contributors - Mashaun D. Simon
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Is same-sex marriage a political or religious issue?
9:18 AM on 05/10/2012
theGRIO REPORT - It is a question that many are contemplating as North Carolinians digest a new reality where same-sex marriages are now forbidden constitutionally...
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US preachers export anti-gay ideology to Africa
8:40 AM on 03/16/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Scott Lively is not the only American based evangelical preacher spreading this message overseas...
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Black ministers who support gay marriage are in vocal minority
11:40 AM on 02/17/2012
theGRIO REPORT - As legislators in New Jersey and Maryland consider whether or not to allow gay and lesbian to legally marry, a few African-American preachers and pastors are expressing views on the issue that break with the status quo of the black church...
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Why do we care if Jesus was black?
8:27 AM on 12/25/2011
theGRIO REPORT - It is the age old question that has generated years and years of debate. But according to most scholars, the answer is not a difficult one...
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Do black Jews celebrate Chanukah differently?
8:07 AM on 12/21/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Do black Jews celebrate Hanukkah differently than other Jews? Some suggest there are some cultural differences, but overall everything is the same...
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Black Catholics face cold shoulder in church
1:25 PM on 11/21/2011
theGRIO REPORT - If you have ever thought that African-American Catholics do not exist, are disgruntled or disingenuous, you have had things totally wrong...
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Do black churches push prosperity at expense of social justice?
9:05 AM on 10/28/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Prosperity gospel is not a new concept, contrary to popular belief. The prosperity gospel movement dates as far back to at least the 1940s and 50s...
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The black church is losing faith in big banks
11:49 AM on 10/21/2011
theGRIO REPORT - As the fight against big banks and Wall Street carries on, Aaron Williams said he believes black churches are not doing enough...
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How Jeremiah Wright became America's religious boogeyman
9:25 AM on 10/14/2011
theGRIO REPORT - After Robert Jeffress, senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Dallas, commented, 'I am not a Jeremiah Wright on the fringes' when questioned about his comment that Mormonism is a cult...
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Andrae Crouch's musical 'Journey' is far from over
6:00 AM on 10/02/2011
theGRIO REPORT - For Crouch, it has simply been him expressing just how good God has been to him and his thankfulness for God's love...
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Unholy crisis: Black churches facing foreclosure
9:14 AM on 09/09/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Gone are the days when a faith-based institution or church could simply walk into a bank and make a loan request or an adjustment on an existing loan...
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Why the black church must get real on HIV/AIDS
8:06 AM on 08/16/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Before HIV and AIDS can be dealt with, something first has to be done about what one religious leader and advocate calls 'CIV.'....
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Are men missing from the black church?
8:36 AM on 07/27/2011
theGRIO REPORT - At least one man thinks so. So much so that he is working to build as much support as possible to 'bring black men back to the church.'...
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Gay black authors try to turn the page on intolerance
8:32 AM on 07/21/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Whenever gay literature is mentioned, the likes of E. Lynn Harris, James Earl Hardy and others come to mind...
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Where do women fit in the black church?
9:42 AM on 07/07/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Women leaders in the church still face some setbacks; even in denominations where ordination is obtainable...
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How one black church uses faith to fight unemployment
8:17 AM on 06/15/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Across the country, hundreds of churches are hosting and organizing their own employment ministries...
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Is gospel music singing a new tune?
9:15 AM on 06/03/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Gospel music used to be the standard in the music industry. When an artist made their music as good as gospel they were considered to have arrived musically.
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How the black church copes with scandal
8:25 AM on 05/27/2011
theGRIO REPORT - When a scandal hits a church, it is normal for members to take it personally...
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Black churches begin to put faith in health education
9:08 AM on 02/17/2011
theGRIO REPORT - The newly recreated Conference of National Black Churches (CNBC) has made health one of their four key areas of focus...
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Does Kwanzaa clash with the black church?
8:00 AM on 12/26/2010
theGRIO REPORT - Known by some to be an alternative to Christmas, many Christians have become largely critical of the seven day celebration which begins the day after...
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