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GREEN LAKE – Delegates from United Church of Christ congregations around Wisconsin have gone on record against the proposed state constitutional amendment defining marriage that will be on the ballot in November. Read more.
A retired Catholic deacon, John Wargin, died Sunday afternoon and Milwaukee Auxiliary Bishop Richard J. Sklba was injured when the car they were driving to a confirmation ceremony collided with another car near Mayville. Read more.
Habitat for Humanity’s first Apostle Build home was dedicated Sunday, June 4, 2006. The new home for the John and Lori Severson family, on Buchner Court in the Twin Oaks subdivision, was a cooperative effort involving members of ten area churches. It began last October and now Habitat for Humanity Executive Director Brian Miller is looking for more churches to get involved in the next home.
Burning rubber … screaming fans … ear–drum bursting engines … Friday night at the Madison International Speedway was everything you’d ever expect. Except for some of the drivers…Madison area pastors.Read more at NBC15.
HOLLYWOOD, CA (ANS) — CARS wins hands down the checkered flag for a great premiere at the Number One NASCAR speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina, and for even better interviews with the cast, the crew and the executives involved in this really family-friendly movie. Read more.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA (ANS) — "The Lutheran men’s softball team lost two games last week. So now they’re two wins, two losses, which is a good place for Lutherans to be. Undefeated is somewhat uncomfortable."That was from a recent monologue about Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor during his "Prairie Home Companion" radio show. Lutherans, from the land of 10,000 Lakes (Minnesota), are among his favorite targets and have been for more than 30 years of his hit show — you betcha. So I couldn’t resist asking Keillor during a news conference in Beverly Hills, California, on Thursday, June 1, whether…
MADISON — Bishop Robert C. Morlino, head of the Diocese of Madison, expressed his disappointment at the vote taken June 7 failing to approve Senate Joint Resolution 1, the Marriage Protection Amendment.Read the rest of the story at www.madisoncatholicherald.org
News ReleaseVote in US Senate on Federal Marriage Protection Amendment shows disregard for best interests of children and will of the people
Well after 10 p.m. one night in late April, the Rev. Rob Bell is sitting patiently in a tall director’s chair on the platform of the Lake Street subway station in downtown Chicago. Story in the Chicago Sun Times.
For more information about the national debate over ‘gay marriage’, click here.WASHINGTON (BP)–The United States Senate yesterday rejected an attempt to amend the Constitution to protect marriage, with supporters gaining only one vote in the nearly two years since their most recent effort.