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July 23 2007 By virtueonline Return of Fairness Doctrine Spells Danger to Religious Broadcasters

Conservatives say if Democrats want to counter the messages of popular radio broadcasters, they should do so by placing entertaining liberal radio hosts on the airwaves, not by having the government mandate that radio stations afford equal time to leftist radio voices. Sen. Pence's bill is just the beginning of the fight.

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July 22 2007 By virtueonline Women fight for religious authority

When she was a young seminarian, the president of the Unitarian denomination actively opposed the ordination of women. He couldn't keep women from entering the seminary, but "he was very effective at discouraging congregations from hiring women."

Fast forward 20 years. Miller serves as interim senior minister at Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universality Church. Women now outnumber men in Unitarian Universalist seminaries.

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July 16 2007 By virtueonline The Me-Centered Family. A Disaster in the Making - Chuck Colson

As the article states, "The 88-page report . . . underscores a widening gap between parenthood and marriage-at a time when living together out of wedlock has grown increasingly common and nearly one in four births is to an unmarried woman."

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July 15 2007 By virtueonline The Cultural Illiteracy of Atheist Christopher Hitchens

For example, Memorial Day saw the opening of the Creation Museum in Kentucky, where Genesis comes alive with Adam and Eve alongside animatronic dinosaurs from 6,000 years ago. More of God's country in Tennessee is slated for despoliation with a theme park to be called Bible Park USA.

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July 11 2007 By virtueonline Muslims Who Convert To Christianity and The Price They Pay

"Most of the people who come here start to question the Koran," one of the Egyptians said. "They can read sources not available in our countries, especially sources in Arabic." The government of Saudi Arabia, for example, blocks thousands of Web sites through its Internet Services Unit in Riyadh, including anything criticizing Islam. A Harvard University study conducted in May showed that out of 2,038 sites banned by the Saudis, 250 were religious.

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July 11 2007 By virtueonline TENNESSEE: 55,000 answer 'The Call'

The nondenominational event marked 40 years since the "Summer of Love" in San Francisco unleashed a wave of sexual promiscuity, drug abuse, abortion on demand and pornography in the country and separated a generation of Americans from God, organizers said.

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July 04 2007 By virtueonline A Lesbian's Deliverance

Watch Charlene Israel's report and Pat Robertson's comments by clicking on the play button to the right.

She organized and marched with other lesbians in gay rights parades. And as editor-in-chief of Venus magazine , a national gay and lesbian publication, she wasn't about to change -- until something happened at a gay pride celebration that she never expected.

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July 03 2007 By virtueonline 'Gay'-rights leader quits homosexuality

"This will actually be news to anybody I used to relate to," he told WND.

The radical change in his life, Glatze recalls, began with inner "promptings" he now attributes to God.

"I hope I can share my story," he said. "I feel strongly God has put me here for a reason. Even in the darkest days of late-night parties, substance abuse and all kinds of things - when I felt like, 'Why am I here, what am I doing?' - there was always a voice there.

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July 02 2007 By virtueonline High court rejects suit to restrict faith groups

The justices did not decide the merits of the case, ruling instead that the secularist group did not have standing to sue the Bush administration, since they could not demonstrate any specific injury to themselves.

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July 02 2007 By virtueonline Ugandan Minister Receives Dozens of Threats Daily from Homosexual Activists

"The language those people use while writing messages to me is horrible," he added. "I can't read them out because it will be a shame for me."

Minister Buturo referred to the language in the messages again, saying: "With such words and language used, I have noticed that those people are sick. They need help."

At present homosexual marriage is a criminal offense within Uganda. A 2005 amendment to Ugandan law specifically states, "It is unlawful for same-sex couples to marry."

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