Category: Religion

June 27, 2008

Gideon bible giveaways halted in Somerset Co.

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 …

June 25, 2008

ACLU asks Naval Academy to end noon prayers

Filed under: Military, USNA, Religion, Annapolis, Legal News, press releases - 25 Jun 2008

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 …

May 13, 2008

Columbia residents oppose cross at Interfaith Center

Filed under: Howard County, Columbia, Religion, Offbeat News - 13 May 2008

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 …

May 1, 2008

Baltimore ministers opine on Wright

Filed under: Politics, 2008 Campaign, Religion - 01 May 2008

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 …

March 24, 2008

MD legislator: Wright “spoke the truth”

Filed under: Politics, Maryland Government, 2008 Campaign, Religion - 24 Mar 2008

Del. Emmett Burns, Jr.
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 …

February 9, 2008

Pre-Primary Political Forum at B’nai Israel

Filed under: Politics, 2008 Campaign, Religion - 09 Feb 2008

Via Facebook:
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 …

February 5, 2008

MD Catholics upset with pending legislation

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

October 3, 2007

You think there won’t be traffic?

Filed under: Religion, Events, Baltimore Sun - 03 Oct 2007

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 …

October 1, 2007

Live stream of Archbishop’s installation

Filed under: Archdiocese of Baltimore - 01 Oct 2007

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.

May 9, 2007

Muslim holidays not on proposed school calendar

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 …

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