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today's headlines
SEPT. 16, 2005
MARRIAGE
AND FAMILY
Married
Americans remaining faithful
Cheryl Wetzstein/Washington Times (9/16/05)
More than 90 percent of married Americans said they were faithful to their spouses
in 2002, according to a new federal report on sexual behavior that includes
data on men for the first time.
Divergent
paths in gay marriage debate
Clay Robison/Houston Chronicle (9/16/05)
AUSTIN - The sponsor of a proposal to lock a ban on same-sex marriages into
the state constitution said Thursday that traditional marriage must be protected
now or someone may try to legalize polygamy next.
SUPREME
COURT
Pressed
on compassion, Roberts defers to law
Charlie Savage/Boston Globe (9/16/05)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats challenged Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts
Jr. all week to promise that he would look beyond abstract legal questions to
the human circumstances of those who would be affected by his rulings. Again
and again, Roberts declined to say what they wanted to hear.
CHURCH
AND STATE
Church
stops flat-tax proposal
Rebecca Walsh/Salt Lake Tribune (9/16/05)
When the LDS Church talks, people on Utah's Capitol Hill listen. And Thursday,
when an attorney representing the faith urged state lawmakers debating tax reform
to keep a tax deduction for charitable giving in place, the message had the
desired effect.
DOCTRINE
AND PRACTICE
Vatican
bid to find gays in seminary stirs concern
Michael Paulson/Boston Globe (9/16/05)
An effort by the Vatican to look for evidence of homosexuality in Catholic seminaries
is alarming gay rights advocates but is pleasing conservatives, who are hoping
that Pope Benedict XVI will soon issue a ban on gay men as future priests.
BUSINESS
When Charity Stems From a Lawsuit
Floyd Norris/New York Times (9/16/05)
Call it "settlement charity." Lawrence J. Ellison, the chief executive
of Oracle, has settled a shareholder derivative suit, without admitting he did
anything wrong, for a $100 million donation in Oracle's name to a charity chosen
by Mr. Ellison.
The
Market McDonald's Missed: The Muslim Burger
Craig S. Smith/New York Times (9/16/05)
American fast-food restaurant chains have long tailored their menus to local
tastes and habits around the world, but one market they have largely missed
is the growing Muslim population in Europe, five million strong in France alone.
Dalai
Lama's message: Compassion; Business school students learn about humanity
Yvette Armendariz/Arizona Republic (9/16/05)
The discussion never truly focused on business. Nor was there any discussion
about Tibet's plight or China's politics. But students and other representatives
of Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management, hung on every
word spoken by Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
ABUSE
CRISIS
Three
Michigan priests removed
Kim Kozlowski/Detroit
News (9/16/05)
The Vatican has removed three more local priests from ministry and prohibited
them from wearing their clerical garb or presenting themselves as priests following
allegations of child sexual abuse.
Santa Rosa Diocese settles last suit on abuse
Guy Kovner/Press Democrat (9/16/05)
Santa Rosa's
Roman Catholic Diocese announced Thursday the settlement of the last sexual
abuse lawsuit filed against it, agreeing to pay $750,000 to a man who said he
was abused by a former Rohnert Park priest.
EDUCATION
Arizona school district fights receivership
Paul Davenport/Associated Press (9/16/05: tucsoncitizen.com)
PHOENIX -
A northern Arizona polygamist community's school district is fighting the state's
effort to take over financial control of the district. The 344-student Colorado
City Unified School District has filed a detailed response to the state's receivership
petition scheduled to be considered by the state Board of Education during an
Oct. 20 special meeting.
Faith
- Students hit the (holy) books
Andrea Useem/Washington Examiner (9/16/05)
Many Mormon secondary school students attend early-morning seminary, one example
of how teenagers of all faiths manage to keep up their religious education during
their busy high school lives.
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