as they attempt to reconcile state laws with those of their religions, the Los Angeles Times reports. Many churches and synagogues are working to fit the ruling into their offerings; others see a direct... More »

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California • gay marriage • marriage • religion • church • marriage rights • culture wars

 Maddy Missing One Year Today 

Services in UK, Portugal mark anniversary of girl's disappearance

May 3, 08 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - On the first anniversary of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann’s disappearance in Portugal, her parents attended a UK church service in her honor, and similar ceremonies were planned elsewhere in Britain and Portugal. Supporters of the McCann family will light candles tonight in Madeleine’s honor, while the girl’s favorite... More »

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Madeleine McCann • church • Portugal • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann • anniversary • missing child • Britain

Wright Received Death Threats

Controversial pastor returns to public eye
as critical primary looms for Obama

Apr 27, 08 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose controversial rants scuttled Barack Obama's "post-racial" campaign, reemerged in the headlines yesterday just ahead of the Dems' primary showdown on May 6. Asked by PBS' Bill Moyers if he’d received death threats, Wright says: “Yes, and bomb threats at the church. People (are)... More »

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Barack Obama • church • president • death threats • bomb threat • campaign • presidential race • Jeremiah Wright • Trinity United Church of Christ

Obama Recalls Sparring With Preacher

Candidate says he
had to 'agree to disagree' with Wright

Mar 24, 08 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - “This is not a crackpot church,” Barack Obama told a conservative Philadelphia radio host in an interview defending Trinity Church, Politico reports. The Democratic hopeful says that despite Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s “very offensive views,” he built “one of the finest churches in Chicago. Witness... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • Bill Clinton • church • Jeremiah Wright • Trinity United Church of Christ • poll numbers

Italian Church Pairs Perfume With Prayer

Opened in Dante's time, pharmacy today sells scents in LA, Tokyo

Feb 20, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Florence's Santa Maria Novella church has an intriguing sideline: It's home to one of the world's oldest pharmacies, which today churns out tonics and perfumes made according to medieval recipes. Smithsonian profiles the church, where Dominican monks began concocting herbal remedies and rose water, used to clean plague-touched homes, more... More »

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church • luxury goods • monasteries • Florence • perfume • soap • Santa Maria Novella • pharmacy • Dominican monks

Church Launches
'Sex Challenge'

Daily sex for marrieds, none for singles,
pastor proposes

Feb 19, 08 7:51 AM CST
(Newser) - A Florida church has issued a 30-day "sex challenge" to its members that's likely to be a much bigger hit with those who are married—at least the husbands among them—than the singles, the St. Petersburg Times reports. The Relevant Church wants married couples to have sex every... More »

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Florida • marriage • religion • sex • church

NFL Nixes
Super Bowl Church Parties

Says airing game on large screen, even for free, violates copyright

Feb 1, 08 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - The NFL is pulling the plug on big Super Bowl parties—complete with halftime prayers—that have become a popular tradition at many churches, saying the churches violate copyright law by showing the game to the flock on large-screen TVs. Current law bans public exhibitions of the game on screens... More »

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NFL • copyright law • Super Bowl • church • lawsuit • large-screen TVs

Obama to SC Blacks: Have Faith

Dem puts religion over race in primary strategy

Jan 12, 08 6:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is putting religion over race in the Palmetto State, where almost half of Democratic voters are black—a strategy that has worked for President Bush twice, Politico reports. As in Iowa, Obama has held faith forums throughout the state and even stumped in conservative, white churches. Some sneered... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Democrats • South Carolina • religion • church • faith • African-American voters

Insurer Rejects Church Over Gay Support

Fear of retaliation leads to denial of application for property coverage

Jan 8, 08 3:05 PM CST
(Newser) - A Michigan church has been denied property insurance not because it sits on the wrong side of the tracks, but because its national governing body sanctions gay marriage and the ordination of homosexuals, reports the Wall Street Journal. Denials are normally reserved for high-risk applicants, and Brotherhood Mutual was concerned... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • church • insurance • United Church of Christ • property insurance • Brotherhood Mutual • homosexual rights • homosexual clergy

Conservative Anglicans Plan Splinter Summit

US bishop blasts gay clergy cover-ups

Jan 1, 08 7:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Widening the Anglican gay divide, conservative leaders unveiled plans today for a summit to challenge the traditional Lambeth conference this summer, the Guardian reports. Planners of the Global Anglican Future Conference wrote on their website that Anglicans are "divided into liberal and conservative factions" and will likely splinter over... More »

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New Hampshire • gay priests • Anglican Church • Jerusalem • church • Archbishop of Canterbury • Church of England

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