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June 18, 2012 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune: Marco Rubio’s book explains why he left Mormonism
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio credits his short-lived time as a Mormon for providing a moral compass in his youth, though he also discloses for the first time his family’s struggles with the constraints of the faith and his eventual return to the Catholic fold.
June 17, 2012 - The Telegraph
The Telegraph: Content, context determine if Houston schools violated religion clause in Constitution
A national organization claims prayers and religious musical performances at two Houston County high school graduations violated the U.S. Constitution.
June 17, 2012 - Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune: Contraceptive mandate stirs local Catholics
The Archdiocese of Chicago has not yet joined 43 other Roman Catholic institutions in suing the federal government over a mandate to pay for birth control, but local Catholic leaders are urging parishioners to speak out against what they view as a threat to religious freedom.
June 17, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Catholic hospitals reject birth control compromise
Sharpening an election-year confrontation over religious freedom and government health insurance rules, the nation's Catholic hospitals on Friday rejected President Barack Obama's compromise for providing birth control coverage to their women employees.
June 15, 2012 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Journal-Constitution: Faith voters begin to rally behind Romney
The Mitt Romney display table was doing a brisk business in bumper stickers Friday at a Faith and Freedom Coalition conference.
June 14, 2012 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post-Dispatch: U.S. bishops focus on sex abuse crisis, contraception mandate
The U.S. Catholic bishops who gathered in Atlanta for their annual spring meeting spent Wednesday morning grappling with the sins of the past, marking the 10th anniversary of the clergy sex abuse crisis that crippled the church.
June 13, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Are Catholic bishops abandoning nonpartisanship in contraception battle?
The nation's Roman Catholic bishops have long prided themselves on being political without being partisan, throwing themselves into the scrum of public affairs without aligning themselves with one party or the other.
June 12, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Evangelical groups call for new stance on illegal immigration
Some of the nation’s most influential evangelical groups urged a solution to illegal immigration on Tuesday that defies the harsh rhetoric of the Republican primary race, which continues to undermine Mitt Romney’s appeal to Hispanic voters.
June 11, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: 'Mindfulness' stress-busting technique grows in popularity with politicians, military, others
In what's become a daily ritual, Tim Ryan finds a quiet spot, closes his eyes, clears his mind and tries to tap into the eternal calm.
June 11, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Aided by Orthodox, city’s Jewish population is growing again
After decades of decline, the Jewish population of New York City is growing again, increasing to nearly 1.1 million, fueled by the ''explosive'' growth of the Hasidic and other Orthodox communities, a new study has found.
June 11, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: War on religion? North Dakota Measure 3 aims to strike back.
By all accounts, spring elections in North Dakota are usually sleepy affairs: maybe a couple local ballot initiatives or a handful of city council or school board races. Not this year, though.
June 08, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Vouchers breathe new life into shrinking Catholic schools
It had been years since Principal Kathleen Lowry pulled extra desks from the dusty attic of St. Stanislaus, the only Catholic school left in this port city.
June 06, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Billy Graham takes his crusades, conversions online
The remarkable success of evangelist Billy Graham's Crusades for Christ did not come from his preaching alone, but also the immense amount of preparation and follow-up that went into planning each revival.
June 05, 2012 - NPR
NPR: N. Dakota 'religious liberty' measure sparks debate
Next week, North Dakota voters will decide whether to add an amendment to the state's constitution that supporters say will guarantee religious freedom.
June 05, 2012 - The Washington Post
WaPo: Proposition 8: Appeals court won’t reconsider ruling that gay-marriage ban is unconstitutional
A federal appeals court said Tuesday that it would not reconsider a ruling that struck down California’s Proposition 8 amendment banning same-sex marriage, another sign that the issue will soon move to the Supreme Court.
June 04, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Obama and Romney shun confrontation on religion
Maybe the economy is a political black hole, sucking every other issue into an impossibly dense void.
June 04, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Faith scholars who backed Obama before see weakening Democratic interest in religious voters
In 2008, Barack Obama took aim at the "pew gap," the overwhelming Republican edge among voters who regularly attend church.
June 04, 2012 - The Boston Globe
Boston Globe: Utah is Romney’s key to West
Mitt Romney’s campaign has opened headquarters in state after state over the past year, only to shutter them weeks later after the primary race there ended.
June 01, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Contraception? Gay Marriage? Abortion? GOP holds fire on culture wars aims at jobs, economy
What "religious freedom" bill?
June 01, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Black pastor reaches across the Southern Baptist divide
The Rev. Fred Luter Jr. well remembers the first time he ventured from his native New Orleans to preach in Crowley, a rice-growing town in the heart of Louisiana's Cajun country.
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