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August 06, 2012 - The Washington Post
WaPo: Opinion: Romney should not be afraid to highlight his faith
Concerning Mormons and Republicans, history offers a large helping of irony.
August 06, 2012 - The Detroit News
Detroit News: Michigan nuns ready for showdown with the Vatican
Nuns from Michigan and throughout the nation are assembling in St. Louis this week to prepare their response to a Vatican crackdown that criticized their loyalty and accused them of "radical feminism."
August 06, 2012 - USA Today
USA Today: Authorities search for motive in Sikh killings
Authorities were trying to determine a motive Monday for a bloody attack on a Sikh temple outside Milwaukee by an ex-Army soldier who killed six people and critically injured three others.
August 05, 2012 - The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Sun: Asians in North America: 42 percent Christian, 26 percent no religion
Metro Vancouver has been called “the most Asian city outside Asia.”
August 03, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Does Chick-fil-A controversy risk turning off young employees?
As the Chick-fil-A brouhaha rages on—the controversy over president Dan Cathy’s comments about gay marriage have prompted everything from record sales and Friday’s protest “kiss-ins”—some news outlets are starting to ask the question of what it’s like to work at the chain amid the uproar.
July 27, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Obama’s Muslim problem = Romney’s Mormon problem
According to a new poll from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, more people are concerned about Obama’s religion (19 percent) than about Romney’s (13 percent).
July 26, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Religion has little impact in U.S. race: poll
Sixty percent of voters are aware that Romney is a Mormon, and 81 percent say it does not matter to them, according to the poll by the Pew Research Center.
July 26, 2012 - USA Today
USA Today: Poll: Less than half say Obama is a Christian
Forty-nine percent of voters identify President Obama as a Christian, a new poll says, and the others say that they don't know or that he is a Muslim.
July 26, 2012 - Deseret News
Deseret News: Mitt Romney's Mormon religion will have little impact in election
Mitt Romney's Mormon faith, considered to be a potential liability in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, will likely have little consequence when voters go to the polls in November, according to a new survey.
July 26, 2012 - New York Daily News
Daily News: Poll finds Americans still confused about Barack Obama’s religion
Nearly four years after he was sent to the White House, less than half of American voters know President Obama is Christian, a new poll has found.
July 26, 2012 - AFP
AFP: US poll shows persistence of Obama Muslim lie
More than one in three conservative Republican voters still thinks US President Barack Obama is a Muslim, nearly four years after he won power, said a Pew Research Center survey.
July 26, 2012 - Christianity Today
Christianity Today: Poll of Americans: Better a Mormon than a Muslim in White House
Most Americans are comfortable with Mitt Romney's Mormon faith, but they appear more comfortable with President Obama's religion—that is, unless they believe he's a Muslim.
July 25, 2012 - Deseret News
Deseret News: White evangelical Christians tend to be more Republican than Asian Christians, Pew study finds
Asian-American evangelicals are mostly Republican and more likely to be Republican than other Asian-Americans, but less likely than white evangelicals to be Republican, according to a new report by Pew Research Center.
July 20, 2012 - NPR
NPR: The mosaic of Asian-American worship
Asian-Americans are a rapidly growing population in the United States, and a new report finds the majority are not Christian.
July 19, 2012 - USA Today
USA Today: Survey of Asian Americans shows wide diversity of faiths
The first comprehensive look at the religious lives of the nation's 18.2 million Asian Americans finds most are devoted to their faith traditions — but many are disconnected from any affiliation.
July 19, 2012 - National Journal
National Journal: Report wades through complexity of religion among Asians
In June, the Pew Research Center released a 225-page report on Asian-Americans. What it found was a complex portrait that, many advocates would argue, still barely scratched the surface of what it really means to be an Asian in the U.S.
July 17, 2012 - The National Journal
National Journal: Muslim Americans Using Comedy to Break Down Stereotypes
Comedian Dean Obeidallah, a New Jersey native whose father is Palestinian and mother Sicilian, told a small recent gathering in Washington that humor is a way to openly talk about important subjects on politics, religion, and current affairs. Obeidallah, an attorney-turned-comedian, performed in Comedy Central’s Axis of Evil special. He is the co-producer of an upcoming documentary, The Muslims are Coming!
July 11, 2012 - The Christian Post
Christian Post: Study: Atheists have lowest 'retention rate' compared to religious groups
Those who grow up in an atheist household are least likely to maintain their beliefs about religion as adults, according to a study by Georgetown University's Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA).
July 09, 2012 - The Tennessean
Tennessean: Faith drives new political movement
In the beginning was the Moral Majority.
July 07, 2012 - Journal Sentinel
Journal Sentinel: Politics flow from pulpit in good faith
At St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hales Corners, Father Chuck Schramm has been known to talk politics in the pulpit, lifting up church teaching on such issues as immigration and the care of the poor and disadvantaged.
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