Maine Vote on Physician Assisted Death Sparks Broad Opposition
A Maine ballot measure would allow terminally ill adults to request doctor assisted death by own action. Despite early support, a broad coalition including Governor, legislature, physicians, hospitals, nurses, hospices, and religious groups funds ads now push back, citing no state supervision, no family notification, and risk of abuse. Opponents warn of eroding the healer role and point to Oregon experience and Netherlands data on euthanasia.
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Maine
Oregon
Laurel Coleman
Maine General Medical Center
Kandyce Powell
Maine Hospice Council
Acs
Joseph Gerry
Hmos
Oregonian
Netherlands
Celebration of Hope at First Baptist marks pastor’s cancer recovery
After a long battle with squamous cell carcinoma and treatment at MD Anderson, First Baptist Church of Odessa invites all to a Celebration of Hope service at 11 a.m. October 29. Rev. Dr. Ernest Easley is cancer free and the event honors survivors health care workers and those touched by illness. Choirs and orchestra will perform as the church shares a message of faith and renewed life. Call 337-1524 for details.
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First Baptist Church
First Baptist
Ernest Easley
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston
Easley
Curtis Brewer
Jan Karr
Odessa
Karr
Pagans Go Public Online In Acity Coffeehouse Meeting
In Indianapolis a group of modern pagans the Indiana Asatra Council gathers amid cigarette smoke. They discuss Thor the Norse god and the Internet. Pagans from Wicca to Druidism now connect online and publicly, modeling a coming out similar to the gay pride movement.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
James McCoy
Kokomo
Ind
Brenda Brasher
Mount Union College
Alliance
Ohio
Brasher
Suzanne
Duke Egbert
Supreme Court appointees could rewrite church state policy
The article examines how Gore and Bush positions on church state issues could shape future rulings if the next president names up to three justices. It notes aging justices, debates over school vouchers and prayer, and how a single Bush appointment could shift core Establishment and Free Exercise cases. It highlights possible outcomes on public aid to religious schools and student led prayers amid a closely divided court.
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Supreme Court
New York
al Gore
George W. Bush
John Paul Stevens
American Jewish Congress
Marc Stern
Clarence Thomas
Thomas
H. Douglas Laycock
University of Texas School of Law
Stern
Michael W. McConnell
University of Utah College of Law
Laycock
Boy Scouts
McConnell
Washington
Antonin Scalia
Sandra Day O'Connor
Anthony Kennedy
David Souter
Stephen Breyer
Joan Paul Stevens
William Rehnquist
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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McManus
Bethesda, Md
Michael McManus
Egberts
Canada
Dagonet
Bush
Texas
Gore
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