http://www.pewforum.org/en-usCopyright: (C) Copyright 2009 The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. All rights reserved.info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info)info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info)60http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.pewforum.org/uploadedImages/_content/defaultPublicationThumb(1).gifhttp://www.pewforum.org/Wed, 22 May 2013 05:02:34 GMTWed, 22 May 2013 05:02:34 GMTSat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTWith its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Vote-imminent-as-Boy-Scouts-considers-change-to-policy-banning-gays.aspxSat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTPope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church’s moral conscience, hours after he held talks at the Vatican about the economic crisis with Germany’s leader.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Pope-decries-more-concern-over-banks-than-people-leads-Vatican-rally-meets-with-Merkel.aspxSat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTThe rush toward France’s first same-sex marriage officially began Saturday morning, after President François Hollande signed the country’s “marriage for all” act into law.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Hollande-signs-French-gay-marriage-law.aspxSat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTIn a recent sermon Fethullah Gulen, Turkey’s most powerful Muslim cleric, preached against hubris. Delivered in rural Pennsylvania, where Mr Gulen lives in self-imposed exile, it was broadcast from his website with an electrifying effect. Was the holy man alluding to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s increasingly authoritarian prime minister?http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Turkeys-political-imams-The-Gulenists-fight-back.aspxFri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTAlethea Allen, a Virginia resident, graduated this week from Wesley Theological Seminary in Northwest Washington after years of divinity classes. But she has no intention of becoming a minister.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Seminary-graduates-not-always-ministering-from-the-pulpit.aspxFri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTA federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked enforcement of one of the country’s most stringent abortion laws, an Arkansas ban on the procedure at the 12th week of pregnancy, saying the law was likely to be declared unconstitutional.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Abortion-law-in-Arkansas-is-blocked-by-US-judge.aspxFri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTPastor Ronald Rice is pacing and sweating, roaring and crying as he warns his west Salt Lake City Pentecostal congregation about what he calls the "dangers of drifting."http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Utah-Pentecostals-praise-God-in-language-of-angels.aspxFri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTThe number of British-born Christians is falling steeply while a youthful Muslim population is on the rise, according to census figures published yesterday.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Britain-is-losing-its-faith-in-church-census-shows.aspxThu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTWhen Acacia Bamberg Salatti runs down the accomplishments of the faith-based center in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, one item is conspicuously missing from the list: how much money the center has handed out to churches and other religious groups.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/US-governments-faith-based-initiative-moves-ahead-while-dodging-controversy.aspxFri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMTUpdated May 20, 2013. A fact sheet provides an overview of the situation in the nations where same-sex marriage is legal nationwide as well as countries that allow it in certain jurisdictions.http://www.pewforum.org/Gay-Marriage-and-Homosexuality/Gay-Marriage-Around-the-World-2013.aspx