Faith And The City e.Newsletter
November 16, 2006
Volume 5, Issue 11
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Faith and Politics
Evangelicals misunderstood
Opinion by Joseph Loconte and Michael Cromartie
The Plain Dealer
November 11, 2006
Evangelicals led the grass- roots campaigns for passage of the abolition of slavery and for women's suffrage. The Moral Majority in its most belligerent form amounted to nothing more terrifying than churchgoers flocking peacefully to the polls on Election Day. The only people who want a biblical theocracy in America are completely outside the evangelical mainstream, their influence negligible.
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Social Environment
Depiction in 'Borat' doesn't do Kazakhstan justice
Opinion by Kamal Fatehi Hash
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
November 8, 2006
If there is one thing I want people to know about Kazakhstan, it is that it is filled with smart, highly educated people who are modernizing the country quite rapidly, much faster than Russia. I tell people that if I were a citizen of the former Soviet Union, of all the republics I could choose, I'd want to live in Kazakhstan.
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Immigration ought to be a quick fix
Opinion by Cynthia Tucker
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
November 8, 2006
For a fraction of the billions a fence would cost, Congress could purchase a mechanism that would actually curb illegal immigration: an instant verification system for Social Security numbers, a network that would eliminate the fraud of fake documents. If all employers were required to check Social Security numbers through the system, they'd know immediately whether prospective workers were in the country legally.
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Global Issues
Punished for being female
Opinion by Bob Herbert
New York Times
November 2, 2006
Bride burnings, honor killings, female infanticide, sex trafficking, mass rape as a weapon of war and many other hideous forms of violence against women are documented in a report released last month by the United Nations. The report, a compilation of many studies from around the world, should have been seen as the latest dispatch from that permanent world war – the war against women all over the planet. Instead, the news media greeted its shocking contents with a collective yawn.
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Black Zionist speaks out
By Charles Jacobs
israelinsider
October 29, 2006
She stood out in the midst of an anti-Israel rally. She stood out even more as she joined the pro-Israel Jewish students to sing "The Star Spangled Banner." She really, really stood out when she glared at an "Israel is a Racist State" sign and then sang "Ha-Tikvah." Cornetta Lane is a young black woman.
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Education
Students get cheated by poverty
Opinion by Larry Schall
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
November 6, 2006
Education is supposed to be the great equalizer in our society, and it certainly can be. And yet, the overwhelming feeling I had when I got back into my car to head back to Oglethorpe University was that this is not the way things are supposed to be in America. The students at Cook don't stand an equal chance with those in the fine independent schools in the city or in the suburban public schools that encircle Atlanta. In fact, it's not even close.
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Events
Guidelines for Posting Events
Faith And The City posts brief event notices that must include a website address for additional information. Events should be concerned with faith, interfaith and public issues.
Oct.-Nov.: “North Korea, South Korea, and the Global Community.” Award-winning Faith And The City Forum cable TV program re-broadcasts Summer 2003 panel discussion on Korean Peninsula crisis.
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Nov. 17: “Still Booming After All these Years: State of the Region Breakfast 2006.” Atlanta Regional Commission.
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Dec. 4: “Immigration: the Facts, the Challenges & the Moral Response.” Community conference convened by: American Jewish Committee/Atlanta; Catholic Archdiocese/Atlanta; Leadership Atlanta.
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