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Southern Baptists’ Richard Land loses show, keeps job
A top Southern Baptist official who was accused of plagiarism in a radio segment that claimed civil rights leaders and President Obama used the Trayvon Martin case to stir racial tensions will lose his weekly call-in program bu...
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Southern Baptist leader says Obama, black leaders, exploiting Trayvon Martin for votes
(RNS) A top Southern Baptist official has accused President Obama and black civil rights activists of using the Trayvon Martin shooting to foment racial strife and boost the president’s re-election chances. Richard Land is pre...
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After Trayvon Martin case, churches say ‘stereotypes cost lives’
(RNS) An umbrella group of Christian denominations committed to combating racism is urging churches to use the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin as a "teachable moment" to speak out against racial stereotypes. "It is a time...
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Churches rally around Trayvon Martin on ‘hoodie Sunday’
(RNS) Calls for legal action in the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin are growing as preachers took to their pulpits Sunday wearing "hoodies" in symbolic solidarity around the country. One month after the death...