Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
March 04, 2012
- Religion News Service
RNS: Effort made to change conceptions of Shariah
Against a backdrop of heartland fears that U.S. Muslims seek to impose Islamic law on American courts, a leading Muslim group will launch a campaign on Monday to dispel what it called misconceptions about Shariah.
March 03, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: NJ Muslims, officials discuss NYPD surveillance
New Jersey's attorney general told Muslim leaders Saturday that he was still looking into the extent of New York Police Department surveillance operations in the state, yet stopped short of promising a formal investigation during a meeting that both sides characterized as productive.
March 03, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: From ‘nominal Catholic’ to clarion of faith
Rick Santorum was, in his own words, a “nominal Catholic” when he met Karen Garver, a neonatal nurse and law student, in 1988. As they made plans to marry and he decided to enter politics, she sent him to her father for advice.
March 03, 2012
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post-Dispatch: Archdiocese defends firing of gay St. Louis County teacher
After a teacher at St. Ann Catholic School in Normandy had been fired in February for planning to marry his male partner in New York later this month, officials with the Archdiocese of St. Louis pointed to a document the teacher had signed when he applied for the job.
March 02, 2012
- The Tallahassee Democrat
Tallahassee Democrat: Fla. House debates prayer
By the time Florida House members approved a bill that will allow students to give inspirational messages to their peers in school, supporters had given up saying "message" and were talking about the benefits of prayer.
March 02, 2012
- Religion News Service
RNS: Mitt Romney trouncing Rick Santorum among Catholics
Mitt Romney has trounced Rick Santorum, an ardent Catholic, among Catholic voters, but Romney's support among evangelicals has wavered thus far in the GOP presidential primary, according to a new analysis of exit poll data.
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
- 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
- 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.