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For example, Dr Eugenie Scott of the staunchly anticreationist National Center for Science Education (NCSE) revealed their agenda when she said: “ … I would describe myself as a humanist or a nontheist. I have found that the most effective allies for evolution are people of the faith community. One clergyman with a backward collar is worth two biologists at a school board meeting any day! … What we [such clergy and atheists] have in common is that we want to see evolution taught in the public schools … .”4

A Brooklyn rabbi already facing trial for allegedly molesting two students was charged yesterday with fondling a third. Rabbi Joel Kolko, an administrator and a teacher at a Midwood yeshiva, posted $25,000 additional bail a few hours before sundown signaled the start of Rosh Hashanah. He had been free on $5,000 bail, awaiting trial on charges he touched a 6-year-old boy in one of his classes, as well as a now-31-year-old former student who confronted the rabbi about abuse he claimed occurred decades ago. The new sex-abuse and child-endangerment charges focus on a 2005 incident in which Kolko alleged fondled...

A rabbi in New Jersey got himself arrested after allegedly getting hot under the collar. But now - also hot under the collar - is the orthodox Jewish community of Lakewood, New Jersey. Rabbi Yosel Bursztyn allegedly scuffled with an officer during a traffic stop, but those in the community claim the officer over reacted. Eyewitness News reporter Marcus Solis has the story. The police union says it had no doubt the officer will be ultimately cleared of using excessive force because part of this dispute was captured by the patrol car's on-board recording system. But that's of little comfort...

CLEVELAND - A prominent Islamic clergyman was arrested Tuesday on an indictment alleging he concealed links to groups that committed terrorist attacks against Jews when he applied for U.S. citizenship a decade ago, officials said. Imam Fawaz Mohammed Damrah, who leads the Islamic Center of Cleveland, Ohio's largest mosque, is accused of withholding information on his membership or affiliation with several groups, including the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, U.S. Attorney Gregory White said. White said the indictment did not allege that Damrah, a Palestinian, committed any terrorist activities. The indictment did not specify what type of support Damrah may have provided...

<p>CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - With a leading candidate who's a gay man, the selection of a new Episcopal bishop for New Hampshire could send worldwide tremors through a denomination divided about homosexuality.</p> <p>The Episcopal Church, the U.S. member of the world Anglican Communion, has never elected a bishop who lives openly with a same-sex partner, but the candidacy of the Rev. V. Gene Robinson could change that.</p>