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March 02, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: As Super Tuesday approaches, GOP candidates focus on evangelical voters
The cavernous sanctuary at First Redeemer Church was packed on a recent Sunday when presidential hopeful Rick Santorum took the stage to declare religious freedom in jeopardy.
March 01, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Maryland legalizes same-sex marriage; challenge looms
Maryland became the eighth state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage on Thursday, just as opponents were ramping up efforts to repeal the new law at the ballot box.
March 01, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Birth control exemption bill, the ‘Blunt amendment,’ killed in Senate
The Senate Thursday rejected an effort to vastly expand conscience exemptions to the Obama administration’s new birth control coverage rule, even as Republican presidential contenders continued to tussle over the issue.
February 29, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Romney sets off furor on contraception bill
Perhaps the question was poorly worded. Or perhaps it was a slip of a tired tongue.
February 29, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Schools navigate state birth-control patchwork
Roman Catholic employers are pushing back against an impending federal mandate on contraceptive coverage partly because the rule would remove an escape hatch that let them opt out of similar state laws that passed in earlier years.
February 28, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Chicago Muslim leader says police superintendent promises no NYPD-style surveillance operation
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy vowed at a meeting with a local Muslim leader Tuesday to confine his department's surveillance activities to those that pursue "criminal leads," and to avoid the type of widespread spying allegedly carried out by New York police.
February 28, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Republicans keep up birth control battle
Dissatisfied with the Obama administration's compromise on contraceptive coverage, congressional Republicans are fighting to do away with the requirement that insurers provide free birth control — a strategy that might rally their conservative base but risks alienating sought-after independent voters in this election year.
February 27, 2012 - National Post
National Post: Banned by Kenya, controversial Canadian preacher delivers speech via Skype
Deported from Kenya last week due to security concerns, controversial Canadian Muslim preacher Bilal Philips nonetheless delivered his planned speech to Nairobi’s biggest mosque on Saturday via Skype.
February 27, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: As gay marriage gains ground in nation, New Hampshire may revoke its law
As same-sex marriage supporters celebrate victories in Washington and Maryland this month, they are keeping a wary eye on New Hampshire, where lawmakers may soon vote to repeal the state’s two-year-old law allowing gay couples to wed.
February 27, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Democrats see benefits in battle on contraception access
With the cameras running and the microphones on, Congressional Democrats express outrage over Republican efforts to limit the types of health care that employers have to offer to their workers, particularly contraception. This is a fight Democrats are perfectly pleased to have.
February 26, 2012 - The Seattle Times
Seattle Times: State may become first to require insurance to cover abortion
At a time when many states are making it harder for women to get abortions, Washington state appears headed in the opposite direction.
February 26, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Virginia ultrasound bill joins other states’ measures
Virginia officials backed off last week from requiring vaginal ultrasounds before abortions, but state legislators are still expected to pass a bill that mandates abdominal ultrasounds and adds other significant requirements for women seeking abortions.
February 25, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Broken Trust in God’s Country
THIS village is as sweet as its name. Main Street climbs gently from a tidy railroad crossing, past a few gift shops to the simple brick First Mennonite Church.
February 25, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Fight over birth control order shows strength of alliance between Catholics and Evangelicals
The support shown by evangelical Christian leaders for Roman Catholics in a dispute with the Obama administration over birth control would have been hard to imagine a generation ago.
February 24, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Focus on social issues could shape battle for women
Rick Santorum creates a stir by speaking out against prenatal testing. Virginia’s governor and legislature get caught up in an emotional debate over requiring women seeking abortions to undergo an ultrasound.
February 23, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Maryland Senate passes same-sex marriage bill
Maryland will join seven states and the District in allowing same-sex marriage, ending a year-long drama in Annapolis over the legislation and expanding nationwide momentum for gay rights.
February 23, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Black pastors take heat for not viewing same-sex marriage as civil rights matter
All of a sudden, they are bigots and haters — they who stood tall against discrimination, who marched and sat in, who knew better than most the pain of being told they were less than others.
February 23, 2012 - National Journal
National Journal: No Roe for Gays
On gay marriage, the U.S. has turned onto the road not taken on abortion.
February 23, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: States, Catholics sue over contraceptives rule
Seven states, Catholic groups and individuals on Thursday filed the first major lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's new contraceptive regulations, arguing that the policy violated the constitutional rights to religious freedom.
February 22, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: NYPD built secret files on mosques, businesses outside NY; Newark mayor opens investigation
Americans living and working in New Jersey’s largest city were subjected to surveillance as part of the New York Police Department’s effort to build databases of where Muslims work, shop and pray.
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