Category: Religion

WBAL.com
Public schools in Somerset County will no longer allow a Christian organization on school grounds to distribute Bibles.

For years, The Gideons, an international Christian organization, has been passing out Bibles to interested fifth-graders. But Stephanie Kayhan says when she …

Baltimore Sun
The ACLU and its Maryland chapter said today they have written a letter to academy leaders on behalf of a group of students urging an end to a practice in which chaplains say grace before mandatory lunch for …

WBAL.com
Some residents of Columbia are objecting to plans by one of the town’s six interfaith centers to place a 16-foot cross on the exterior of a new building.

The cross would be visible at the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, but …

Baltimore Sun
The Rev. Alvin C. Hathaway Sr. considers the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. to be a tremendous pastor and a brilliant theologian. But sitting in the audience of the National Press Club in Washington this week, Hathaway found …

The Examiner
The controversy over presidential candidate Barack Obama’s former pastor hit home in Baltimore County when Del. Emmett Burns Jr. told his congregation the Rev. Jeremiah Wright “spoke the truth.”

“His major infraction and …

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Event InfoName:
Pre-Primary Political Forum at B’nai Israel
Tagline:
Breakfast meet and greet with candidate representatives to cast an informed vote
Host:
Bnai Israel Of Baltimore
Type:
Meetings - Informational Meeting
Time and PlaceDate:
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Time:
10:00am - 1:00pm
Location:
B’nai Israel Synagogue
Street:
27 Lloyd St
City/Town:
Baltimore, MD

Maryland’s primary election …

There’s legislation that is reportedly going to to be introduced Thursday by Delegate Eric Bromwell (D-Baltimore County, Dist. 8 ) and Senator …

Laura Vozzella’s Sunday column in the Sun (the same one that mentioned there being no American flag at last week’s debate) has this little item:
First Mariner Arena promotes a preacher’s appearance - how else? - with a fake …

Rev. Edwin O’Brien will be installed as the 15th Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in a mass beginning at 1:30 p.m.

WBAL TV and EWTN will have it live.

WBAL Radio reports that the proposed school calendar for 2008-2009 for Baltimore County Public Schools does not include days off for the two biggest Muslim holidays. This issue has come up in the past after complaints that no …