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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.
February 22, 2012 - The News & Observer
News & Observer: N.C. takes center stage in gay marriage battle
States across the country in the last three weeks started moving toward allowing same-sex couples to marry, while North Carolina is looking to catch a wave that crested eight years ago by asking voters to approve a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and civil unions.
February 22, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Rick Santorum’s ‘phony theology’ criticism of Obama follows a familiar theme
When Rick Santorum accused President Obama of having “some phony theology” last weekend, it was neither an isolated event nor an offhand remark.
February 22, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Schools work to balance gay, religious rights
Dozens of colleges have scrutinized how on-campus Christian groups operate after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowed a law school to deny funding to a Christian group that would not admit gays.
February 22, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Federal judge says Washington state cannot force pharmacies to sell emergency contraceptives
Washington state cannot force pharmacies to sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the state's true goal was to suppress religious objections by druggists — not to promote timely access to the medicines for people who need them.
February 21, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Romney accuses Obama administration of fighting against religion, seeking a secular agenda
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s administration has “fought against religion” and sought to substitute a “secular” agenda for one grounded in faith.
February 21, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Southern Baptist panel recommends name add-on: Great Commission Baptists
Some Southern Baptists worry that their denomination's name still carries the stigma of a 19th century split with northern Baptists over slavery. Others who fought hard to build the brand and its conservative theology and politics don't want to see it go.
February 21, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Bloomberg defends police’s monitoring of Muslim students on web
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Tuesday defended the New York Police Department's monitoring of the Web sites of Muslim student groups at more than a dozen universities across the Northeast, framing the effort as one way to guard against the threat of terrorism.
February 21, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Bill allowing private adoption agencies to deny placing children with gays approved by Senate
Private adoption agencies could deny placing children with prospective parents who are gay under a bill that received final approval in the Virginia General Assembly on Tuesday.
February 21, 2012 - The Washington Times
Wash. Times: Muslim families turn to home-schooling
Cilia Ndiaye vividly remembers her parents’ worries that she was suffering in public school because of her Muslim faith.
February 20, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Catholic hospitals expand, religious strings attached
As Roman Catholic leaders and government officials clash over the proper role of religion and reproductive health, shifts in health care economics are magnifying the tension.
February 20, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Va. mosque vandalism draws sympathy for long-persecuted Muslim sect
In late January, workmen in Chantilly erected a minaret on the roof of a new building, the first highly visible sign that it was to be a mosque.
February 20, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: NYPD tracked Muslim students across Northeast
The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, The Associated Press has learned.
February 20, 2012 - The Miami Herald
Miami Herald: Pilgrims to Cuba hope pope’s visit will signal change
For the businessman who has changed his politics, the Miami priest who tends to an exile flock, the retired college math professor who has searched her conscience for guidance and the lawyer who has long advocated reconciliation, the pilgrimage to Cuba next month represents more than an opportunity to see Pope Benedict XVI celebrate Mass.
February 20, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Latino Mormons, fastest growing group within the church, speaking out against Romney
When Honduran-born Antonella Cecilia Packard converted to the Mormon Faith 20 years ago, she said it was like “coming home.”
February 20, 2012 - Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press: FBI ditches training materials criticized as anti-Muslim
After complaints from some Muslim and Arab-American groups, the FBI has pulled more than 700 documents and 300 presentations that stereotyped Islam or were factually inaccurate, an FBI spokesman said.
February 20, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: As Romney sticks to economy, Santorum leaps on abortion, church, other hot social issues
Philosophical differences between the top two Republican presidential candidates are becoming starker as Rick Santorum drives harder on religious and social issues that Mitt Romney rarely discusses in detail.
February 19, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Santorum questions Obama’s ‘world view,’ not faith
Rick Santorum on Sunday condemned what he called President Barack Obama's world view that "elevates the Earth above man," discouraging increased use of natural resources.
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