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April 19, 2013 - The Boston Globe
Boston Globe: Embassies, Islamic groups fear attacks against Muslims
In the jarring aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, the Saudi Arabian embassy and consulate prepared for the worst.
April 19, 2013 - The Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning News: Boy Scouts please few with proposal to partly rescind ban on gays
No one seemed satisfied Friday when the Boy Scouts of America proposed a historic policy change to allow openly gay youths as Scouts while simultaneously maintaining a ban on gay adult volunteers and paid staff.
April 18, 2013 - The Seattle Times
Seattle Times: State’s case against florist fires up gay-marriage critics
The state attorney general’s surprising lawsuit against a small florist in Eastern Washington has energized gay-marriage opponents who all but disappeared after failing to defeat same-sex marriage in Washington last fall.
April 17, 2013 - The Los Angeles Times
LA Times: 9th Circuit hears arguments on therapy aimed at converting gays
A federal appeals court Wednesday grappled with whether a California ban on therapy to change a minor’s sexual orientation amounted to a restriction on free speech or mere regulation of a medical treatment.
April 15, 2013 - The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: East St. Louis pastors and mayor in First Amendment standoff
After the Rev. Anthony Vincent, the city’s director of emergency services, delivered an opening prayer, the City Council took up some standard issues — maintenance of a traffic light, filling in a pot hole.
April 15, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Online furor draws press to abortion doctor's trial
Through four weeks, prosecutors have laid out evidence against Dr. Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion provider on trial on charges of killing seven viable fetuses by “snipping” their necks with scissors and of causing the death of a pregnant 41-year-old woman during a procedure.
April 13, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: For Evangelicals, a shift in views on immigration
In the pews of the First Baptist Church of Orlando, where thousands of evangelical Christians gather on Sundays to worship and sing, a change of heart is happening on the once toxic issue of immigration.
April 13, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: California lawmakers aim to ease abortion rules as some states tighten
A proposal to allow nurses and midwives to perform some abortions is advancing in California's Democratic legislature, a move supporters hope will influence the national debate on abortion even as other states are tightening the rules.
April 11, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Uruguay becomes 3rd country in Americas to legalize gay marriage after Canada and Argentina
Uruguayan lawmakers voted to legalize gay marriage, making the South American country the third in the Americas to do so.
April 11, 2013 - The National Post
National Post: Attendance at religious services lowers risk of depression, study finds
A major new study that tracked more than 12,000 Canadians over a period of 14 years has found that regular attendance of religious service offers significant protection against depression.
April 11, 2013 - National Public Radio
NPR: Shop owner sued by state after denying flowers to gay couple
To Washington state now, where the state's attorney general is suing a florist for refusing to supply flower arrangements for a same-sex wedding. As NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Seattle, opponents of same-sex marriage are jumping to the florist's defense.
April 11, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Del. lawmakers propose bill that would legalize gay marriage, make it the 10th state to do so
Delaware lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state, with plans to have it signed into law by the end of June.
April 11, 2013 - Bloomberg News
Bloomberg: Boomers push doctor-assisted dying in end-of-life revolt
Claudia Burzichelli doesn’t want to die like her dad. Nine years ago, her father, already afflicted with Parkinson’s, killed himself with a gunshot to the head days after his release from a hospital where he had been treated for a heart attack.
April 10, 2013 - The Economist
Economist: We're not in Kansas any more
IF a judge sentences you to be stoned for adultery, you are probably not in Middle America.
April 10, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Suicide of star pastor Rick Warren’s son sparks debate about mental illness
In the days after the suicide of California megachurch pastor Rick Warren’s son, evangelical Christian leaders have begun a national conversation about how their beliefs might sometimes stigmatize those who struggle with mental illness.
April 10, 2013 - National Public Radio
NPR: 'Til faith do us part': the mixed blessings of interfaith marriage
In this day and age, interfaith marriage doesn't seem like that big a deal. They represent close to half of all marriages in this country over the past 10 years. The decision can also come with a price, though: disagreement on how to raise children and higher rates of divorce.
April 09, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: California bill would eliminate tax breaks to punish Boy Scouts for excluding gays
California lawmakers are considering taking some tax exemptions away from youth groups that do not accept gay, transgender or atheist members — a move intended to pressure the Boy Scouts of America to lift its ban on gay Scouts and troop leaders.
April 08, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Evangelicals push immigration path
Senior pastor Kenton Beshore said the first sermons on the plight of illegal immigrants didn't go over well with many members of his evangelical church, which sits on a 50-acre campus in Orange County and has a 3,400-seat sanctuary, sports facilities, restaurant and a man-made lake.
April 07, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Jesuits ponder impact of first pope in their order; a post-Francis bump in queries to join
For decades, the Society of Jesus has faced the same struggles to find priests that have plagued the wider Roman Catholic Church. The Rev. Chuck Frederico, one of the priests who evaluate Jesuit applicants, says he usually heard from five a week, or fewer.
April 06, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Risk for Obama in pursuing legal appeals after judge reverses morning-after pill limits
President Barack Obama supports requiring girls younger than 17 to see a doctor before buying the morning-after pill. But fighting that battle in court comes with its own set of risks.
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