Volume 3, Issue 12
Dec. 15, 2004
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The Wrath of the Jews
By Liat Weingart
AlterNet, Dec. 15, 2004
She finally says, "Look, what I have to say isn't pretty, but I'm not afraid. I'm going to say it anyways. The Palestinians are nothing but vermin. They make trouble in every country they live in. Even the other Arab countries don't want them." I take a deep breath. I've heard this before, except with "Jews" instead of "Palestinians." Jews are vermin. They make trouble in every country they live in.
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2004: The Year of 'The Passion'
By Frank Rich
New York Times, Dec. 19, 2004
Will it be the Jews' fault if "The Passion of the Christ," ignored by the Golden Globes this week, comes up empty in the Oscar nominations next month?
Why, of course. "Hollywood is controlled by secular Jews who hate Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular," William Donohue, president of the Catholic League, explained in a colloquy on the subject recently convened by Pat Buchanan on MSNBC. "It's not a secret, O.K.?"
Read more... This Is Your Country on Drugs
By Carl Elliott
New York Times, Dec. 14, 2004
Minneapolis —Jacques Barzun famously said that to understand America, one must first understand baseball. Never has his remark been more accurate. Professional baseball players may be the most vilified Americans using performance-enhancing drugs, but they are by no means alone. Performance-enhancing drugs have become a part of ordinary American life.
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Google Is Adding Major Libraries to Its Database
By John Markoff and Edward Wyatt
New York Times, Dec. 14, 2004
Google, the operator of the world's most popular Internet search service, plans to announce an agreement today with some of the nation's leading research libraries and Oxford University to begin converting their holdings into digital files that would be freely searchable over the Web.
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Democrats’ Dilemma and The Nation’s
By James W. Fowler
Ethics News & Views, December 1, 2004
The Democratic Party needs to reclaim an authentic relationship to religion and faith. Not the fundamentalist version of Christians, Jews or Muslims. And not the version of smug Christian or Jewish economic conservatism that serves only the politics of possessive individualism.
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American Values: The Triumph of the Religious Right
The Economist, Nov. 11, 2004
Secular Europeans wondered whether they and the Americans were now on different planets. The week before the [ U.S.] election, Rocco Buttiglione had been forced to withdraw his nomination as a European Union commissioner because he had said that homosexuality was a sin, and that marriage exists for children and the protection of women. In America, he would probably have won Ohio.
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United Church of Christ Files Petition with FCC Over Networks' Refusal of Church Advertisement
United Church of Christ
News Release, Dec. 9, 2004
The United Church of Christ is filing two petitions with the Federal Communications Commission, asking that two network [CBS and NBC] owned-and-operated television stations in Miami be denied license renewals for failing to provide viewers "suitable access" to a full array of "social, political, esthetic, moral and other ideas and experiences." The action stems from a much-publicized decision by both networks to deny an advertisement that makes clear the church's welcome of diverse, even marginalized, segments of the population. CBS and NBC have said the all-inclusive ads are "controversial" and, therefore, amount to "issue advocacy," something the networks have said they do not allow.
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Let Me Wear My Headscarf
By Ayesha Ahmad
Muslim American Society, Feb. 12, 2004
Hijab [the headscarf] is not a symbol of anything but a religious obligation. Even here, I feel like there’s nothing I can really say to explain how appalled I am by the French initiative - as well as similar moves in Germany, Muslim countries like Turkey, Egypt and others, and even the actions of at least one Oklahoma school, where a middle-schooler was suspended for wearing hijab. In all these situations, Muslim women are beginning to have to fight for their right to clothe themselves modestly.
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Event: Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta (FAMA) Assembly (Jan. 5: 12 noon)
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Event: Undoing Racism Workshop (Jan. 21-23)
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Event: Disability Day at the Capitol (Feb. 24: 10am – 2pm)
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Event: Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta (FAMA) Assembly (Mar. 2: 12 noon)
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Event: Enlightened Path to Muslim-Christian Understanding (Mar. 2: 8pm)
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Event: Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta (FAMA) Assembly (May 4: 12 noon)
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Event: World Pilgrims Trip to Israel (August 2005)
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