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Two-Thirds of Danes Support Gay Church Weddings

Two-Thirds of Danes Support Gay Church Weddings

A Danish poll Wednesday reveals two-thirds of Danes support a call to allow gay and lesbian couples to be married in the church.
According to a poll published by the Christian daily Kristelig Dagbladet on Wednesday, 63 percent of the Danish population would be happy to see gay couples married at the altar.  The study says out [...]

March 11 2010 | Read More »

Haiti judge frees 8 missionaries, keeps 2

Haiti judge frees 8 missionaries, keeps 2

A Haitian judge decided today to release eight of the ten American missionaries, who have been held since Jan. 30 on accusations of kidnapping 33 children.
“I am extremely disturbed that two of the missionaries are being left behind,” says Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, which has lobbied the Haitian government on behalf of [...]

February 17 2010 | Read More »

Haitian Judge Rules: Release Baptist Missionaries

Haitian Judge Rules: Release Baptist Missionaries

The Haitian judge has said Thursday that he will recommend the 10 U.S. Baptist missionaries be released while the investigation continues as to whether they were illegally trying to take a busload of children out of the country.
Judge Bernard Saint-Vil will send his recommendation to the prosecutor, who may agree or object, but Saint-Vil has [...]

February 11 2010 | Read More »

Chinese Gov’t Monitors Text Messages For “Illegal” Content

Chinese Gov’t Monitors Text Messages For “Illegal” Content

As the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in the United States addresses the first case of “sexting,” the Chinese government pressured one of their telecommunications companies to monitor and report any text transmissions that contain “lewd” and “illegal” content.
Last year, the Chinese government pledged to silence pornography on the internet, and now it appears it [...]

January 18 2010 | Read More »

Indian Politician Resigns After Sex Scandal

Indian Politician Resigns After Sex Scandal

An 86-year-old Indian politician was forced to resign Sunday after a television news channel broadcast footage that allegedly showed him in bed with three women.
Narayan Dutt Tiwari, governor of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh a Congress Party official insists that the video was fabricated, reports the Times of London, but Congress leaders demanded [...]

December 28 2009 | Read More »

Mexico City Passes Gay Marriage Law

Mexico City Passes Gay Marriage Law

The world is continuing to embrace gay marriage at an unprecedented rate.  Seven countries currently permit it: Belgium, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, Spain, South Africa and Sweden and several states here in the U.S. allow it.
On Monday night despite opposition from conservatives and the predominate Roman Catholic church, Mexico City became the first in Latin [...]

December 22 2009 | Read More »

E.U. Court Rules Airlines Must Pay Up To $975 To Passengers For Flights Delayed 3 Hours Or More

E.U. Court Rules Airlines Must Pay Up To $975 To Passengers For Flights Delayed 3 Hours Or More

U.S Airlines may be watching the European Court of Justice ruling today that said airlines in the European Union must pay up to 600 euros (roughtly $900 U.S. dollars) to passengers whose flights are delayed three or more hours, the same amount as their flight had been cancelled.
In August 2009, a plane departing from New [...]

November 23 2009 | Read More »

European Court Rules Against Crucifixes In Classrooms

European Court Rules Against Crucifixes In Classrooms

A European Court of Human Rights has banned crucifixes displayed in Italian classrooms sparking anger in predominantly Catholic Italy and debate in Switzerland. 
The court ruled Tuesday that displaying crosses in the public schools violated the idea of secular education, but others in the Italian government will fight against the ruling.
Mariastella Gelmini, a member of the conservative government [...]

November 6 2009 | Read More »

Russian Baptists Respond To Russia’s Tightening On Evangelism

Russian Baptists Respond To Russia’s Tightening On Evangelism

Proposed revisions to Russia’s religion law are raising concerns of Russian Baptist leaders who say the new legislation would greatly reduce religious freedoms in Russia.
Yuri Sipko, president of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists recently wrote an open letterRussian President Dmitry Medvedev expressing “alarm and puzzlement” over new and unexpected development in church-state relations, reports the [...]

November 5 2009 | Read More »

Sweden’s Largest Church Approves Gay Weddings

Sweden’s Largest Church Approves Gay Weddings

The Lutheran church in Sweden said Thursday it will conduct gay weddings starting Nov 1.
Excited about starting this new tradition, Kristina Grenholm, the church’s director of theology “We are the first major church to do this.” The decision came after the Swedish parliament earlier this year passed legislation allowing homosexuals to legally marry, changing a [...]

October 22 2009 | Read More »