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BOYS' BASKETBALL Muir 73, Glendale 65: Senior Andre Frazier led the Mustangs with 17 points and 12 rebounds as Muir clinched a share of the Pacific League title after the home victory Friday evening coupled with Pasadena's 61-60 loss to Crescenta Valley....
Tags: Polo, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Gomez (music group), Soccer, Wars and Interventions
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In Theory: Trash planet Earth, or treasure it?
Q. An American evangelical group called the Cornwall Alliance has placed itself in the center of debate over the environment by taking a hard line against green groups. Using the Dominion Mandate — the verse in Genesis about God giving man...Tags: Wildlife, Forestry and Timber, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Disasters, Conservation
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In Theory: Should holy books be distributed in schools?
Schools in White County, Tenn., have agreed to stop allowing the Gideons to distribute Bibles in classrooms after the ACLU threatened a lawsuit. The Gideons entered a classroom at Doyle Elementary School in Doyle, about 100 miles east of Nashville, and...Tags: Politics, Sports, Thomas Jefferson, National Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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In Theory: Honor code violation -- making the punishment fit the crime
Q. Brigham Young University recently suspended its star basketball center, Brandon Davies, for violating the college's strict Honor Code. Davies admitted to officials that he'd had pre-marital sex with his girlfriend, an Arizona State University freshman....Tags: Politics, Sports, Mormon, Values, Jesus Christ
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Is secularism a threat to religious freedom?
Q. A Mormon leader recently made a speech, in which he claimed religious freedom in America is under assault from secularization and a growing gay rights movement. In his speech, Elder Dallin H. Oaks warned of “an alarming trajectory of events...Tags: Earl Warren Jr., Politics, Mormon, Values, Local Government
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In Theory: Free speech or abuse?
In the wake of the Jan. 8 shootings in Tucson, the Arizona state legislature has passed emergency legislation to prevent the Westboro Baptist Church from picketing victims' funerals, including that of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green. The church's...Tags: Labor Legislation, Politics, Entertainment, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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In Theory: 'Theology and Feminism'
British theologian Daphne Hampson, author of "Theology and Feminism," argues that "religions have proved the ultimate weapon in keeping woman in her place." How would you answer the question "Is religion bad for women?" Religious traditions are...Tags: Culture, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jesus Christ, Skin, Society
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In Theory: Save the mother or the baby?
Q. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, Ariz. has stripped St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, also in Phoenix, of its Catholic affiliation for performing emergency surgery on a woman that saved the woman's life but ended her pregnancy, which...Tags: Politics, Physical Conditions, Abortion, Values, Jesus Christ
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In Theory: Lightening the message
A recent op-ed piece published in the New York Times states that American clergy are burning out as they try to meet their congregations' demands for more lighthearted messages. Is it possible for the clergy to tailor their sermons to congregations hungry...Tags: Education, Comedy (genre), The New York Times, Colleges and Universities, Entertainment
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In Theory: Is America Islamophobic?
Last week's Time magazine cover story by Bobby Ghosh reported that "hate speech against Muslims and Islam is growing both more widespread and more heated," with protests against a mosque in lower Manhattan and the building of other mosques elsewhere not...Tags: Assault, Discrimination, Terrorism, Psychotherapy, Bear (animal)
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In Theory: Reactions to Prop. 8 ruling
A California federal judge struck down Proposition 8, the state's law that prohibits same-sex marriage, last week. What are your thoughts on this ruling? Judge Walker needs to address our concern that his own sexual orientation clouded his judgment....Tags: Politics, Values, Discrimination, Adam Lambert, Ellen DeGeneres
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Around Town: Does one right trump another?
On Oct. 6, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in the case of Snyder v. Phelps. This involves the issue of the Westboro Baptist Church's picketing military funerals. The church used signs that expressed their pleasure (and, supposedly, God's) with...Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Local Government, John Marshall, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California)
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