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...conservative parents want software that will censor any Website that the Rev. Jerry Falwell wouldn't say amen to, that's their privilege. But free-speech proponents say customers looking for ideology-free screening might not be aware of how much they're missing. Censorware produces unpredictable and often unwanted results (see box), and most filterers consider their blacklists trade secrets. This puts Loudoun County in the position of letting private firms pass judgment on the contents of a medium that's supposed to offer easy access to all--a notion that's especially dubious in the case...
...other major American denomination that officially assigns two congregation members in good standing, as Mormonism does, to visit every household in their flock monthly. Perhaps in consequence, no other denomination can so consistently parade the social virtues most Americans have come around to saying they admire. The Rev. Jeffrey Silliman, of the same Presbyterian group that made the heresy charge, admits that Mormons "have a high moral standard on chastity, fidelity, honesty and hard work, and that's appealing...
Kisser sued the Church and its president, Rev. Heber Jentzsch, for libel on the basis of statements contained in an October 1991 issue of Freedom Magazine, a Church of Scientology publication...
...police operation. It involves more than a dozen agencies, including the U.S. Attorney, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Suffolk County District Attorney as well as the Ten Point Coalition, a network of 43 black churches in the city. Says the Rev. Eugene Rivers, co-founder of the Ten Point Coalition: "The streets are much safer. The collaboration between the black churches and the police has produced results unseen in any other city." The two groups are now quietly working together to clear up scores of unsolved homicides...
...victims, while politicians are using the incident to push their pet social agendas, from tougher police enforcement to more funding for youth programs. Even ministers have found themselves in the dustup, grappling for gospel truths to soothe confused, outraged flocks. On the Sunday morning following the arrests, the Rev. Denzil Green, the 69-year-old white pastor of Flint's Galileeon Baptist Church, declared to his predominantly black congregation, "The name of the game is sin, not skin...