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Franciscan University in Ohio drops student health insurance over contraception coverage
How unthinkable it was, not so long ago, that a presidential election would pit a candidate fathered by an African against another condemned as un-Christian.
Court: Detroit-area pastor can't testify about teen's confession in sexual assault case
Court upholds guilty verdict against popular Egyptian comedian for defaming Islam
Missouri House endorses more abortion restrictions
On just about any Sunday, as many as 10,000 people may fill the pews of The Potter's House, Bishop T.D. Jakes' Dallas-area megachurch. Believers say he has an uncanny way of connecting with his audience anyway.
NYPD strengthens security at Jewish sites ahead of Passover holiday
The Wyoming tribe that received the nation's first federal permit allowing members to kill bald eagles for religious purposes renewed a legal challenge against the government Friday, calling the permit a "sham" because of restrictions against killing the birds on the tribe's reservation.
Native American inmates challenge South Dakota prison tobacco ban in federal lawsuit
A federal government decision to allow a Wyoming tribe to kill two bald eagles for a religious ceremony is a victory for American Indian sovereignty as well as for long-suppressed religious freedoms, the tribe says.
Federal court records show the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to give an American Indian tribe in Wyoming a permit to kill two bald eagles this year for religious purposes.
Omaha City Council passes extended anti-bias protections to gay, transgender people
Pope Benedict XVI urged infertile couples to shun artificial procreation
Dozens of colleges have scrutinized how on-campus Christian groups operate after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowed a law school to deny funding to a Christian group that would not admit gays.
Backers of Kan. religious freedom bill cite Obama policy; gay rights advocates see attack
When it comes to religion, British politicians tend to heed the famous advice of Tony Blair's spin doctor, Alastair Campbell — "We don't do God." In contrast to the United States, the deity is rarely invoked on the campaign trail or in political speeches.
Less than a week since being fitted with a prosthetic left eye, 23-year-old model and writer Lauren Scruggs is slowly trying to return to normal life. Her first step was writing on her fashion blog, , over the weekend with a post titled "Inspired by Sunday.”
Drug gang banners appear in central Mexico city Pope will visit
Pat Robertson: Destroy Buddha Statue, Episcopal Church Is 'Apostate' (VIDEO)Pat Robertson appeared yet again on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club," and yet again his remarks were unabashedly forthcoming. When a viewer asked if it was OK that her Christian friend had a Buddha statue, Robertson advised her to "break it." The Buddha wasn't h …
Jesus Christ on a popsicle stickSebastian Errazuriz has used art to take on an array of issues: New York's death rate, the Occupy movement, military suicide, children with disabilities, the brutal reign of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. Now, the Brooklyn-based artist is taking aim at what he sees as …
What the Bible Says Versus What Republicans Wish it SaidI wrote yesterday about religion-based bigotry versus the world of facts and I’m going to touch on that subject again today. It is important that we question the GOP closely on this issue since it’s one so important to them that they insist we all abide by i …
We Win! Federal Court Says Town Board's Prayers Endorsed ChristianityAmericans United for Separation of Church and State just scored a big victory. The town of Greece, New York has been opening board meetings with prayers since 1999 thanks to Town Supervisor John Auberger. Sure, they’ve allowed different members of the clergy to deliver th …
Have Christians Gotten Heaven All Wrong?"Our picture, which we get from Dante and Michelangelo, particularly of a heaven and a hell, and perhaps of a purgatory as well, simply isn't consonant with what we find in the New Testament," Wright said. "A lot of these images of hellfire and damnation are actually pagan imag …
Briton arrested with roasted human foetuses for use in black magic ritual Six human foetuses which had been roasted and covered in gold leaf as part of a black magic ritual have been seized from a British citizen in Bangkok, Thai police said Friday.
Some sex abusers 'should work in church' Some sex abusers should continue to work for the Catholic church, a bishop said on Thursday, while a cardinal argued for some homosexual relationships to be treated like heterosexual ones.
