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March 12 2012 By virtueonline Archbishop of Canterbury:wearing a cross just decoration, says Dr Rowan Williams

His remarks angered Christian campaigners who accused the Archbishop of failing to stand up for the right of believers to wear crosses.

Judges in Strasbourg are to consider a test case on religious freedom in Britain later this year.

It will bring together four separate cases, including that of Nadia Eweida, a British Airways employee who faced disciplinary action for wearing a cross at work.

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March 11 2012 By virtueonline 'Gay-affirming' churches harming homosexuals, says Christian therapist

"The church is doing a disservice to homosexuals by denying sinners their liberty in the lord Jesus Christ. They are blind guides leading others into a ditch of destruction."

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March 10 2012 By virtueonline Extending the privilege of marriage to homosexuals undermines its foundations

Now we are experiencing other Weimar moments, which also deny procreative sex by accepting sodomy as a morally normative act. In Maryland, Gov. Martin O'Malley signed into law a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, effective next January. In Washington state, Gov. Christine Gregoire signed a similar bill that will take effect June 7. Gregoire said, "We tell the nation that Washington state will no longer deny our citizens the opportunity to marry the person they love."

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March 09 2012 By virtueonline 2030: Year Britain will cease to be a Christian nation with march of secularism

By Daniel Martin,
Whitehall Correspondent
www.MailOnline.com
March 3, 2012

The march of secularism means Britain may no longer be a Christian country in just 20 years, a report said yesterday.

If trends continue, the number of non-believers is set to overtake the number of Christians by 2030.

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March 09 2012 By virtueonline LOS ANGELES: Banks foreclosing on churches in record numbers

The church foreclosures have hit all denominations across America, black and white, but with small to medium size houses of worship the worst. Most of these institutions have ended up being purchased by other churches.

The highest percentage have occurred in some of the states hardest hit by the home foreclosure crisis: California, Georgia, Florida and Michigan.

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March 09 2012 By virtueonline Scouting Builds Men of Character

Eleven of the 12 men who walked on the moon developed their sense of service as a Boy Scout, as did 26 of the first 29 astronauts. Fully 206 U.S. Senators or Members of Congress began serving others as Boy Scouts, 29 of whom were Eagle Scouts such as Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Sen. Ben Nelson, (D-NE).

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March 06 2012 By virtueonline Liberal Baptists Poised for Paradigm Shift on Sexual Issues?

Gushee stated that the changing face of sexual identity and practice across the American landscape is requiring the church to address its long-held positions on sexual relationships.

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March 02 2012 By virtueonline Video Games Depict Religion as Violent, Problematized, MU Study Shows

Perreault examined five recent video games that incorporate religion heavily into the storyline. The video games he studied were "Mass Effect 2," "Final Fantasy 13," "Assassin's Creed," "Castlevania: Lords of Shadow" and "Elder Scrolls: Oblivion". Perreault found that all of these video games problematize religion by closely tying it in with violence.

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February 23 2012 By virtueonline Marriage 911 - First Response

But you also need other "tools:" the Bible and a Christian friend of the same gender, whom you ask to be your Support Partner, meeting an hour a week for three months. Marriage 911 includes a Support Partner Handbook for your friend, to offer encouragement and accountability.

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February 22 2012 By virtueonline Biblical Literacy, Same Sex 'Marriage,' and a Virus in Our National System

"[W]e have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. . . . Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other" (Source: John Adams, The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States,Charles Francis Adams, editor (Boston: Little, Brown, 1854), Vol. IX, p. 401, to Zabdiel Adams on June 21, 1776. See Wallbuilders.com)

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