For Many, a New Job Means Lower Wages, Studies Find
Updated: 2010-08-31 17:44:08
After being out of work for more than a year, Donna Ings, 47, finally landed a job in February as a home health aide, earning about $10 an hour, with a company in Lexington, Mass.
Chelsea Nelson, 21, started two weeks ago as a waitress at a truck stop...

by Matthew J. Franck and Gwen Brown, The Witherspoon Institute
Americans appear to accept same-sex marriage more than they really do, perhaps because they believe it to be more widely accepted than it really is.
In the 1993 Seinfeld episode “The Outing,” a female reporter mistakes Jerry Seinfeld and his friend George Costanza for homosexual partners. When [...]
By Fr John Flynn, LC
As the date for Benedict XVI’s mid-September trip to Scotland and England draws closer, the anti-religious hostility is becoming more intense.
Peter Tatchell, a well-known critic of the Catholic Church, penned an opinion article published Aug. 13 in the Independent newspaper. “Most Catholics oppose many of his teachings,” he claimed in regard [...]
By Kilian Melloy, Boston Edge
The New Zealand arm of "ex gay" group Exodus has lost a bid to gain charity status, because the government there says that being gay is okay–and not a disease requiring charitable support, reported GayNZ.com in an Aug. 30 article.
The group says that they offer services that are valuable to gays [...]
The next Bishop of Ely will be the Right Revd Stephen Conway, currently the Bishop of Ramsbury in the Diocese of Salisbury. He succeeds the Rt Revd Anthony Russell who retired earlier this year.
Following the formal announcement and a press conference with the local media, Bishop Stephen spent the day touring the Diocese visiting some [...]
: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Tuesday , August 31, 2010 Today's Propers Tuesday Following The Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity Trinity XIII Aidan of Lindisfarne 08 31 2010 1928 BCP 1945 Lectionary Morning Prayer click for link Evening Prayer click for link The Collect(s for the . Day ALMIGHTY and merciful God , of whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service Grant , we beseech thee , that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life , that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly promises through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord . . Amen Posted by Kevin at 00:05 Labels : BCP Propers Trinitytide 0
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From Ekklesia
The gay human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has received a standing ovation at the Greenbelt Christian festival.
Speaking about “the struggle for queer freedom in Africa”, he attacked church leaders who condone homophobic abuse, but praised the “brave, heroic Christians who refuse to go [...]
by Phelim McIntyre
Looking at comments on the last blog about genes it is interesting to notice that someone states that the "jury is still out" on homosexuality being inborn. Yet where there is more evidence in other areas the scientific jury speaks of "mostly genetic" in the case of clinical depression. But even there we [...]
By Alan Wilson, Guardian
Christian life begins with baptism. The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) baptism liturgy used to fill Sunday afternoons up and down the land, and it's still worth trying to understand what Cranmer thought he was doing and the view of humanity that underlies his book.
Cranmer required that baptism be administered freely, or [...]
By John Smeaton, SPUC
In an interview on Zenit, Edmund Adamus, the pastoral affairs director of the Catholic archdiocese of Westminster, provides a compelling analysis of England in the context of Pope Benedict's visit next month. He says:
" … whether we like it or not as British citizens and residents of this country … the fact [...]
By David Virtue, VOL
Bishops urge new Conciliar Process. Covenant has failed, they say
We write to you with gratitude and humility as we rejoice in our time together in Entebbe, Uganda at the All African Bishops’ Conference.
Blessed is the Church in Africa to have such gifted leadership in our host, the Anglican Province of [...]
By David Virtue, VOL
Bishops urge new Conciliar Process. Covenant has failed, they say
We write to you with gratitude and humility as we rejoice in our time together in Entebbe, Uganda at the All African Bishops' Conference.
Blessed is the Church in Africa to have such gifted leadership in our host, the Anglican Province of Uganda [...]
By Peter Stanford, Guardian
[.....] To stand up publicly and be counted as a Catholic in Britain right now can be to invite a tirade, as I found when I accepted an invitation from the Oxford literary festival to defend the role of faith schools against an author who had published a book questioning them.
Five minutes [...]
By Bill Muehlenberg
The push for same-sex parenting rights is constantly on the boil. Right now the NSW government is looking at a homosexual adoption bill. As usual, the well-being of children is not the focus, but the selfish wants of adults. Children are just guinea pigs in this radical social experiment.
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By George Weigel, First Things
Pope Benedict XVI’s pastoral visit to Great Britain next month will unfold along a pilgrim’s path metaphorically strewn with landmines. Headline-grabbing new atheists like Richard Dawkins, along with their allies in the international plaintiff’s bar, may try to have the pontiff arrested as an enabler of child [...]