Religion

The media recently reported on of an American Religious Identification Survey. A Washington Post  article cited: 

The California Supreme Court ruled that doctors may not discriminate against gays and lesbians in medical treatment, even if the procedures being sought conflict with physicians' religious beliefs. An L.A. Times article quotes:

"The 1st Amendment's right to the free exercise of religion does not exempt defendant physicians here from conforming their conduct to the . . . antidiscrimination requirements," Justice Joyce L.

A Washington Post article addresses some of the issues being debated by Black evangelicals in considering candidates in the upcoming presidential race. Many who supported and voted for Bush in 2004 are now torn between the two major parties:

In the 2004 election, there was evidence that an appeal aimed at those differences could work.

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A USA Today article reported on a conference of African American clergy, medical professionals and lawmakers gathered to map a plan to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Black community:

Although African-Americans make up only 13.5% of the U.S. population, blacks were 49% of the new HIV diagnoses in 2005, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It’s been widely reported that Bishop Thomas Weeks addressed the church he founded a few days after facing charges for assaulting his wife:

The minister husband of televangelist and gospel singer Juanita Bynum took the pulpit at his church just two days after surrendering to authorities on charges he beat his wife. Wearing a dark suit and his customary bow tie, Weeks drew cheers and applause during the service when he asked members to tell those seated next to them: "We've got certain things