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November 21, 2011 - The Hill
The Hill: Study finds five-fold increase in lobbying by religious groups
Lobbying in Washington on religious issues has exploded in the last four decades, according to a new study released Monday.
November 21, 2011 - St. Louis Post Dispatch
Post-Dispatch: Religious lobbying groups multiply in D.C. says Pew study
The number of organizations engaged in religious lobbying in Washington has increased five-fold in the last 40 years, according to a Pew study released this morning, from fewer than 40 in 1970 to more than 200 today.
November 21, 2011 - Roll Call
Roll Call: Report: Religious groups spend millions on advocacy
Religious organizations spend more than $390 million a year on lobbying and advocacy, according to a report released today that identifies pro-Israel groups as the No. 1 spenders.
November 21, 2011 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Graphic: Religious influence
The number of religious organizations advocating policy initiatives in Washington has increased more than fivefold since 1970. Religious advocacy groups spend nearly $390 million per year to advance their agendas.
November 21, 2011 - The Huffington Post
Huff. Post: Religious lobbying groups have dramatically increased in Washington: study
With heated nation-wide arguments in recent years over issues ranging from same-sex marriage to abortion rights, it's no secret that religious organizations play a significant role in influencing the nation's policies.
November 21, 2011 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Religious lobbying groups multiply on Capitol Hill
The field of religious advocacy has mushroomed on Capitol Hill in recent decades, a new survey shows, with the number of groups growing fivefold since 1970 and hundreds of millions spent each year to influence issues from school vouchers and immigration to the right of women overseas to have abortions.
November 15, 2011 - The News International
News International: Taught to fail
Education has never been high on the agenda of the state, and although there is a state education system that is theoretically open to all it is eternally underfunded, poorly resourced and staffed by indifferently trained teachers.
November 14, 2011 - National Catholic Reporter
NCR: Opinion: Faith and globalization: the Italian perspective
The 21st century is unlikely to see a fundamental conflict of political ideology in the way the 20th century was dominated by it.
November 14, 2011 - The Huffington Post
Huff. Post: Why Harvard's Humanist chaplaincy is announcing two atheist-led initiatives at Park51 Islamic center
With Republican debates dominating the political conversation in recent weeks, the most circulated religion-related stories have pitted the "Godly" against the "Godless."
November 13, 2011 - CNN
CNN: Latino evangelicals challenge Alabama brethren on immigration
When the Alabama legislature approved what is considered the nation's toughest anti-illegal immigration law, much of the state's religious community was quick to condemn it.
November 09, 2011 - America Magazine
America Magazine: Whom do Catholics support in 2012?
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life provides a portal into their data on all questions of religion and politics in the scope of the upcoming 2012 presidential election.
November 08, 2011 - Time
Time: For black conservatism, the right time and the wrong candidate
Herman Cain’s improbable rise to the top of Republican presidential primary polls — and the prospect that two black men, including an incumbent, could compete head-on for the White House next year — should be proof that American politics has moved beyond race.
November 08, 2011 - Time
Time: The candidate religious voters want in 2012
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life this afternoon released a report on presidential preferences for religious groups.
November 08, 2011 - Time
Time: The candidate religious voters want in 2012
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life this afternoon released a report on presidential preferences for religious groups.
November 07, 2011 - The Holland Sentinel
Holland Sentinel: Skeptics in the Pub offers place for questioners
Growing up in Zeeland in the 1970s, it was simply common knowledge that Sundays were not for play.
November 06, 2011 - The Courier-Journal
Courier-Journal: GOP campaign prompts critics of the Mormon faith
A Mormon congregation of more than 1,000 listened attentively at the Hurstbourne Parkway meeting house on a recent Sunday as the speakers preached and gave testimonies.
November 03, 2011 - The Tennessean
Tennessean: Baptist film on immigration seeks to get churches talking, helping
Robert Parham, executive director of the Nashville-based Baptist Center for Ethics, doesn’t know how to solve the nation’s immigration crisis. But he knows what he believes.
October 27, 2011 - The Huffington Post
Huff. Post: Romney, Dawkins, and the 6th Article of the Constitution
Richard Dawkins was invited on September 30 to Miami by the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences. Dawkins, one of the most renowned evolutionary biologists in the world, and one of the most active science preachers of modern times, came to present The Magic of Reality, his most recent book (which also comes in a beautiful iPad version).
October 26, 2011 - Religion News Service
RNS: Activists bemoan low priority given to religious freedom
Religious freedom advocates on Wednesday (Oct. 26) lamented America’s failure to protect the faithful abroad, saying things have gotten worse, not better, since the issue first gained traction more than a decade ago
October 25, 2011 - Catholic Online
Catholic Online: 'Liberal' Muslims support 'gay rights' movement?
Born in Malaysia, the 49-year-old singer-songwriter and organization cofounder said, "the community we are building is very different from most of the mosques you would walk into.
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