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November 05, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Texas home to God, government court disputes
Texas might not be a battleground state in Tuesday's presidential election, but it is home to a number of fights — some ongoing and some already decided — that could have a bearing nationally on the place of God in government.
November 05, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Michigan judge temporarily blocks health law mandate on birth control
A federal judge has issued an order shielding a Michigan business from a requirement of the new health care law to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives at no charge to female employees.
November 05, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Romney’s chance at presidency heartens Mormon faithful in Utah
“The story began in 1820,” the voice in the headphones exclaimed.
November 03, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: IRS not enforcing rules on churches and politics
For the past three years, the Internal Revenue Service hasn't been investigating complaints of partisan political activity by churches, leaving religious groups who make direct or thinly veiled endorsements of political candidates unchallenged.
November 01, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Judge backs Catholic firm over contraception mandate
A Catholic-owned family business in Michigan does not have to comply with the provision of the new U.S. healthcare law that requires private employers to provide employees with health insurance that covers birth control, a federal judge in Detroit has ruled.
November 01, 2012 - Religion News Service
RNS: Hawaii Democrat poised to be first Hindu in Congress
Hindu Americans have run America’s major companies and universities, won Nobel prizes and Olympic gold medals, directed blockbuster movies, and even flown into space. But one profession has so far been out of reach: Member of Congress.
October 31, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: ‘Ex-gay’ men fight back against view that homosexuality can’t be changed
For most of his life, Blake Smith said, “every inch of my body craved male sexual contact.”
October 31, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Egypt's Brotherhood: Shariah must be charter base
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said Wednesday it is committed to enshrining Islamic Shariah law as the main source of a new constitution, seeking to mollify ultraconservative Islamists who accuse the group of not advocating strongly enough for Islamic rule.
October 31, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Russians see church and state come closer
As the Russian Orthodox Church continues its ascent as a political force, Archimandrite Tikhon Shevkunov stands at the center of a swirling argument about the church’s power and its possible influence on President Vladimir V. Putin.
October 30, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Egyptians in hajj divided over Islam in politics
Now that she has finished the hajj and is returning home to Egypt, Magda Bagnied says her family will no doubt try to convince her to put on the headscarf to demonstrate her religiosity after a pilgrimage meant to cleanse her of sin and bring her closer to God.
October 30, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Twenty two groups call for EU ban on Israeli settler products
Twenty two religious groups and charities have called on the European Union to ban products made by Israeli settlers in the occupied territories, saying a boycott would undercut their economic reason for staying there.
October 30, 2012 - National Post
National Post: Jewish support in prize battlegrounds could hand election to the Republicans
On June 6, Paul Ryan had a visitor in his House of Representatives’ office in Washington, D.C. Mr. Ryan was not yet the vice-presidential nominee, but was already a rising star in the Republican Party and well known in America’s capital as author of the fiscally conservative “Ryan Budget.”
October 30, 2012 - New York Times
NYT: Supporters of same-sex marriage see room for victories
For opponents of same-sex marriage, it has been a potent and often repeated talking point: though the courts or the legislatures of some states have given gay and lesbian couples the right to marry, wherever it has appeared on the ballot, voters have rejected it.
October 28, 2012 - Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press: Politics, religion tangled up in lawsuit
As a conservative Christian who opposes gay marriage and abortion rights, Pastor Levon Yuille of Ypsilanti said he thinks he has a duty to tell parishioners that they should support politicians who share those views.
October 28, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Mormon church is conspicuously absent in Md. same-sex marriage referendum
Maryland activists working to overturn same-sex marriage have had to get used to one surprising absence from their religious coalition: Mormons.
October 28, 2012 - The Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning News: Social issues could make difference in presidential race for Iowans
Evangelical leaders have preached all year that Republicans cannot win the White House without Christian conservatives — and a nominee they can support.
October 27, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Kuwait's turmoil brings rare protest partnership
For Kuwait's embattled rulers, clashes earlier this week with anti-government protesters were more than just a sign tensions may be mounting.
October 26, 2012 - The Atlantic Journal-Constitution
Atlantic Journal-Constitution: Archdiocese wades into legal fight over birth control mandate
The Archdiocese of Atlanta has placed itself squarely in the midst of a national fight over what it believes is an attack against religious freedom during a hotly contested election.
October 25, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Most French see Islam too influential in society: poll
An increasing majority of people in France believe Islam plays too influential a role in their society and almost half see Muslims as a threat to their national identity, according to a poll published on Thursday.
October 25, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: In Myanmar's volatile west, sectarian violence worsens
Hundreds of homes burned and gunfire rang out as sectarian violence raged for a fifth day between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in western Myanmar on Thursday, pushing the death toll to nearly 60 and testing the country's nascent democracy.
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