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Readers of The Oklahoman, my hometown newspaper and one-time employer, awoke today to a banner, front-page story on controversy over a play opening in Oklahoma City this week.
Religion News Service had an interesting story recently about atheists challenging Uncle Sam over nonprofit financial reporting.
Ten years ago, while working in the Dallas bureau of The Associated Press, I wrote a national package of stories commemorating the 40th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Here’s my nominee for “Most Bland Headline of the Weekend.” It appeared atop an Associated Press report:
If I could have a beer with JesusIâd put my whole paycheck in that jukeboxFill it up with nothing but the good stuffSit somewhere we couldnât see a clock
For the latest Christian Chronicle, I wrote a news story on judicial authorities in the Pacific Northwest state of Washington formally admonishing a superior court judge â also a Church of Christ elder â for voicing his preference not to perform same-sex marriages.
A major media organization has published still another one-sided story on the religious debate over same-sex marriage.
