Judge deals blow to defense as Methodist trial of lesbian minister ...
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The presiding judge in the church trial of a Methodist minister who declared she is a lesbian in a committed relationship ruled Wednesday that the cleric&#39;s defense could not call witnesses who would challenge the denomination&#39;s ban on sexually active gay
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A Methodist minister who was defrocked for declaring that she is a lesbian living with her partner is taking her case to a church appeals court.
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A federal judge said that tribunals like the one the suspect is facing are contrary to principles of American justice.
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In the second ecclesiastical trial of a gay Methodist minister in less than a year, a jury of 13 clergy members in eastern Pennsylvania convicted a fellow pastor of violating church law by
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The judge in the Michael Jackson molestation case on Friday rejected a prosecution request to close the courtroom when the teenage accuser takes the stand at the pop star's trial.
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A federal judge has disqualified a defense lawyer for a former KPMG partner in the governmentâs high-profile tax shelter case, a surprise twist on the eve of the trial.
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The lawyers defending I. Lewis Libby Jr. suffered a series of defeats in legal rulings by the presiding judge.
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A judge has thrown out several claims of sex abuse involving a Roman Catholic priest in Northern California, striking a potential blow to hundreds of men and women who allege they were molested while diocese officials looked the other way.
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PUGHTOWN -- A media frenzy converged on the small town of Pughtown Wednesday and Thursday for the high-profile church trial of Beth Stroud, a United Methodist Church pastor who told her congregation she is a lesbian.
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Showdown over judge who ruled for a white woman's use of a racial insult to a black colleague.
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A county judge struck down Iowa's decade-old gay marriage ban as unconstitutional Thursday and ordered local officials to process marriage licenses for six gay couples.
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A judge has dealt a blow to Robert Blake's defense, barring his lawyers from presenting the theory that others, including a key prosecution witness, conspired to murder the actor's wife.
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A military judge hearing accusations of sexual assault on a female Naval Academy midshipman barred evidence that she was given a date-rape drug around the time of the alleged attack.
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A Presbyterian minister was found guilty of violating church law for officiating the weddings of two lesbian couples, the minister's defense team said Friday.
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While the city of Spokane is racing to get out of federal court, the local Catholic Church is plunging head-long in, and now the fate of the Spokane Diocese rests in the hands of a federal judge.
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A court's refusal to legalize Lina Joy's conversion to Christianity from Islam highlights a growing clash between religious and secular forces
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The judge presiding over a Vioxx personal injury trial in Atlantic City rejected a motion to give one of the two plaintiffs a second chance at winning damages.