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August 20, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: National tickets: stark contrast on social issues
Voters in this presidential election may face the starkest choice ever on the hot-button social issues of same-sex marriage, abortion rights and access to birth control.
August 19, 2012 - USA Today
USA Today: Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan GOP ticket reflects religious shift
By naming devout, conservative Catholic Rep. Paul Ryan to be his running mate, former governor Mitt Romney, once a Mormon bishop, did more than ensure the USA will have a Catholic vice president in 2013.
August 19, 2012 - Washington Post
Wash. Post: Mitt Romney, as a leader in Mormon church, became a master of many keys
In the back office of his Weston, Mass., headquarters a quarter-­century ago, Mitt Romney, the chief Mormon authority in the Boston area, told the leader of his Spanish-speaking congregation that he would not directly pay for lawyers to help the growing number of illegal immigrants in his church.
August 18, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Earthly concerns
OF ALL the organisations that serve America’s poor, few do more good work than the Catholic church: its schools and hospitals provide a lifeline for millions.
August 17, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Ryan's Catholic roots reach deep
Rep. Paul Ryan was an altar boy who attended Catholic school through the eighth grade, though his parents didn't insist that their four children integrate faith into their lives.
August 16, 2012 - Religion News Service
RNS: Muslim immigrants at home key to U.S. image abroad
After four years of living in the U.S., Mohamed Jedeh is anxious to return to his native Libya.
August 13, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Paul Ryan's budget logic is quandary for some Catholics
A couple of things were different at 9:45 a.m. Mass at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Janesville on Sunday. Rep. Paul D. Ryan, a fixture in the center pews when he's not in Washington or on a national news show, was missing. And reporters were crawling around outside wanting to talk about why.
August 13, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Circumcision, long in decline in the U.S., may get a boost from a doctors’ group
When Tamar Jacobs became pregnant, she found herself hoping for a girl, mainly because she was dreading a difficult rite of passage that often comes with the birth of a boy — circumcision.
August 10, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Opinion: In an America with so many religions, what does religious freedom mean?
In the United States, Muslim women trying to maintain modesty should get female-only hours at the public pool, right?
August 08, 2012 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Controversial United Church proposal on Israeli settlements to be debated at General Council
Members of the United Church of Canada and Canadian Jewish community leaders fear a hardening of relations or, at worst, an irrevocable rift between the two religious groups should a controversial proposal to boycott Israeli settlement goods be accepted at the United Church’s 41st General Council next week.
August 08, 2012 - NPR
NPR: The most influential evangelist you've never heard of
David Barton says Americans have been misled about their history. And he aims to change that.
August 08, 2012 - The Washington Times
Washington Times: Anti-Obama Catholics want dinner invitation rescinded
Catholics opposed to President Obama attending the annual Alfred E. Smith charity dinner in New York have started an online petition urging Cardinal Timothy Dolan to withdraw his invitation to the president.
August 08, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Young in GOP erase the lines on social issues
Matt Hoagland, the county leader of a group of young North Carolina Republicans, is busy trying to ramp up enthusiasm for Mitt Romney at the grass-roots level.
August 07, 2012 - Religion News Service
RNS: Black churches split over gay marriage and Obama
At Charity Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, S.C., the Rev. Nelson B. Rivers III supports and follows his African-American congregation’s policy: They will only conduct marriages between one man and one woman.
August 07, 2012 - The Washington Post
WaPo: Democratic abortion foes push for change in platform
Democratic dissenters on the issue of abortion have made their case to the platform committee, arguing that the party should change its language enough to allow for some diversity of opinion on the matter and return to the “big tent” approach of the Clinton years.
August 06, 2012 - The Canadian Press
Canadian Press: Churches speak out on Northern Gateway pipeline
Churches across Canada say they have a religious duty to speak out on the proposed Northern Gateway oilsands pipeline.
August 06, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
C.S. Monitor: Wisconsin shooting: Why U.S. Sikhs have feared attack for more than a decade

The Christian Science Monitor C.S. Monitor: Wisconsin shooting: Why U.S. Sikhs have feared attack for more than a decade G. Jeffrey MacDonald 2012-08-06 Sunday’s shooting rampage at a Sikh house of worship in Oak Creek, Wisc. brought unprecedented violence and attention to a group with only about 600,00

August 05, 2012 - Newsday
Newsday: Complaint: Eruv crosses constitutional line
A Jewish group opposing the creation of an eruv in Southampton Town has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court, seeking a judgment declaring that the use of LIPA utility poles as part of such a religious boundary is unconstitutional.
August 03, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: US appeals court blocks Ariz. 20-week abortion ban
A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily prohibited Arizona from enforcing its new ban on most abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy.
August 01, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Catholic church and university in Peru fight over name
To its critics in the church, the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru is not deserving of its name.
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