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 other nonprofits, both religious and secular, to be exempt from federal income taxes. Many of these charities are churches, and the smaller they are, the more […]
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American Indian activists cross Oklahoma to raise environmental, sacred-site awareness
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 this year taking two routes, a northern and southern, on their way to Washington, D.C. The two groups plan to meet outside Washington on […]
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Holocaust survivor to speak at public remembrance
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 Treblinka with his family. Instead, Ayalon survived five different concentration camps in Poland and Austria before his last […]
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Assumptions about Islam violence to be addressed at conference
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 Saturday at the Henry Freede Center at OCU. The conference is free of charge and open to the public. The conference keynote speaker will be […]
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Churches, student organization present ‘Sexual Identity and Spirituality Conference’
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, Gay Alliance for Tolerance and Equality, is co-sponsoring the event. The conference was originally named “Homosexuality and Scripture,” but with their commitment to broadening the audience, the […]
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Two Buddhist nuns from Britain bringing enlightenment to metro
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 Buddhist Monastery near Great Gaddesden in England. Edmond resident Arpita Brown, a member of event sponsor Saranaloka Foundation, said the theme of Saturday’s all-day retreat is […]
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Sales of Plan B pill not slowed by debate
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 contraceptive. The morning-after pill (levonorgestrel) is manufactured by Barr Pharmaceuticals and sold under the registered trade name Plan B. Barr reported that projected sales for 2007 would total […]
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Metro group works for sexual orientation issues in absence of city commission
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 disbanded the municipal human rights commission in 1996. Nathaniel Batchelder, director of the Oklahoma City Peace House, stepped down as chairman of COHRA’s board […]
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Conservative churchgoers torn on presidential primary choices
Super Tuesday is less than two weeks away, but Oklahoma Republicans, reflecting a national trend, are still divided over GOP candidates Mike Huckabee, John McCain and Mitt Romney. The rift in the Republican Party is being felt by Oklahoma evangelicals ” a voting bloc that, since President Ronald Reagan, has been almost uniform in its […]
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Polls suggest Mormonism may be moving in from the fringes, public opinion
o not define my candidacy by my religion. A person should not be elected because of his faith nor should he be rejected because of his faith.” For Oklahomans, LDS became part of state politics in 1992 when Ernest Istook ran for and won the 5th Congressional District. Istook went on to serve seven […]