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WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says the jury verdict
that freed the killer of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin was "questionable."
But he isn't sure it will have staying power in the public
consciousness.Speaking on CBS's Face the Nation, Powell said cases like
Martin's "blaze across the midnight sky" and are forgotten.The first black
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and first black secretary of
state, Powell says America has come a long way toward racial equality
50 years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
Powell recalled being refused service when trying to buy a hamburger before
the Civil Rights Act of 1964.Minorities have many more opportunities today,
but Powell says King would still demand work on education, housing and
economic opportunities.
Aug 20, 2013: City Church of Tallahassee Pastor Dean Inserra stands outside
his church in Tallahassee, Fla.APNASHVILLE, Tenn. Worried they could be
sued by gay couples, some churches are changing their bylaws to reflect
their view that the Bible allows only marriage between one man and
one woman.Although there have been suits against wedding industry businesses
that refuse to serve gay couples, attorneys promoting the bylaw changes
say they don't know of any lawsuits against churches.Critics say the changes
are unnecessary, but some churches fear that it's only a matter of
time before one of them is sued."I thought marriage was always between
one man and one woman, but the Supreme Court in a 5-4
decision said no," said Gregory S. Erwin, an attorney for the Louisiana
Baptist Convention, an association of Southern Baptist churches and one
several groups advising churches to change their bylaws. "I think it's better
to be prepared because the law is changing. America is changing."In a
June decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision of the
federal Defense of Marriage Act that defined marriage as between a man
and a woman for purposes of federal law. A second decision was
more technical but essentially ushered in legal gay marriage in California.Kevin
Snider is an attorney with the Pacific Justice Institute, a nonprofit legal
defense group that specializes in conservative Christian issues. His organization
released a model mar
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