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Conservative radio host, political activist plans local speech


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Greg Horton
Richard Land, a well-known conservative radio host and political activist, will be the keynote speaker for this year's Capital Baptist Association's ethics and religious liberty seminar Tuesday at the...
 
Thursday, August 14, 2008

Try these 20 wines, each available for less than $20


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Greg Horton
One of the joys of every oenophile is finding a little-known bottle hiding on the stacks at your favorite liquor store, taking it home and discovering you've made a great choice. Now that gas prices...
 
Thursday, July 17, 2008

Oklahoma senators sign CO2 emission declaration


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Greg Horton
Oklahoma Sens. Tom Coburn and James Inhofe are signatories on a new environmental statement co-written by the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the Family Resear...
 
Thursday, July 17, 2008

Some Catholics propose opening ordination to women, the married


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Greg Horton
As of June 17, the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City's closing or reassigning seven churches in rural Oklahoma towns became effective. Churches in Grandfield, Maud and Rush Springs are shutting their doors...
 
Thursday, July 3, 2008

OU religious studies program has new head honcho


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Greg Horton
Charles Kimball, the former chair of the religious studies department at Wake Forest University and author of "When Religion Becomes Evil," will assume his new position as director of the religious st...
 
Thursday, June 12, 2008

Oklahoma FreeWheel will attract nearly 1,000 bicyclists


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Greg Horton
Starting Sunday, approximately 1,000 riders will participate in the 30th annual Oklahoma FreeWheel bicycle tour. The tour begins in Marietta, near the Texas border, and concludes six days and about 41...
 
Thursday, June 5, 2008

Christians United for Israel founder heads to OKC


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Greg Horton
John Hagee, the senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, and founder of Christians United for Israel, will be in Oklahoma City on June 29 as the keynote speaker in a CUFI event, "Nig...
 
Thursday, June 5, 2008

Clergy tax exemption garners increasing scrutiny


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Greg Horton
Nonprofit charities control $2 trillion in assets in the United States. These charities fall under the Internal Revenue Service's tax code category 501(c)(3), a provision that allows charities and oth...
 
Thursday, May 29, 2008

American Indian activists cross Oklahoma to raise environmental, sacred-site awareness


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Greg Horton
American Indian activists will be in Oklahoma through Tuesday participating in The Longest Walk 2, a commemoration of the original Longest Walk in 1978. Participants left Berkeley, Calif., on Feb. 10 ...
 
Thursday, May 8, 2008

Holocaust survivor to speak at public remembrance


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Greg Horton
Eliezer Ayalon is the only member of his family to have survived the Holocaust. Because he had a work permit when the Nazis liquidated the Radom, Poland, ghetto in 1942, he was not sent to die in Treb...
 
Thursday, May 1, 2008

Assumptions about Islam violence to be addressed at conference


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Greg Horton
The Institute of Interfaith Dialog and Wimberly School of Religion at Oklahoma City University are sponsoring "Denouncing Violence in the Name of God: The Case of Islam," an all-day conference Saturda...
 
Thursday, April 3, 2008

Churches, student organization present 'Sexual Identity and Spirituality Conference'


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Greg Horton
Several area churches and organizations are sponsoring the "Sexual Identity and Spirituality Conference" at the University of Central Oklahoma Friday and Saturday.   A UCO student organization...
 
Thursday, March 6, 2008

Two Buddhist nuns from Britain bringing enlightenment to metro


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Greg Horton
Two Western Theravadan Buddhist nuns will be visiting Oklahoma City and Norman on Thursday through Saturday for informal gatherings and a one-day spiritual retreat. The nuns are from Amaravati Buddhis...
 
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Sales of Plan B pill not slowed by debate


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Greg Horton
The controversy surrounding the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the so-called "morning-after pill" for nonprescription distribution has not slowed the rate of use of the emergency contracep...
 
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Metro group works for sexual orientation issues in absence of city commission


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Greg Horton
Oklahoma City remains without a municipal human rights commission. Members of the Central Oklahoma Humans Rights Alliance are trying to fill the gap left when the Oklahoma City Council defunded and di...
 
Thursday, January 31, 2008
 
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