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September 29th, 2010
04:44 PM ET
UK political drama follows biblical patternCNN's Richard Allen Greene posts from London: Today's dramatic announcement by British politician David Miliband - once widely expected to succeed Gordon Brown as leader of the Labour Party - that he is stepping back from front-line politics completes a chapter in a political psycho-drama that has transfixed the British political classes for months. You see, it's not just any upstart who beat David Miliband (pictured, right) to the leadership post. It's his younger brother, Ed (pictured, left). Commentators here have been dragging out parallels of other brothers as they struggle to explain what happened, but they seem to have missed the obvious comparison: Jacob and Esau. 
September 29th, 2010
02:09 PM ET
Christine O'Donnell talks faith and politicsIn one of her last interviews before her national media blackout, Delaware Republican U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell did an interview with CBN, the Christian Broadcasting Network. O'Donnell told CBN correspondent Jennifer Wishon that if elected she wants to make the Constitution the litmus test for legislation. O'Donnell also talked about some of the challenges her campaign faced in the 2008 election, when she ran against Joe Biden for his U.S. Senate seat.
Her interview appeared today on The Brody File. You can see the video here. O'Donnell's interview is about 18 minutes into the video. Shameless Plug: You can also see Belief Blog Co-Editor Eric Marrapodi and David Brody break down faith and politics about 11 minutes, 30 seconds into the video. 
September 29th, 2010
02:05 PM ET
Muslim Fast-a-ThonOver at the Wall Street's Journal's Metropolis Blog, Jo Piazza writes about Muslim students putting on a "Fast-a-Thon" at New York University.
The event drew about 350 students according the the Journal. it also drew from a wide range of students.
You can read the full article over at Metropolis. 
September 29th, 2010
12:26 PM ET
Bishop Long's 'anointed' path to power at New BirthJonathan Walton was walking through Bishop Eddie Long's church one day when he saw something that disturbed him. He stared at a 30-foot banner draped behind the pulpit of New Birth Missionary Baptist. Church. It displayed a profile of a grinning Long with the caption: "What is God up to?" "Everywhere you went in that church, his name and face was there," says Walton, an assistant professor of religion at Harvard Divinity School in Massachusetts. "His image has replaced the cross." Long's image is now under assault. Four young men have filed civil lawsuits accusing him of abusing his spiritual authority to coerce them into sexual relationships, allegations he has denied in a statement issued by his attorney. While most people focus on the men's allegations, few have paid attention to how Long acquired and maintains his authority at New Birth, which has an estimated 25,000 members.
September 29th, 2010
11:24 AM ET
White House ties pregnancy aid grants to 'common ground' abortion planThe Obama administration announced its first round of grants from a new fund aimed at helping pregnant women and parenting teens on Wednesday, a move the White House framed as part of its "common ground" approach to abortion. The Health and Human Services Department distributed $27 million for the federal government's Pregnancy Assistance Fund on Wednesday, the department said in a press release, awarding grants to 17 states and 13 American Indian tribes The grants support programs helping pregnant women and teen parents who are trying to complete high school or who need assistance with health care, child care and housing, HHS said. The grants can also be used to combat violence against pregnant women.
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09:25 AM ET
Accuser's message for Bishop Eddie Long: 'You are a monster'One of the young men who has accused a Georgia pastor of sexual coercion told Atlanta television station WAGA that he wanted to send a message to Bishop Eddie Long: "You are not a man. You are a monster." "I cannot get the sound of his voice out of my head, I cannot forget the smell of his cologne and I cannot forget the way that he made me cry many nights when I drove in his cars on the way home," Jamal Parris, 23, told a WAGA reporter who traveled to Colorado to interview him. Parris, a former church employee and personal assistant to Long, filed one of four lawsuits last week accusing the Baptist televangelist of coercing young male church members into having sex with him. |
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