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After months of debate, Boy Scouts' ban on openly gay youth lifted
In an emotionally charged vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting in January, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. After months of debate in local districts, more than 61...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Robin Williams, Clubs and Associations
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Orthodox Easter arrives, with bells, chants and rose petals
A moment as mysterious as the sacred idea it celebrates – the crucified Christ's decent into Hades before his resurrection – arrived Saturday morning at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in a cascade of rose petals and a cacophony of bells,...
Tags: Judges, Easter, Rituals, Christianity, Justice System
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Channeling the spirits in color and line at Ellicott City gallery
Ephrem Kouakou prefers to work while the world sleeps. The artist says that in the dead of night, absent the sound of any human voice or music, he can best hear the "spirits" talking. He says he's been hearing the spirits steer his brush since he...
Tags: Artists, Fine Artists, Smithsonian Institution, Rituals, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Lenten observers take their Ashes to Go
Leta Dunham got her breakfast order to go at a Roland Avenue Starbucks Wednesday morning: a grande triple skim latte in her cup and, on her forehead, an ashen reminder that we are all destined to become dust. Dunham was among Ash Wednesday observers who...
Tags: Roland Park, Starbucks Corp., Rituals, Epiphany, Belvedere Square
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Casting out the old to celebrate new year of 5773
It's an unlikely setting for a religious ritual, behind a busy grocery store parking lot and nearly underneath a rumbling expressway.
But this stretch of the Jones Falls — the stream rather than the highway that takes its name — provided...Tags: Roland Park, Rosh Hashanah, Rituals, Highway Transportation, Whole Foods Market
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St. Peter the Apostle Church to be sold by archdiocese
A renowned city architect designed St. Peter the Apostle Church 170 years ago. Irish laborers dug the foundation by hand, donating their labor to build it. And its early parishioners spared no expense in adorning their house of worship. They installed...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Sculpture, Architecture, Rituals, Architecture
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Group rallies behind Ale Mary's, bar accused of 'blasphemy'
The Baltimore SunDays after Baltimore found out that a Catholic group was decrying a Fells Point church-themed bar as "blasphemous," a counter group has sprung up to defend Ale Mary's. A Facebook group called "500,000 Supporting Free Speech & Ale Mary's" has just over...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Rituals, Christianity, Ritual and Sacred Objects, Facebook
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Catholic group calls Fells Point's Ale Mary's bar 'blasphemous'
The Baltimore SunOn the eve of Easter, a religious group is coming down hard on the Fells Point bar Ale Mary's. Why? Well, its name for starters. And all of the other things the church-themed bar does for kitsch value. They decorate with photos of nuns. They post their...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Media Industry, Rituals, Christianity, Facebook
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A minister's lament: Where have you been the rest of the year?
Christmas is over for another year, and the folks who worked their tails off to create those beautiful services and masses you attended are exhausted. Don't get me wrong, we yearn for a full church and really want you to be there. It would be nice to have...Tags: Yom Kippur, Karen Armstrong, Rituals, Christianity, Judaism
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Whitney Houston funeral - Millions go to church with media on Saturday
The Baltimore SunI went to church on CNN Saturday, and it was one of the most powerful, uplifting and spiritual experiences I've had in years. Yes, watching six hours of cable TV coverage of Whitney Houston's funeral was a spiritual experience, and I am not using that...Tags: CNN (tv network), Fox News Channel (tv network), Rituals, Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston
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Baltimore's Grand Prix comes with risks and rewards
The city invested nearly $7 million in the Grand Prix at a time of cutbacks in neighborhood services. It tied up downtown traffic before, during and after a long holiday weekend, less than two weeks before voters go to the polls for a mayoral election....Tags: Catherine E. Pugh, Anne Arundel County, Rituals, Transportation, The Wire (tv program)
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Preservation of Oella mill town brings honors for developer
Charles Wagandt is waiting patiently. When he stepped up nearly 40 years ago to help rescue a town whose very existence was being threatened, recession certainly wasn't on his mind. But now, the nation's sluggish economy is his primary foe as he waits...Tags: Preservation Maryland, Rituals, Wars and Interventions, Companies and Corporations, Patapsco
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