Divine dilemma on church bans and LGBT clergy
A confessional column imagines God weighing the Presbyterian Church U S A ban on sexually active outsiders joining clergy against mercy and usefulness of gay ministers. It argues for compassion and highlights Eric a gay Lutheran and potential minister, urging thoughtful inclusion over blanket exclusion. The piece invites reader responses.
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Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Eric
Lutheran Church
Earth
Cornell College cancel junior preview day
The Junior Preview Day at Cornell College Saturday has been canceled. A May 17 daylong series of precollege planning workshops for high school juniors and families was announced in the Gazette. For information contact the Cornell Office of Admissions.
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Cornell College
Cornell Office of Admissions
Witness: McVeigh sought detonator before Oklahoma City bombing
A former arms dealer testified that six months before the attack Timothy McVeigh was eager to buy a detonator and would drive cross country to obtain it. Other witnesses linked McVeigh to plans of vengeance for Waco and to materials used in the truck bomb.
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Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Greg Pfaff
McVeigh
Lori Fortier
Waco
Texas
Arizona
Pfaff
Harrisonburg
David Darlak
Upstate New York
Darlak
Kyle Kraus
FBI
Kraus
Texas secessionists face final offer and arrest risk
Police negotiators delivered a final offer to the Republic of Texas group led by Richard McLaren in Fort Davis, urging them to surrender within hours. Authorities said the state received the message and would not detail timing while arrests were already reported nearby and a scene of additional weapons arrests unfolded across Pecos and the Fort Davis area.
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Texas
Terry O’rourke
Republic of Texas
Richard McLaren
O’rourke
State Department of Public Safety
Mike Cox
Cox
Pecos
Matic
Republic
Illinois
David Robinson
McLaren
The Gazette Champions Soy Ink and Recycling Push
The Gazette promotes sustainable printing by using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle old newspapers at City Carton on Sixth St in SW or at nearby local recycling sites.
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Sixth St
Cedar Rapids
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Gazette Company
Iowa
Ng Rapids
U.S
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AP News
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
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