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religious tolerance & information news for this month. |
Events:
 | 2008-DEC-02: USA: Evangelical leader, Richard Cizik, supports
same-sec civil unions: Rev. Cizik was the
vice-president of governmental affairs for the National Association of
Evangelicals (NAE). When interviewed t PBS' program Fresh Air
on 2008-DEC-02, he said that he supported civil unions for same-sex couples.
This contradicts the NAE's position which is to have governments recognize
such couples only as roommates. Nine days later,
Cizik resigned from the NAE. 1
More details |
| 2008-DEC-08: North America: Newsweek publishes positive article on same-sex
marriage: Lisa Miller, Newsweek's religion editor, published a article
supportive of same-sex marriage. Her article was based mainly on the Bible's
support for a diversity of marriage and on biblical themes on love.
More info. |
| 2008-DEC-09: Iowa: State supreme court heard arguments on
same-sex marriage case: Same-sex marriage was legal in Iowa back in
2007-AUG for about nine business hours. Only one same-sex couple, two university
undergraduates, were able to obtain a license and get married before a stay in a
District Court ruling was enacted. The case was appealed to the state supreme
court. More info. |
| 2008-DEC-12: Turkey: A group of about 200 Turkish academics,
journalists, writers and artists issued an apology via the Internet for the
genocide of Armenians in Turkey early in the 20th century during World War I.
This event ha s been generally acknowledged by historians outside of Turkey but
has been, and continues to be, absolutely denied by the Turkish government. The
intellectuals used the less incendiary term "Great Catastrophe" rather than the
contentious term "genocide." More info. |
| 2008-DEC-15: Hungary: The parliament passed legislation in
2007 that would allow unmarried opposite-sex or same-sex couples register their
union beginning on 2009-JAN-01. This would have given the registering couples
almost the same rights and protections as have been enjoyed by opposite-sex
married couples. The Constitutional Court annulled the law, stating that it "downgraded" the institution of marriage. |
| 2008-DEC-29: CO: Focus on the Family removes interview from its
web site: Focus had included an interview with former CNN host
Glenn Beck on its ChitizenLLink web site on DEC-19. It concerning his
best-seller book "The Christmas Sweater." WorldNetDaily stated:
Unfortunately, Focus did not mention that Beck is a
Mormon. They were severely criticized by several
individuals and groups for allowing a person that they regard as non-Christian
to have a book promoted on the CitizenLink web site. Focus has since deleted
the interview. 2 A copy of the
interview is available on the Mormon Times web site 3
It is well worth reading. |
| 2008-DEC-21: North America: Anonymous posting believed to be at a Canadian blog: "Barack Obama puts a Nobel laureate physicist in his cabinet as energy secretary. Stephen Harper appoints a chiropractor as science minister. Draw your own conclusions." Stephen Harper is head of the Conservative Party of Canada and is the current Prime Minister of Canada. |
References used:
The following information sources were used to prepare and update the above essay. The hyperlinks are not necessarily still active today.
- "Top evangelical leader resigns over gay unions remarks," ReligionNewsBlog, 2008-DEC-12, at: http://www.religionnewsblog.com/
- Drew Zahn,
"Focus on the Family website yanks Glenn Beck interview
Christian ministry cites its failure to alert readers author is Mormon," WorldNetDaily, 2008-DEC-27, at: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/ - Joel Campbell, "Focus on Family pulls Glenn Beck article," Mormon Times, 2008-DEC-27, at: http://www.mormontimes.com/
Copyright © 2008 & 2009 by Ontario Consultants on Religious
Tolerance
Originally written: 2008-DEC-09
Latest update: 2009-FEB-23
Author: B.A. Robinson
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