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...Still, Warren has passed the point of no return. Until now, he could easily have pulled the plug on the PEACE coalition. Now, that would mean hauling back people like Ray Hammond, youth minister for the Brockport Free Methodist Church in Brockport, N.Y., who signed up along with his senior pastor and three other colleagues. "We're taking this home to our people," exulted Hammond, "and saying, 'We've got to get more involved in the mission of what God's doing in this world.' To be part of getting churches connected to each other globally, and not just sending...
...might not take 19 years for the Supreme Court to rule this time. Unlike Massachusetts, California has no residency requirement for marriage licenses. So beginning sometime next month, gay couples from all over America will be headed to California to be wed. Most of them will return to states that won't recognize those marriages. When they begin to sue in federal court, they'll likely claim the denials violate the privileges and immunities clause of the U.S. Constitution and its promise of full faith and credit...
...Already about 10,000 people have opted to return home to Mozambique, an official from that government - which has laid on buses for would-be returnees - told Reuters. At the police station in Primrose east of Johannesburg, where about 5,000 people are camping in tents in an adjacent field, cheers erupted Wednesday as five buses arrived to take people back to Mozambique. On the opposite side of the field, 26-year old Mozambican Domingos Ubsse was sitting inside a minibus taxi, waiting to leave for Maputo. After 20 armed men barged into the room he shares with four others...
...Even Zimbabweans, who face not only poverty but also hunger and persecution in a country in economic and political free-fall, are choosing to return home rather than face more anti-immigrant violence in South Africa. In central Johannesburg on Thursday, a bus depot buzzed with scores of Zimbabweans desperate to get on buses bound for home. While these buses typically depart for Zimbabwe only half full, the past few days have seen them filled beyond capacity, says Victor Ramaphosa, an inspector with the Revival Bus Company...
...maybe the economic situation will improve." About a dozen other Zimbabweans at the bus depot shared similar stories with TIME, while others seeking shelter in the Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg - where around 3,000 mainly Zimbabweans are have found a makeshift refuge - said that they would return home if they could afford...