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UK STREET PREACHER ARRESTED FOR SAYING HOMOSEXUALITY A SIN

BY AI WEBB
©2010 Religion News Service

Christian street preacher in Britain will stand trial for telling a passerby--in earshot of a policewoman--that God views homosexuality as a sin.

Police arrested Dale McAlpine, a 42-year-old Baptist, under Britain's Public Order Act 1986, which forbids "using threatening,
abusive or insulting words ... tending to and causing harassment, alarm or distress."

McAlpine told The Daily Telegraph newspaper that he was arrested after a part-time police officer said she heard him reciting a list of "sins" against God, including blasphemy, drunkenness and same-sex relationships.

The preacher denied mentioning homosexuality, but he did concede he had told a passing shopper that it was a sin in the eyes of God.

At a magistrates court hearing in Workington, England, on April 30, McAlpine pleaded not guilty to the public order offense charge but was arraigned for trial at an unspecified date.

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Parents ‘helping children’ to be corrupt

"One of the students admitted that he discussed with his parents how they would bribe to secure his admission to the armed forces. Another said he was arrested by police and a parent gave him money to buy his freedom".

These were some of the shocking revelations by a new survey that showed how parents are setting a bad precedence to their children by assisting them engage in corruption.

The report by the National Anti-Corruption Campaign Steering Committee has indicted parents, especially mothers, for perpetuating corruption at home.

"The most admired parent is the mother, because they do not prohibit their children from bringing prohibited stuff home. The mothers also help their children sneak illegal stuff to school," said Micah Nguli of NACCSC programme office, research and advocacy.

The report painted a grim picture of how parents show their children how to be corrupt practically.

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White House Appointment

Maryland Adventist Gets Key
White House Appointment

BY TAASHI ROWE, Columbia Union Visitor

The United States Senate recently confirmed presidential appointee Orlan Johnson—a member of Allegheny East Conference’s Capitol Hill Seventh-day Adventist church in Washington, D.C., to a key governmental post. Johnson will chair the Board of Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC).

Orlan Johnson
The quasi-governmental agency was created in 1970 to provide oversight of failed brokerage firms. When a brokerage firm is closed due to bankruptcy or other financial difficulties and customer assets are missing, SIPC steps in as quickly as possible and, within certain limits, works to return customer cash, stock, and other securities.

“As chair I will help to set policies and procedures as to how the organization would work,” Johnson explains. “And it is my privilege to chair the SIPC at this critical time when so many investors have been the victims of immense fraud and need an advocate.”

A graduate of Blue Mountain Academy, in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, and Andrews University, in Berrien Springs, Michigan, Johnson served on then-presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s national finance committee. He is a partner at the Saul Ewing LLP law firm and teaches securities law at his alma mater, Howard University Law School in Washington, D.C.

“I’m truly thankful the Lord has blessed me with the opportunity to serve our country, and I just ask for His guidance as I move forward,” Johnson says.

Let Kadhi’s Courts be, say Adventists

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By James Ratemo and Patrick Beja

The Seventh-day Adventist Church has broken ranks with a section of Christians rejecting inclusion of Kadhi’s courts.

The SDA also supported the clause on abortion, unlike other Christians who insist abortion should only be allowed if the mother is in outright danger.

"Of course we are not disputing that life begins at conception and we do not encourage abortion. What we are saying is that a window should be left for abortion if the life of mother is in danger," said SDA East African Union President Paul Muasya.

Mr Muasya also said Kadhi’s courts have been in the Constitution and have never negatively affected Christians. He urged churches against the Kadhi’s courts to rethink their position to avoid unnecessary tension between Christians and Muslims.

"People have politicised the issue of Kadhi’s court and creating far-fetched fears that the courts could lead Kenya into a Sharia state," said Pastor Samwel Lumwe, SDA director for Adventist Muslim Relations.

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"Although we do not subscribe to the Kadhi’s courts, we do not object to their existence. We support co-existence of religions," said Lumwe.

The two SDA clerics were addressing journalists in Nairobi ahead of the arrival today of a multi-lingual Bible, touted to be the largest in the world.

Elsewhere, Church leaders in Coast Province threatened to reject the Proposed Constitution unless the clause on abortion is deleted.

Under the Coast branch of the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK), the clerics cautioned Parliament against supporting the clause.

"The Committee of Experts has deceptively reintroduced abortion and we insist the Constitution must protect all human life, which begins at conception and ends at natural death," said NCCK Coast Chairman the Reverend James Ziro.

The leaders were addressing a press conference at a Mombasa hotel after a consultative meeting.

Rev Ziro said: "Abortion is tantamount to killing and the Church cannot let it be legislated."