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June 01, 2013 - The National Post
National Post: McGill conference seeks place for religious perspectives in increasingly secular Quebec society
The questions asked by the Parti Québécois government in an opinion poll published last week offer a good indication of what the party thinks about bending to accommodate religious beliefs.
June 01, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Politics of religion: Catholic influence wanes as leaders break with members on gay marriage
Frank Ferri made peace with God years ago. Last month, Ferri defeated the Roman Catholic Church.
May 31, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Boston, London, Paris attacks highlight al Qaeda shift in tactics
Intelligence agencies that have succeeded in thwarting many of al Qaeda's plans for spectacular attacks are struggling to combat the terror network's strategy of encouraging followers to keep to themselves, use off-the-shelf weapons and strike when they see an opportunity.
May 31, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Eager to adopt, Evangelicals find perils abroad
As a girl, Danna Hopkins dreamed of having 20 children. Today, she and her husband, Brian, the pastor of an evangelical church here, are building a large family, but not in the way she had imagined.
May 30, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: El Salvador high court upholds abortion ban as 'Beatriz' challenges law
A 22-year-old pregnant woman from the rural interior of El Salvador is lying in a hospital bed waiting to see if a recent Supreme Court ruling will be her death sentence. The reason: She is carrying a high-risk pregnancy in a country that has outlawed all forms of therapeutic abortion.
May 30, 2013 - National Public Radio
NPR: Will Ill. legalize gay marriage before legislature adjourns?
The clock is ticking for those who hope Illinois will become the 13th state to legalize same-sex marriage.
May 30, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Churches grapple with whether to cut Boy Scout ties
Religious groups sponsor nearly 70 percent of Boy Scout troops nationwide. But the reaction among these groups was as diverse as the congregations themselves when the Boy Scouts of America recently voted to allow openly gay boys to join.
May 29, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Indonesian president's award from US religious foundation angers rights groups
Indonesia's president is receiving an award for promoting religious freedom from a New York-based foundation, prompting anger from human rights groups that say the country is not doing enough to prevent attacks on religious minorities in the world's most populous Muslim nation.
May 28, 2013 - The State
The State: Baton passed to Russell Moore for top Southern Baptist leadership post
In a generational changing of the guard, Southern Baptists are gaining a new advocate for their values in Washington and around the country as Russell Moore, a media-savvy theologian, takes the helm of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
May 26, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Archdiocese pays for health plan that covers birth control
As the nation’s leading Roman Catholic bishop, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York has been spearheading the fight against a provision of the new health care law that requires employers, including some that are religiously affiliated, to cover birth control in employee health plans.
May 26, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: GOP lawmakers push several anti-abortion measures
It would be harder and more expensive to get an abortion in Wisconsin under several bills being circulated by Republican lawmakers.
May 25, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Federal outreach to Muslim American communities is a pillar of Obama counterterrorism strategy
Within hours of the Boston Marathon blasts, government officials and Boston Muslims called each other to offer assistance, calls that were the fruits of years of cultivating such relationships in an effort to ultimately prevent the very type of attack Boston experienced April 15.
May 23, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Boy Scouts vote to allow openly gay youths, maintain ban on gay adult leaders
The Boy Scouts of America on Thursday ended its ban on openly gay youths but maintained a prohibition on gay adult leaders, a decision framed as a compromise but one that could lead to litigation and thousands of defections from one of America’s largest youth organizations.
May 22, 2013 - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philly Inquirer: Faith-healing parents charged with murder in death of infant
Catherine and Herbert Schaible, the Philadelphia faith-healing couple convicted once of manslaughter for allowing their sick toddler to die, were charged Wednesday with third-degree murder in the death of another son, infant Brandon.
May 22, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Some business owners resist providing employees with contraceptive coverage
Religiously devout business owners are waging a broad rebellion against providing their employees with contraceptive coverage, bringing dozens of lawsuits that seem certain to land the issue before the Supreme Court.
May 20, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Are prayers before public meetings OK? Supreme Court to decide.
The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine whether offering a prayer before a town meeting violates the First Amendment’s separation of church and state.
May 20, 2013 - Deseret News
Deseret News: Muslim leaders in U.S. facing challenges inside and outside the faith
Soon after two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon on April 15, Muslim groups joined others in denouncing the deadly violence.
May 20, 2013 - The Washington Times
Wash. Times: Evangelical weakness in gay Boy Scouts debate could hurt GOP
Signs of waning evangelical power in the nation’s culture wars and in Republican policy — and some unexpected challenges for GOP candidates — loom as the 103-year-old Boy Scouts of America gears up for a definitive vote this week on whether to welcome openly gay youths into the organization’s ranks.
May 20, 2013 - The Des Moines Resgister
Des Moines Register: Faith-based addiction program grows
By the time Linda Martin was 10 years old, she had given up on God.
May 18, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Vote imminent as Boy Scouts considers change to policy banning gays
With 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.
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