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February 5th, 2013
11:56 AM ET
The Bible Belt brouhaha over beerBy Tommy Andres, CNN Montgomery, Alabama (CNN) – Despite the fact that it has been federally legal since 1979, there are still two U.S. states that don't allow residents to make beer in their own homes: Alabama and Mississippi. The issue is expected to be one of the first to surface in Alabama's state legislature as lawmakers there head back to session this week, and a colorful standoff is likely. Homebrew laws have failed to materialize for the past five years, with religion and morality arguments narrowly beating out the estimated 5,000 underground homebrewers in the state who say their civil liberties are on the line. Listen to the full story in our player above or on CNN Radio Soundwaves  A poster opposing the so-called personhood amendment, officially called Proposition 26, in Mississippi.
November 9th, 2011
08:41 PM ET
My Take: 'Personhood' failure shows myth of Christian takeover
By Stephen Prothero, Special to CNN (CNN) - On Wednesday, my students and I discussed Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris. Like other atheism books, this is a rant against the unreasonableness of religion. In that sense, at least, it is timeless. But it derives much of its urgency from its claim that the Christian Right is taking over contemporary American politics. As I was preparing for class, I learned that Mississippi’s voters had rejected the so-called “Personhood Amendment,” which would have outlawed abortion in the state by affirming as a matter of law that human life begins at conception.
November 8th, 2011
09:51 AM ET
Mississippi amendment on 'personhood' divides ChristiansBy Rich Phillips, CNN Columbus, Mississippi (CNN) - In the Carpenter home, every meal begins with a prayer. Robin and his wife, Emily, are devout Christians. But they part ways with many other Christians over a measure that would expand the legal definition of human life. Their son, Luke, now 4 years old, was born through in vitro fertilization. The anti-abortion amendment being voted on this week in the state could restrict in vitro procedures, and the Carpenters are worried that if they wait too long to add to their family, they may end up breaking the law. Read the full story on divisions around Mississippi's proposed 'personhood' amendment
July 21st, 2011
11:34 AM ET
The story behind 'Finding God in the Delta'CNN producer Tommy Andres talks about his story and video 'Finding God in the Mississippi Delta," about a young white man with cerebral palsy who can't walk or talk but who finds his voice at an all-black church.
July 20th, 2011
06:20 AM ET
Finding God in the Mississippi DeltaBy Tommy Andres, CNN Moorhead, Mississippi (CNN) - The Mississippi Delta is the kind of place where everyone shows up for a funeral. It was on such a day in 1997 that Lucas McCarty and his grandfather had come to pay their respects to a young man who'd been killed in a car crash. John Woods was there to bury his son. Lucas and John had met a handful of times before, but that's the day John found his new son and Lucas his "black daddy" – each one delivered in his own way from a tragic past. |
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Editor's Note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor.