The Rev. Johnny M. Hunt, the pastor of an Atlanta area mega-church, was elected yesterday as president of the
Southern Baptist Convention, and will take over as head of the nation's largest Protestant denomination as it is struggling with declining membership and decreasing number of baptisms. Washington PostA Muslim student who sued because his public high school graduation ceremony was held in a Baptist church has received an apology from Newark's school district and assurances that it will not hold future events in houses of worship.
CNS NetworkThe John McCain campaign says it is working on a meeting with Billy Graham. Word that McCain had turned down such a meeting shot through evangelical circles in recent hours. But the McCain camp says it's untrue and that it's dealing directly with Franklin Graham to make it happen.
Dallas Morning NewsPresumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama huddled privately Tuesday with a group of influential Christians in downtown Chicago -- not all supporters -- to help shape conversations Obama wants to have with voters as he heads toward the general election.
Chicago Sun Times Blog PageThe Kings' fix "could" damage the 'New Arena' deal. The more we focus on the fix, the more it erodes the fringe support that will be needed to pass any type of increase in arena funding that the builders might need from the public. Ban to hard on the NBA and Stern right now, and we might lose the "deal" on the table for Cal-EXPO and a new arena.
The new San Quentin death row prison build-out is expensive. $395 million to build the "needed" new prison, which equates a single prison cell to cost over $515,000. That's more than 75% of the homes in Northern California would cost to build today. What's included in the $515K cell room?
July 1st is "hands-free only" for adults, and "no cell calls" for under 18-year-old drivers. This is a great idea for safety, has anyone asked the question - "What will this do to our California economy?" Most of today's employees do over 50% of their work while driving in the car and sitting in traffic. Will we damage the economy and job performance?
It'll be a big wedding season as same-sex marriages become legal in California beginning next week, experts say. Darrell Smith in the
Sacramento Bee (Click onto the Sacramento Bee article and take a look at the artwork associated with the column. The wedding cake has the names of “Christian and Ted” scribbled on it. Interesting that they used the name ‘Christian’ for a Gay Wedding Cake.)The rift over gay marriage is as wide as can be – and authorities hope both sides will keep their distance next week to head off trouble when same-sex couples are legally allowed to wed. Bobby Caina Calvan in the
Sacramento Bee (There should be no protests at these wedding ceremonies on June 16-17; just don’t do it.)
