Word: rev
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite facing a maximum penalty of five years in prison for each of the felony charges, Sanctuary activists seemed undaunted. Said the Rev. John M. Fife, 46, of Tucson's Southside United Presbyterian Church, a co-founder of the movement and one of the eight* convicted defendants: "I plan for as long as possible to continue to be the pastor of a congregation that has committed itself to providing...
FOOTNOTE: * The others: two Roman Catholic priests, the Rev. Anthony Clark and the Rev. Ramon Dagoberto Quinones, a Mexican; Sister Darlene Nicgorski; and four lay church workers...
...base communities," mostly poor, urban religious groups without priests. The breakaways find the Cardinal's anti-Communism counterproductive and are put off by his insistence that the church, while obligated to take moral positions, must refrain from active political engagement. "The Catholic institution here is folkloric," says the Rev. Miguel Angel Casco, co-director of a pro-government religious think tank. "The revolution cannot make the new man without the church...
...demonstration of black power came just a week after the government rescinded the hated pass laws, which had restricted black movement in the country for more than 70 years. That victory inspired many activists to push even harder for the complete dismantling of the apartheid system. In Washington, the Rev. Leon Sullivan, whose well-known guidelines for U.S. corporate conduct in South Africa have encouraged companies to remain in the country and fight apartheid from within, has urged corporations to push even harder. Said Sullivan: "Our signatories have to do more to support the rights of blacks to work where...
...Eleven decision was the biggest move yet by convenience chains against the skin books. It was hailed by anti pornography activists, including the National Federation for Decency and the Rev. Jerry Falwell's Liberty Federation. Both groups have supported a boycott of 7-Eleven for selling adult magazines. In a prepared statement, Falwell offered "my congratulations to the Southland Corp. for putting principle above financial gain. I sincerely hope that Christians in America will now show their appreciation by supporting 7-Eleven nationally...