Does Death Exist?Death does not exist in a timeless, spaceless world. In the end, even Einstein admitted, “Now Besso” (an old friend) “has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us…know that the distinction between past, p …
Former Teacher of the Year tells classroom she can speak to God and is going to marry to Jesus | Mail OnlineA teacher told her students that she is Mary Magdalene and that she is planning her wedding too Jesus Christ as she is pregnant with her child. 'Engaged to God: Imelda Paredes, a ninth-grade teacher in San Benito, Texas, told her students that she was pregnant and Jesus Christ' …
When you boil away all of the scripture and God talk, the same-sex marriage debate (along with many others) is really about subjective vs. objective morality. In many cases, objective morality is viewed as being good, while subjective morality is seen as being flaky and arbitrary …
Breitbart Publishes Old Obama Description as 'Born in Kenya'| Breitbart | TheBlaze.comBarack Obama, the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii.
Audio: Bishop Harry Jackson Warns Gays are Taking America Back to "Times of Hitler" During an appearance on the American Family Association’s radio program 'Nothing But Truth,' Bishop Harry Jackson claimed that gay activists have taking America back to the days of Nazi Germany
How the Christian Right's Homophobia Scares Away Religious Young PeopleChristian Right activists who give money, pressure politicians and organize against gay rights may think they’re accomplishing a couple of goals, like rolling back gay rights and asserting their religion’s primacy in American culture. Unfortunately for them (but for …
Pastor Marvin Winans beat up, carjacked on Detroit's west side | The Detroit News | detroitnews.comWinans said he was buying gas at a CITGO station on Linwood near Davison when he was approached and assaulted. He said he noticed 10 young men in the gas station, and several of them followed him out. "There were at least four of them who followed me out," said Winans, 54, als …
Is Obama's Support of Gay Marriage an 'Imposition' of His Religion?Same-sex marriage opponent Matthew J. Franck in Washington Post‘s On Faith section talks about Obama using his faith to justify his support of marriage equality, and almost — almost! — has a point:
Let me preface this by saying that giving to the church or doing good works because you are saved by Him is not what is being discussed here. So all the people on both sides, who want to attack those who honor God's word by giving to those who spread His word, and those who …
How the Christian Right's Homophobia Scares Away Religious Young People Christian Right activists who give money, pressure politicians and organize against gay rights may think they’re accomplishing a couple of goals, like rolling back gay rights and asserting their religion’s primacy in American culture. Unfortunately for them (but for …
IDF set to remove word 'God' from text recited at army memorials - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel NewsWhen will America follow Israel's lead? No more "so help me God" or "in God we trust"...... Next task for Obama
The same-sex marriage debate has been all the rage in America. You have people who support it, Christians (and other faith groups) who don’t and Christians who do. You’d think with a book to detail exactly how Christians should think and act, there wouldn’t be s …
Some "Evil" Bible verses for Mother's Day Or how about the inspiring words of Jesus? I am come to set ... the daughter against her mother. ... He that loveth ... mother more than me is not worthy of me. Matthew 10:35-37Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said, Yea rather, bl …
Ovadia Yosef speaks against Sabbath desecration to save non-Jewish livesYosef, who is 91, said in the lesson, which was recorded by his adherents, that because the Torah teaches that its laws are for us to “live by them, not to die by them,” the saving of a life takes precedence over all of the laws in the Torah, but only when the life …
Vicar refused homosexual burial A Northern Jutland daughter was stunned but had to accept a decision by a Lutheran vicar in North Jutland, who refused to bury her 74-year-old mother because she had lived in a lesbian relationship. “I thought – can this really be possible that we have to be ashame …
Exclusive: Order knew for months about priest scandal: Vatican officialLeaders of the scandal-plagued Legionaries of Christ religious order knew that their most famous priest had fathered a child for many months before they acknowledged it this week, a top Vatican official told Reuters on Wednesday. The once influential religious order, still in …
Research Report: How Secular Humanists (and Everyone Else) Subsidize Religion in the United States - SecularHumanism.org - RichardDawkins.netThe home in the photo (right) is the $1.75 million mansion of the Reverend Randy White, the former head pastor of Without Walls International Church in Tampa, Florida. While some people may be bothered by the fact that there are pastors who live in multimillion dollar homes, th …
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