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Town won't put 'Jesus' in prayers Wiccan's suit to keep words out of Great Falls council's pre-meeting prayer upheld By Andrew Dys The Herald The town of Great Falls lost its four-year legal battle to keep the name "Jesus Christ" in its council meeting prayers Tuesday. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the Chester County town's appeal of a lower court decision that it improperly favored one faith with its prayers. The decision ends an often contentious case that pitted the Town Council against a resident who is a Wiccan high priestess. "This sends a message that this behavior...

On April 29 and 30, liberal activists gathered in New York City for a weekend conference on "Examining the Real Agenda of the Religious Far Right." The program consisted of speeches with alarmist titles like "The Rise of Dominionism in U.S. Government," "Is an Unholy American Theocracy Here?," "Christian Jihad," and "Fundamentalism: The Fear and The Rage." There were no conservative Christians on the program. The conference was sponsored by People for the American Way, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, and the National Council of Churches (NCC), along with the left-wing periodicals The Nation and The...

Reverend Barry, Quite Contrary He's a minister who defends abortion, gay marriage and pornography. And he thinks conservative Christians are a menace to society? Reverend Barry, Quite Contrary He's a minister who defends abortion, gay marriage and pornography. And he thinks conservative Christians are a menace to society? by Matt Kaufman You've heard people blast the "Religious Right" before, but Barry Lynn really lets it fly. America, he says, is threatened by "radical religious fundamentalists." These people are "bullies," "dangerous zealots," "extremists who despise pro-choice advocates, working mothers, gay-rights supporters and everybody else who departs from their narrow views." They're...