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same-sex marriages can continue. nearly 700 licenses have been granted since friday. the appeals court said in its ruling that a decision to put gay marriages on hold was not warranted. and the case will be fast-tracked for a full appeal of the ruling. the utah attorney general s office says it is planning to take the case for a temporary halt to gay marriages to the supreme court. spacewalking american astronauts spent part of their christmas eve replacing a damaged cooling pump on the international space station. astronauts rick mastracchio and michael hopkins were working outside the station for more than 7 1/2 hours. it was the second spacewalk in four days. the critical pump has now been activated. all systems are expected to be running normally by the end of the weekend. and there is an out-of-this world event talking about christmas morning 48 years ago today. just hours earlier, on christmas eve, the crew of apollo eight,
frank boreman, bill anderson, jim lovell, took turns reading from the book of genesis. the view as they circled the moon, lending itself beautifully to the words coming from the bible. created dry land first, and the gathering of the waters called the seas, and god saw that it was good. and from the crew of apollo 8, good night, good luck, a merry christmas and god bless all of you. all of you on this good earth. and god saw that it was good. i m kelly wright. we take you back to birth of jesus.
traditional catholic circles as understood as cousins rather than brothers. questions about joseph s age and the brothers versus cousins debate have created a dilemma for some believers, over the virgin birth. i think it s very critical that we believe in the virgin birth. because it is the virgin birth that preserved the sinlessness of christ. in the early church the primary concern was really on jesus divine origin and on the virginal conception and birth. when you look at the gospel story, especially the christmas story, you can see that there s a concerted effort to make jesus competitive with the other deities. jonathan reed sees parallels in the stories of jesus virgin birth and that of caesar augustus. you have a whole set of stories about caesar augustus, who was proclaimed divine, because his mother, attia, slept with apollo. and so in the gospel stories you have the virgin birth that
pontiff placed a statue of the baby jesus in a replica of a manger in st. peter s basilica. his focus was on the humble beginnings and the vulnerability of the christ child. the ceremony coming as he celebrated his first christmas eve mass as leader of the catholic church. and there is an out-of-this world event many people were talking about christmas morning 48 years ago today. just hours earlier, on christmas eve, the crew of apollo 8 astronauts frank foreman, bill anders and jim lovell took turns reading from the book of gene sis. the view as they circled the moon blending itself beautifully to the words coming from the bible. and god called this dry land earth, and the gathering to the of the waters called it sea and god saw that it was good. and from the crew of apollo 8, to good night, good luck, a