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Contraception mandate outrages religious groups - The Seattle Times
MiamiHerald.com

Contraception mandate outrages religious groups
The Seattle Times
Religious groups that oppose the new contraception mandate say it forces people of faith to choose between upholding church doctrine and serving the broader society. By RACHEL ZOLL The Associated Press This dispute will have to resolved at the US ...
Freedom of religion ignored in federal health plan mandatesThe Turlock Journal
Romney Accuses Obama of Stifling Religious LibertyReligion Dispatches
Contraception Provision Sets Off FirestormNPR

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Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPD - Wall Street Journal
USA TODAY

Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPD
Wall Street Journal
"Just the fact of knowing there is someone out there trying to listen to my conversations that can turn me into some kind of criminal, which I'm not, and exploiting my religion, it hurts," said Sondos Alsilwi, an 18-year-old history major at City ...
NYPD targeted ShiitesAlbany Times Union

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Does religion have political power? - NewsOK.com
Does religion have political power?
NewsOK.com
29), John Loghry was quoted as saying, ?When religion gets political power, we suddenly face discrimination, we lose opportunities to thrive unless we are willing to pretend that we agree with the official religion; we find our children's thinking ...

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Religion briefs for Feb. 4 - Canton Repository
Toledo Blade

Religion briefs for Feb. 4
Canton Repository
By Anonymous CANTON The Aultman Heart Center is partnering with King Apostolic Church and the Stark County NAACP to present ?What is the Face of Heart Disease?? from 11 am to 1 pm today at the church at 1004 Fourth St. NE Adene Keller, ...
Religion - Cumberland County Area Services and EventsThe Bridgeton News - NJ.com
Religion Calendar for the Erie areaGoErie.com
RELIGION CALENDARSouthCoastToday.com
Post-Tribune
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Va. House approves bill allowing private adoption agencies to discriminate .....
Washington Times

Va. House approves bill allowing private adoption agencies to discriminate ...
Washington Post
Legislation that would allow private adoption agencies to deny placements that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs, including opposition to homosexuality, sailed through the Virginia House of Delegates without debate Friday.
Va. House approves anti-gay adoption ruleBoston.com
Virginia panel backs clause letting agencies deny adoption by gaysDeseret News

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Religious groups embrace science - Elmira Star-Gazette
Religious groups embrace science
Elmira Star-Gazette
Local Christian, Jewish and Muslim congregations will join others across the country and abroad to celebrate Evolution Weekend next week, an observance intended to show that religion and science are compatible. Locally, it will begin at 7 pm Tuesday ...

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Is Obama pandering on religion? - Palm Beach Post (blog)
Palm Beach Post (blog)

Is Obama pandering on religion?
Palm Beach Post (blog)
by Opinion Staff Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, President Obama said his governmental policies were, in many cases, the result of his religious faith. President Obama, with First Lady Michelle Obama, acknowledges applause after ...
Blending politics and religion, Obama says his policies are an extension of ...Washington Post
Obama: Policies are extension of my faithCBS News
Obama says his policies are extension of his faithBoston.com
Reuters
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Local religion digest 2/4/12: Local churches to take part in Souper Bowl - Re...
Local religion digest 2/4/12: Local churches to take part in Souper Bowl
Reading Eagle
St. John's Lutheran Church, 1035 Old River Road, Gibraltar, will hold a soup sale to benefit the Greater Berks Food Bank as part of Souper Bowl Sunday at 11:30 am Sunday. Youths also will accept donations following the service.

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RELIGION ALMANAC - Bradenton Herald
RELIGION ALMANAC
Bradenton Herald
Religion Almanac, a roundup of local religious events open to the public, is published weekly in Faith & Values. Deadline for news releases is noon Monday for the Saturday edition. Send them to Faith & Values, Bradenton Herald, PO Box 921, Bradenton, ...

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Obama's prayer breakfast and the still small voice of the Religious Left - Wa...
Obama's prayer breakfast and the still small voice of the Religious Left
Washington Post (blog)
In substance, however, his speech quietly drove home many of te core-beliefs of the ever-mobilizing, ever-regrouping, ever-coming-in-second-place American Religious Left. Listening carefully to Obama's sedate address, one could detect a rather ...
Religious ValuesSanta Barbara Independent

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