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December 12, 2012 - National Journal
National Journal: More health care Supreme Court drama: 'Contraceptive mandate' versus religious freedom
The Supreme Court famously upheld most of the Affordable Care Act in June.
December 12, 2012 - The Daily Mail
Daily Mail: Now PM's faith minister attacks gay marriage law: Warsi claims equality could have string of 'unintended consequences'
The minister for faith has broken ranks on gay marriage to warn that David Cameron’s controversial legislation could have a string of ‘unintended consequences’.
December 11, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Election candidate hopes to draw Israeli Arabs out of shadows
One Israeli Arab election candidate aims to lead his community out of the margins of Israeli politics - saying their interests have been overshadowed for too long by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
December 10, 2012 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Women waiting to be heard in post-Mubarak Egypt
Women’s voices were some of the loudest in the Tahrir Square protests that drove Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from office nearly two years ago.
December 09, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Case reviews could test Obama’s ‘evolution’ on same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court gave itself plenty of room to maneuver when it agreed Friday to review the issue of same-sex marriage.
December 08, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Supreme Court showdown expected over gay rights decisions
For more than two decades, the defining battles within the Supreme Court over social and moral controversies have been fought between two devout Catholics appointed by President Reagan.
December 07, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Supreme Court takes up same-sex marriage for first time
The Supreme Court stepped into the gay marriage debate for the first time on Friday by agreeing to review two challenges to federal and state laws that define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
December 07, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Charter enshrining Shariah at core of Egypt crisis
One of Egypt's most prominent ultraconservative Muslim clerics had high praise for the country's draft constitution.
December 06, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Terror fight shifts to Africa
Military counterterrorism officials are seeking more capability to pursue extremist groups in Africa and elsewhere that they believe threaten the U.S., and the Obama administration is considering asking Congress to approve expanded authority to do it.
December 05, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: California's gay-conversion ban up in air after 2 judges disagree
The fate of the state's new law banning gay-conversion therapy for underage Californians is uncertain after a federal judge said it may infringe on free-speech rights — and a second jurist disagreed.
December 04, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Watch your tongue: Prejudiced comments illegal in Brazil.
In an amateur online video, Afonso Henrique Alves Lobato describes how he and fellow members of his Evangelical church snuck into a spiritual center of Umbanda, an Afro-Brazilian faith that venerates deities originating from Africa in services led by a religious figure called a pai de santo.
December 03, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Orthodox leader deepens progressive stance on environment
At a conference near Istanbul last June, the chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall spoke about the endangered habitat of what she called “our closest relatives.”
December 03, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Pakistan reels with violence against Shiites
Calligraphers linger at the gates of an ancient graveyard in this brooding city in western Pakistan, charged with a macabre and increasingly in-demand task: inscribing the tombstones of the latest victims of the sectarian death squads that openly roam these streets.
December 02, 2012 - The San Francisco Chronicle
SF Chronicle: Evangelicals may boost immigration shift
Richard Land endorsed Mitt Romney, opposes same-sex marriage and abortion rights, and is a leader in one of the nation's largest organizations of Southern Baptists.
December 02, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Russia may soften religion law over Putin concerns
Russian lawmakers are reworking a draft law introducing prison terms for religious offences after signs that Vladimir Putin is concerned it could undermine the delicate balance between the country's many religions.
December 02, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: In foiled Jordanian terror plot, officials see hand of resurgent al-Qaeda in Iraq
The plan was to unleash mayhem across an entire city and “bring Amman to its knees,” in the words of one security official.
December 01, 2012 - The Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune: Salvation Army denies being anti-gay
Shortly after the Salvation Army's red kettle ringers set up shop around Chicago this year, Rick Garcia took to his Facebook page and posted a status update telling friends and followers to boycott the group.
November 30, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Large Europe majorities for assisted suicide: survey
Large majorities of west Europeans favor the legalization of assisted suicide, now allowed only in four countries on the continent, according to a new survey.
November 30, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: In Turkey, forging a new identity
“There are liquids that are not mixable — it’s like that.”
November 30, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Some wish Islam would inform climate debate
At Friday prayers in Qatar's most popular mosque, the imam discussed the civil war in Syria, the unrest in Egypt and the U.N. endorsement of an independent state of Palestine.
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