Tag: Giving

‘The City Is Giving Up on Us’

This is how they want to “stop” crime? Thefts targeting traffic lights have been on the rise in the Northern California city, primarily due to thieves coveting the copper contained within them. Oakland’s answer to the problem at one intersection? No more traffic lights. KPIX-TV, CBS News Bay Area, reported Saturday that Oakland recently removed […]

United Methodist delegates approve plan giving U.S. churches more autonomy on LGBTQ issues

United Methodist Church delegates approved a restructuring plan that would allow church regions — including the U.S. — greater autonomy in deciding matters such as approving same-sex marriages and ordaining active LGBTQ clergy. Delegates to the church’s General Conference meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, approved the measure 586-164, sending it to local conferences, the equivalent […]