Plus: Same-sex marriage amendment has little hope of passing, Pat Robertson's protein shakes removed from GNC, Louisiana to ban abortions, China's top cardinal criticizes government over Tiananmen Square massacre, the date of the beast, and more articles
Compiled by Rob Moll with Jason Bailey | posted 6/06/2006 12:00AM
Virginity pledgers often dishonest about past | Teenagers who take pledges to remain virgins until marriage are likely to deny having taken the pledge if they later become sexually active. Conversely, those who were sexually active before taking the pledge frequently deny their sexual history, according to new study findings. (Reuters)
Fitness may be next to godliness, but it won't sell protein shakes | Through the popularity of online video, Pat Robertson, the conservative religious broadcaster and former presidential candidate, now has another claim to fame: superhuman strength. Despite that, the protein shake Mr. Robertson credits for this astounding feat will no longer be on store shelves. (The New York Times)
Brethren, why don't you want to live in holy matrimony? | Another mass wedding code-named 'the big one' is set to take place at Omega Healing Centre next month. Pastor Michael Kyazze started this idea after realising that many Christians in his church were co-habiting with impunity. (The Monitor, Kampala, Uganda)
Discovering religion | Thanks to its remoteness, the Ethiopian countryside has escaped being overrun by tourists. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Church crowds laugh with Christian comics | Comedian Gilbert Esquivel is the son of migrant farmworkers, so he knows hardship. "You've heard of Army brats -- we were Salvation Army brats," he joked at a recent show. (RNS)
Israel jails hundreds of Sudanese refugees | The Sudanese, some 220 men and women, say they fled massacres and religious persecution in the war-torn Darfur region and in southern Sudan. But they are not eligible for asylum here because Israel considers their country, an Arab League member, to be an "enemy state." (Associated Press)
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