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Web site, spawned by athiest from Naperville, lets faithful rate where they flock
A graduate student at DePaul University, atheist activist Hemant Mehta avoided being a church hater by becoming a church rater.
Source: Chicago Tribune

Illinois State Police revoke Muslim chaplain appointee
The Illinois State Police has revoked the appointment of a prominent Chicago-area cleric to be its first Muslim chaplain after questions about his connection to a charity with ties to the militant Palestinian group Hamas.
Source: Chicago Tribune

U. of I.'s teaching partnership with Catholic Church draws scrutiny
Panel to review arrangement that lets Catholic center select, fund U. of I. adjunct The flap over a University of Illinois adjunct instructor dismissed after making controversial remarks about homosexuality arises from an unusual partnership between the state university and the Roman Catholic Church.
Source: Chicago Tribune

Playboy finds porn and religion don't mix -- Playboy mixes porn, piety in Portugal
It takes more than a half-naked woman to make Playboy's publishers blush. Just add Jesus Christ.
Source: Chicago Tribune

U of I to review removal of religion professor
Teacher barred after discussion of Catholic position on homosexualityFaculty at the University of Illinois will review the case of a religion professor removed from the classroom after a student labeled his explanation of the Roman Catholic teaching on homosexuality as "hate speech."
Source: Chicago Tribune

Chicago seminary hopes to join other faiths in training clergy
So far, Unitarian theological school in Hyde Park has one partner, a United Church of Christ seminary in the Boston areaA Chicago seminary plans to pioneer a new way to train clergy in the context of many faiths other than their own.
Source: Chicago Tribune

Oak Brook hotel backs out on Muslim group's conference
Controversial organization was to meet SundayThe controversial American arm of an international Islamic group has been bounced from the Marriott in Oak Brook, where organizers were set to host the group's second annual conference this Sunday.
Source: Chicago Tribune

More black churches take on AIDS battle
As infections rise among blacks, compassion replaces condemnationOn a recent Sunday morning, the Rev. Stephen Thurston stood on the pulpit before a packed New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago while a health care worker swabbed his upper and lower gums. After his sermon, she announced the results: Thurston had tested negative for HIV.
Source: Chicago Tribune

Churches are paying closer attention to connection between humans and animals
Factory farming, green living among topics sparking discussion Animal advocates gain ground in religious circlesIn Genesis, the Lord created animals, said they were good and then gave man permission to eat them.
Source: Chicago Tribune

Churches putting hearing-impaired in the loop
More than a dozen area houses of worship install magnetic system so all can listen to Scripture, sermon, serviceFor about four years, the Rev. Christine Chakoian recalls hearing nothing but gibberish when members of her north suburban Presbyterian church rose to ask the congregation to pray for them on Sunday.
Source: Chicago Tribune