Task force wants to allow “local option” on same-sex unions
The nation’s fifth-largest Protestant denomination, the 4.7 million-member Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), may soon join the troubled Episcopal Church in permitting clergy with homosexual partners. A task force proposed Feb. 19 that August’s ELCA assembly authorize 65 regional synods and local congregations to liberalize if they wish.
James Dobson has stepped down as chairman of Focus on the Family, the conservative group he founded more than 30 years ago as a voice on moral issues like abortion and marriage.
Dobson, 72, made the announcement Friday at a staff worship service, after discussing the decision with fellow board members earlier in the week.
His reasoning pointed toward the need for an effective transition in leadership for his organization.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
There was a solar eclipse earlier this month — but it wasn’t visible anywhere on Earth.
Rather, a Japanese space probe in orbit around the moon got spectacular high-definition video of the sun being blocked — by the Earth, producing an otherworldly “diamond-ring” eclipse.
It may be only the third time such an eclipse has been viewed by terrestrials, human or otherwise.
Exploring the Bizarre Life of Apple’s Steve Wozniak
F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said that there are no second acts in American life. But that doesn’t mean you can’t try, especially after you’ve had one of the most famous first acts of your generation.
Steve Wozniak
You may have read the news that Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, has signed on to compete in this season’s “Dancing With the Stars.” The very idea that the man once called “The King of the Nerds” would be out tripping the light fantastic in competition with professional athletes, B-list movie stars and entertainers no doubt drew a derisive chuckle. Or perhaps just a sad shake of the head: What’s Woz up to now?
A conservative Republican senator is pushing for an up-or-down vote in the Senate this week on the Fairness Doctrine.
Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) says he is glad President Obama “finally confirmed” he does not want to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine. According to DeMint, the Fairness Doctrine is “dishonestly named” and “attacks the right of free speech on talk radio.”
Among those in the Senate who have announced their support for resurrecting the Fairness Doctrine are Democrats Dick Durbin (Illinois), Debbie Stabenow (Michigan), Charles Schumer (New York), Jeff Bingaman (New Mexico), Tom Harkin (Iowa), and Dianne Feinstein (California).
The folks behind the Black Hat Conferences have announced the winners of a contest to find the top 10 out of a list of 70 web hacking techniques devised last year.
The winners attack a broad variety of products and several of the winners are well-known researchers, or “breakers” as the blog calls them.
Politics: Obama launches faith-based panel but changes to religious hiring could be a deal breaker | Edward Lee Pitts
Frank Page, past president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said he was just as shocked as anyone to get the invitation to join President Barack Obama’s faith-based advisory council. But the senior pastor of Taylors Baptist Church in South Carolina prayed and then decided to accept the one-year term, with caveats.
More turning to Web to watch TV, movies – CNN.com
CNN) — When Corey Wynsma’s wife got laid off a few months ago from her graphic design job, the couple did an inventory of their household budget.
Users watched more than 24 million videos on Hulu.com in December, a record for the fledgling company.
Cable TV seemed like an obvious luxury. So the couple, who live in Grand Rapids, Michigan, canceled their cable service and found another way to keep up with their favorite shows: on the Internet.
When Google’s lawyers entered the smooth marble hallways of the Department of Justice on the morning of October 17, they had reason to feel confident. Sure, they were about to face the antitrust division—an experience most companies dread—to defend a proposed deal with Yahoo. But they had to like their chances. In the previous seven years, only one of the mergers that had been brought here had been opposed.
PC World’s Techlog Online Predator Bills Signed Into Law Today
President Bush signed into law two bills that will make it much harder for child molesters to lurk with anonymity on the Web, especially at social networking sites.
Skeptiod
Skeptoid podcast by Brian Dunning is an interesting debunker of commonly held misconceptions about a variety of subjects. While secular in nature Mr. Dunning does attempt to be fair to religious points of view from a materialists perspective. It is very interesting an enlightening.
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