christian religion, community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual, and group retirement products and that s why we re retirement company. the estate of william j. carter. the jane henson foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome, i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. the season of denominational conventions continued this week. issues around homosexuality were controversial at the presbyterian church usa s biennial general assembly in pittsburgh. church delegates debated a proposal to rewrite the church s definition of marriage. proponents advocated changing it from a union between one man and one woman to a union between two people. in a controversial decision, the pcusa narrowly rejected a proposal to sell its stock in companies it says aids the israeli occupation of the west bank. several jewish groups opposed the measure, saying it would have demonized israel
and ethics news weekly is a private family foundation dedicated to its founders and christian religion, community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual, and group retirement products and that s why we re retirement company. the estate of william j. carter. the jane henson foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome, i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. the season of denominational conventions continued this week. issues around homosexuality were controversial at the presbyterian church usa s biennial general assembly in pittsburgh. church delegates debated a proposal to rewrite the church s definition of marriage. proponents advocated changing it from a union between one man and one woman to a union between two people. in a controversial decision, the pcusa narrowly rejected a proposal to sell its stock in companies it says aids the israeli occupation of the west b
welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. several major decisions from the supreme court this week. five of the nine justices voted to uphold president obama s healthcare law, saying the law s individual mandate is legal. religious groups were divided over the legislation. some had called healthcare reform a mol imperative while others worried the law would allow federally funded abortions. faith communities had also lobbied hard around arizona s immigration law. on monday, the court struck down three parts of that legislation. but, it left in place the requirement that local police check the immigration status of people they believe could be in the country illegally. in another case, the justices ruled against mandatory sentences of life without parole for juveniles convicted of murder. they said courts should have discretion about imposing that punishment. for more on the religious reaction to these decisions, patricia zapor of catholic news service is
corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. several major decisions from the supreme court this week. five of the nine justices voted to uphold president obama s healthcare law, saying the law s individual mandate is legal. religious groups were divided over the legislation. some had called healthcare reform a mol imperative while others worried the law would allow federally funded abortions. faith communities had also lobbied hard around arizona s immigration law. on monday, the court struck down three parts of that legislation. but, it left in place the requirement that local police check the immigration status of people they believe could be in the country illegally. in another case, the justices ruled against mandatory sentences of life without parole for juveniles convicted of murder. they said courts should have discretion about imposing that punishment. for more on the religious reaction to these decisions, patric
company. the estate of william j. carter. the jane henson foundation and corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. several major decisions from the supreme court this week. five of the nine justices voted to uphold president obama s healthcare law, saying the law s individual mandate is legal. religious groups were divided over the legislation. some had called healthcare reform a mol imperative while others worried the law would allow federally funded abortions. faith communities had also lobbied hard around arizona s immigration law. on monday, the court struck down three parts of that legislation. but, it left in place the requirement that local police check the immigration status of people they believe could be in the country illegally. in another case, the justices ruled against mandatory sentences of life without parole for juveniles convicted of murder. they said courts should have discretion about imposing that