Tag : Churches
16th Street Baptist Church title : Churches Amid Historic Civil Rights' Sites Designated by President Obama as National Monuments
summary : Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and other civil rights landmarks in Birmingham, Ala., were designated on Thursday as the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument by President Barack Obama in one of his last official acts as U.S. leader. This church is where four girls died in 1963 after Ku Klux Klan members detonated more than a dozen sticks of dynamite outside the church basement. He also deemed two other new national monuments: Freedom Riders National Monument in Anniston, Ala., and the Reconstruction Era National Monument in South Carolina.
date : Jan 15, 2017 09:35 AM EST
IRS Building in Washington title : Social Security Numbers from Donors To Churchs, Other Nonprofits, Wanted By IRS
summary : If ever there were an infringement on the rights of people of faith, it would be for the IRS to demand that the social security numbers of those who donate to religious organizations be kept on file. While the IRS can't legally demand this, at least not as of yet, it is something that they want to push toward.
date : Dec 08, 2015 01:49 PM EST
President Obama title : Does Obama Believe That Gay Is the New Black?
summary : President Obama received criticism from conservative leaders in the African American community after alluding to the gay right's movement as another civil rights struggle during his speech in Selma, Ala. last week.
date : Mar 12, 2015 02:52 PM EDT
China Christians title : China: Future Home of the World’s Largest Christian Population?
summary : Despite the best efforts of China's Communist government, Christianity is on the rise in the nation of nearly 1.4 billion people. Officials across the country have torn down churches, detained Christians, and worked to ensure that religious leaders are kept out of China. And though the Communist Party is the world's largest atheist organization, it is finding Christianity hard to contain.
date : Nov 13, 2014 02:30 PM EST
r.jpg title : Star Wars Director George Lucas Marries Girlfriend Mellody Hobson
summary : Star Wars actor George Lucas and CBS News finance and economy analyst Mellody Hobson got married on Saturday at the Skywalker Ranch.
date : Jun 25, 2013 08:22 AM EDT