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ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH: Thanksgiving prayer service, 7 p.m. Wednesday, 5715 Koon Road. (803) 786-0119; www.abccolumbia.org
The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist."
More than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman Catholics, issued a joint declaration Friday reaffirming their opposition to abortion and gay marriage and pledging to protect religious freedoms.