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June 20, 2011 - The Boston Globe
Boston Globe: Mormons’ image campaign
In the fall of 2008, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints convened focus groups across the country as part of a major market-research study to learn more about anti-Mormon sentiment in America.
June 20, 2011 - The Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle: Miss USA winner touts evolution education during Q&A
The last Miss California to make headlines was Carrie Prejean, an evangelical Christian who discussed her opposition to gay marriage during the 2009 Miss USA pageant and went on to defend her conservative position.
June 19, 2011 - Hartford Courant
Hartford Courant: Opinion: Lessons to be learned in comedian's homophobic rant
Comedian Tracy Morgan spent much of last week on the remorse circuit after catching serious heat for an anti-gay rant during a routine in Tennessee earlier this month.
June 17, 2011 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Crisis pregnancy group reflects Jewish divide on abortion
Saraleah was 19 and a part-time student when she discovered she was pregnant.
June 14, 2011 - CNN
CNN: Nigeria's violence political, not religious, says Muslim leader
With some 70 million followers, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar is the spiritual leader of Nigeria's Muslim population.
June 14, 2011 - Religion News Service
RNS: Crisis pregnancy group reflects Jewish divide on abortion
Saraleah was 19 and a part-time student when she discovered she was pregnant.
June 10, 2011 - American Banker
American Banker: Islamic banking, a market with U.S. potential, hampered by politics
Islamic finance is growing, but politics, and perhaps prejudice, might be hamstringing this business in the United States.
June 04, 2011 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Mitt Romney's Mormon religion: Is it a political problem?
Mitt Romney – the presumed front-runner in the Republican contest to select a presidential challenger – is a well-known figure in American politics.
June 03, 2011 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Can a Mormon presidential candidate win over the Republicans’ evangelical base?
“I came today not to give a political speech,” former Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. told the crowd in a downtown Washington ballroom Friday, “but simply to introduce myself and my family.”
June 02, 2011 - The Independent
The Independent: America's first Mormon president?
A statue of the angel Moroni gazes triumphantly over Salt Lake City. Covered in gold leaf and clutching a bugle, he glistens amid an identikit cluster of skyscrapers and fast-food outlets of Utah's largest metropolis.
June 02, 2011 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune: Mormons talk policy and more at Obama White House
If the White House could ensure that gay marriage would not lead to requiring the LDS Church to allow same-sex weddings in its temples, that would go a long way toward allaying Mormon fears.
June 02, 2011 - The Huffington Post
Huff. Post: Republican presidential candidates to address Evangelical Christians at Faith and Freedom Coalition
When the Faith and Freedom Coalition kicks off its annual conference on Friday with a who's who lineup of conservative political speakers, it will be a coming out for a little-known organization aiming to become a powerful new force of the religious right.
June 02, 2011 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Republicans hope to spark political revival among evangelicals for 2012 race
Is it possible to revive the evangelical political movement into the potent voting bloc it once was?
June 02, 2011 - CNN
CNN: Is America ready for a Mormon president?
Mitt Romney’s campaign team knows that his Mormon faith scared off Republican voters the last time he ran for president. But they believe a lot has changed in the last four years.
May 19, 2011 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune: Can a Mormon win in the South?
Sunday service at the First Baptist Church in Columbia has just ended, and Rex Rish is tying up a few loose ends with the video broadcast of this week’s sermon.
May 18, 2011 - The Houson Chronicle
Houston Chronicle: T.D. Jakes to Franklin Graham: Apologize to Obama
Bishop T.D. Jakes, a Dallas megachurch pastor who will be preaching at Lakewood Church during Memorial Day weekend, is calling out Franklin Graham on his his hesitancy to accept Obama as a Christian and asking he apologize for casting speculation onto the president’s faith.
May 18, 2011 - ABC News
ABC: Stephen Hawking says heaven may be a 'fairy story' to, agree or disagree?
British physicist Stephen Hawking may believe that heaven is a mere "fairy story," but he's hard-pressed to find those who share his perspective on this side of the pond.
May 17, 2011 - Philadelphia Daily News
Phil. Daily: Newsie Don Lemon's big news

CNN anchor hunk Don Lemon is gay. Who cares, right?

May 15, 2011 - The Huffington Post
Huff. Post: The importance of teaching religion well
According to a Pew Forum report, entitled "Faith in Flux," most people who decide to leave their childhood religion say they did so before the age of 24.
May 13, 2011 - The Indianapolis Star
Indy Star: Daniels walks line on religion
A religious tightrope could separate Mitch Daniels from an attempt to solve the nation's fiscal problems.
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