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Selected religion-related news from around the Web
NYT: A vague role for religion in Egyptian draft constitution
After months of fierce debate over the place of Islam in government, the assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt has settled on a compromise that opens the door to more religion in governance but mainly guarantees that the issue will continue to roil politics, the Parliament and the courts for many years to come.
NYT: Anglican Church's new leader vows to seek reconciliation
Bishop Justin Welby, the new archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual head of the world’s estimated 77 million Anglicans, pledged Friday to seek reconciliation in some of the most contentious issues of gender and sexuality that have split the Anglican Communion.
AP: Pakistan's minority Hindus feel under attack
They came after dusk and chanted into the night sky "Kill the Hindus, kill the children of the Hindus," as they smashed religious icons, ripped golden bangles off women's arms and flashed pistols.
Boston Globe: Assisted suicide measure appears headed for defeat
A divisive ballot initiative that would allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with medication prescribed by physicians appeared early Wednesday to be narrowly going down to defeat.
AP: Washington voters narrowly approving gay marriage
Washington state is on the verge of joining Maryland and Maine as the first states to approve gay marriage with a public vote.
AP: Gay marriage supporters declare victory in Wash.
Supporters of gay marriage in Washington state declared victory Wednesday, saying they don't see a way for their opponents to prevail as votes continue to trickle in on Referendum 74.
Boston Globe: Assisted suicide measure narrowly defeated
A divisive ballot initiative that would allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with medication prescribed by physicians was narrowly defeated.
AP: Brazil's Truth Commission to investigate the role of the church during dictatorship
The Truth Commission investigating human rights abuses committed by Brazil’s former dictatorship will also look into the role Catholic and evangelical churches played during the 1964-1985 military government.
LA Times: Parents view yoga in elementary school as religious indoctrination
Parents in this seaside town are in a twist over yoga, saying that adding the ancient practice of meditative exercise to the school curriculum is tantamount to religious indoctrination into Hinduism.
Civil Beat: Hawaii Congressional Districts: Gabbard and Hanabusa Triumph
Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii’s “it girl,” is heading to Washington D.C.
AP: 'I do?' Opposition dogs French president's plans to legalize gay marriage and adoption
A plan to legalize same-sex marriage and allow gay couples to adopt was a liberal cornerstone of Francois Hollande's election manifesto earlier this year.
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.
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.
Wash. Post: Romney’s chance at presidency heartens Mormon faithful in Utah
“The story began in 1820,” the voice in the headphones exclaimed.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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