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January 26, 2012 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Gay-straight alliances become Respecting Differences clubs
For eight months, a small Catholic think tank tackled one of the most delicate balancing acts in Ontario education: What to call the anti-homophobia clubs that Ontario schools must now allow — without calling them gay-straight alliances and offending the Vatican?
January 26, 2012 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Southern Baptist leader queasy over Newt's casino haul
A top official with the Southern Baptist Convention said it's troubling that a casino magnate's $10 million is funding much of the effort to make Newt Gingrich president.
January 26, 2012 - The Times-Picayune
Times-Picayune: Archbishop Gregory Aymond calls health coverage mandate a threat to conscience for Catholics
Archbishop Gregory Aymond this weekend will issue a relatively rare pulpit letter urging tens of thousands of Mass-going Catholics to pray, brief themselves and write  Congress protesting a new federal rule requiring Catholic employers to provide health insurance coverage for birth control and other reproductive services the church finds objectionable.
January 26, 2012 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Journal-Constitution: Southern Baptist leader queasy over Newt's casino haul
A top official with the Southern Baptist Convention said it's troubling that a casino magnate's $10 million is funding much of the effort to make Newt Gingrich president.
January 26, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Judge denies effort to block CO abortion protester
The federal government is trying to prevent a longtime anti-abortion protester from being able to stop cars and talk to drivers as they enter Denver's Planned Parenthood center, arguing that he's making it "unreasonably difficult" for patients and employees to get to the clinic.
January 25, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Catholics blast rule on contraception
Catholic leaders lashed out at the Obama administration's decision to require religious employers' health plans to cover contraceptives, accusing the White House of betraying them on the issue.
January 25, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: LDS church joins effort to fight Utah fraud wave
Concerned about the tidal wave of fraud sweeping over Utah that has reached an estimated $2 billion in purported scams, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is stepping up to participate this year in an event that aims to erect a protective wall.
January 25, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: COLUMN: Workers fight switch to church pension plans
Mary Rich worked for a hospital in northern New Jersey for 25 years, first as a registered nurse and later as an executive.
January 24, 2012 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune: Mormon church skips pre-session meeting with lawmakers
For the first time in decades, legislative leaders didn’t hold their annual pre-session meeting with LDS Church officials, but the reason for the change in the practice is unclear.
January 23, 2012 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Post-Gazette: Anti-abortion marchers call for better visibility
Hours before dawn, about 6,000 people from Greater Pittsburgh boarded buses to the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C.
January 23, 2012 - Chattanooga Times Free Press
Times Free Press: GOP bill seeking biblical displays
Two socially conservative Tennessee lawmakers are promoting what they think is a legally defensible way for local governments to display the Ten Commandments in county courthouses or on public grounds.
January 23, 2012 - The State
The State: In SC, Gingrich capitalized on campaign efforts with women, evangelicals
Evangelicals, women and GOP voters in three counties are proving SC politics are unpredictable.
January 23, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: In police training, a dark film on U.S. Muslims
Ominous music plays as images appear on the screen: Muslim terrorists shoot Christians in the head, car bombs explode, executed children lie covered by sheets and a  doctored photograph shows an Islamic flag flying over the White House.
January 23, 2012 - Roll Call
Roll Call: 2011 set stage for war over abortion
Anti-abortion activists achieved landmark success last year, no thanks to Congress.
January 23, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Minn. school board hears new draft policy
The head of the school board in Minnesota's largest school district said the latest proposed replacement for its policy that requires teachers to stay neutral when issues of sexual orientation come up in class is much better than earlier versions, but he wasn't ready Monday night to say if he'll support it.
January 23, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Washington Legislature has the votes to legalize gay marriage as Sen. Haugen declares support
As lawmakers held their first public hearing on legalizing same-sex marriage, a previously undecided Democratic senator on Monday announced her support for the measure, all but ensuring that Washington will become the seventh state to allow gay and lesbian couples to get married.
January 22, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Arizona lawmaker proposes bill to set up Bible class for high school students
An Arizona lawmaker is pushing to create a high school course about the Bible and its role in Western culture with a bill that threatens to drop the state into a constitutional dilemma over the separation of church and state.
January 22, 2012 - Richmond Times-Dispatch
Times-Dispatch: Sikh city planner becomes Charlottesville mayor
A longtime city planner has become the mayor of Charlottesville.
January 22, 2012 - Orlando Sentinel
Sentinel: Christian conservatives ramping up politicial activity
It's Sunday, and for many, that means politics.
January 21, 2012 - The Tennessean
Tennessean: Vanderbilt's Christian Legal Society says anti-bias policy discriminates
Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos sent an email Friday assuring students and others the school doesn’t want to limit religious freedom.
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