The policy says the moderate group will no longer provide direct financial support to organizations that promote homosexual behavior, such as schools that include sexual orientation in their open-admissions policies. It stops short, however, of denying membership to churches that welcome gays. Baptist Homes for Children, an agency of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, defends itself against a lawsuit by a former worker who was fired because she is a lesbian. He cites differences with conservative views espoused by the denomination. The U.S. Supreme Court rules that public prayers at high-school football games in Texas violate the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state.
Religious violence escalates in Indonesia.
The Supreme Court rules that the Boy Scouts of America are not required to accept homosexuals as scout leaders.