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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 - 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 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.
July 03, 2012 - The Christian Post
Christian Post: World report: Brazil evangelical population, US heat wave, health care, Canada border
According to research released by "Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life" at the end of 2011, Brazil has now become the second most Christian-populated country in the  world.
July 01, 2012 - The Christian Post
Christian Post: Evangelical population explodes in Brazil as Catholic Church shows signs of decline
The evangelical population of Brazil increased by 16 million people over the 10 year period from 2000 to 2010, to 42.3 million, according to census results from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) published Friday.
June 25, 2012 - Religion News Service
RNS: Poll: Mormons excited about Romney’s rise, but wary of media
Most Mormons in Utah believe that Mitt Romney’s rise to become the likely GOP presidential nominee is a good thing for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
June 24, 2012 - Deseret News
Deseret News: 50 years later: High court's school prayer ruling still fuels religious liberty debate
When Steven Engel and several other parents decided to sue the state of New York in 1958 over a state-composed prayer being recited in public schools, a culture war was ignited that still smolders today.
June 19, 2012 - CNN
CNN: 'Recovering Catholics' reveal spiritual journeys
Kristen Kelly was raised Roman Catholic, attended Catholic elementary school and considered herself a good Catholic, but when she was 21-years-old that changed.
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