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February 13, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Ohio school board votes to keep Jesus portrait up
An Ohio school district decided Tuesday night to keep a portrait of Jesus hanging in the school where it's been 65 years, denying a federal lawsuit's claim the portrait's display unconstitutionally promotes religion in a public school.
February 13, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: Bahrainis divided as leaders start reconciliation talks
For Maryam Abdullah Jawad, a Shi'ite Muslim, grief at the loss of her son prevents her even contemplating the idea of solving Bahrain's political ferment by talking to its hereditary rulers.
February 13, 2013 - The Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Anger is growing among Iraq's Sunnis
The call to prayer echoes across the quiet highway in western Iraq and a few hundred men gather along the roadside in the frigid night air.
February 13, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: House passes Sandy aid for houses of worship
The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to allow houses of worship damaged by Superstorm Sandy to receive federal disaster aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
February 13, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Ohio town latest focus of religion legal debate
Since just after World War II, a portrait of Jesus has hung in a Jackson City Schools building, attracting little discussion and no controversy that anyone seems to recall.
February 10, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Filipino extremists face new foe: fellow rebels
After years of fighting the government from hidden jungle bases in the southern Philippines, an Al-Qaida-linked militant group is facing a new adversary: fellow Muslim insurgents who can match their guerrilla battle tactics and are eager to regain their lost stature by fighting the widely condemned terrorist group.
February 10, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: Among U.S. evangelicals, surprising support for immigration reform
Thou shalt compromise, at least on immigration reform.
February 09, 2013 - The Economist
Economist: A meaty question
Keeping the government’s nose out of anything with a religious whiff is one of America’s founding principles.
February 08, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Assisted suicide on legal agenda in several states
A push for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is under way in a half-dozen states where proponents say they see strong support for allowing doctors to prescribe mentally competent, dying individuals with the medications needed to end their own lives.
February 08, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: NM medical board exonerates late-term abortion doctor in case that raises privacy issues
The New Mexico Medical Board on Thursday exonerated an Albuquerque doctor of gross negligence for her handling of a late-term abortion in a case that raised questions about whether politics trumped patient privacy.
February 08, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Bringing ultra-Orthodox traditions to Israel’s Parliament, olive branch in hand
Dov Lipman’s introduction to the conundrum of the ultra-Orthodox in modern Israel began more than two decades ago, when he was a 19-year-old American student in a Jerusalem yeshiva.
February 08, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Judges split over birth control coverage and religious liberty
Judges across the country are increasingly split over whether private employers and their companies can cite their religious beliefs as a valid reason for denying birth control coverage to their employees.
February 07, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Boy Scouts face 14 weeks of heavy pressure before planned vote on whether to ease ban on gays
Given the impassioned views on two sides of the debate, the BSA risks alienating large segments of the national Scouting community no matter what the decision is in May.
February 07, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Bishops reject birth control compromise
The nation's Roman Catholic bishops on Thursday rejected the latest White House proposal on health insurance coverage of contraceptives, saying it did not offer enough safeguards for religious hospitals, colleges and charities that objected to providing such coverage for their employees.
February 07, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Terrorist tweets: how Al Qaeda's social media move could cause problems
Twitter isn't just for Justin Bieber – terrorists are tweeting, too.
February 07, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Iran urges young couples to have more babies
Thirty-eight-year-old Reza Ali Mohammadi, a typist, and his wife, who stays at home, recently had their second son and wouldn't mind having a larger family.
February 07, 2013 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Extremists threaten Christian-Islamic harmony in Nigeria, cardinal says
In Nigeria, cross-country funeral processions are a sign of terrible times.
February 06, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Tunisian opposition leader shot dead
An outspoken critic of Tunisia’s Islamist government was shot dead outside his home Wednesday, underscoring a deepening political rift between newly empowered Islamists and their secular opposition in states across North Africa since the Arab Spring.
February 05, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: British House of Commons approves gay marriage
The House of Commons voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Britain, indicating that the bill is assured of passage as it moves through further legislative stages.
February 05, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Push for assisted suicide comes to Connecticut
A push for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is under way in at least three Northeastern states including Connecticut, where proponents say they see strong support for allowing doctors to prescribe mentally competent, dying individuals with the medications needed to take their own lives.
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