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June 12, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Church of England objects to gay marriage plan
The Church of England and Roman Catholic bishops of England and Wales formally objected Tuesday to the government's proposal to permit gay marriages, both asserting that their historic understanding is that marriage is the union of a woman and a man.
June 12, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Evangelical groups call for new stance on illegal immigration
Some of the nation’s most influential evangelical groups urged a solution to illegal immigration on Tuesday that defies the harsh rhetoric of the Republican primary race, which continues to undermine Mitt Romney’s appeal to Hispanic voters.
June 12, 2012 - The Washington Post
WaPo: Egyptian presidential hopeful attacks Islamists to gain support
Just days before the final round of Egypt’s presidential election, religion has become a deciding factor for many voters, who face a stark choice between a conservative Islamist and a secular former military officer.
June 12, 2012 - The Times
The Times: Gay marriage plan could divorce Church from State
The Church of England faces its biggest rupture with the State in 500 years under government plans to legalise gay marriage.
June 12, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: With eye on Turkey, Israel debates Armenia deaths
The Israeli parliament debated Tuesday whether to recognize the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks 100 years ago as genocide, a move that would enrage Turkey and further strain already tense ties between the two countries.
June 11, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: War on religion? North Dakota Measure 3 aims to strike back.
By all accounts, spring elections in North Dakota are usually sleepy affairs: maybe a couple local ballot initiatives or a handful of city council or school board races. Not this year, though.
June 10, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Crisis in Myanmar over Buddhist-Muslim clash
Myanmar declared a state of emergency on Sunday in a western state where at least 17 people have been killed this month in violence between Buddhists and Muslims.
June 09, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Sweetened charity
“IT MUST be borne in mind,” Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer told the House of Commons in his budget speech, “that in every case exemption means a relief to A at the charge of B.”
June 08, 2012 - The Times
The Times: Ghostly sect of Syria’s past haunts its future
When the French ruled Syria after the carve-up of the Middle East that followed the First World War, they needed a local group they could rely on, a favoured minority to keep the rest in check and to help to enforce their mandate.
June 08, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Vouchers breathe new life into shrinking Catholic schools
It had been years since Principal Kathleen Lowry pulled extra desks from the dusty attic of St. Stanislaus, the only Catholic school left in this port city.
June 07, 2012 - The Times
The Times: Muslim extremists at top-security jail are spreading fear among inmates and staff’
Muslim prisoners are bullying inmates to convert to Islam at a top-security jail, provoking fear of a campaign to radicalise prisoners.
June 07, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: In Mali, an Islamist extremist haven takes shape
A vast new sanctuary is emerging for al-Qaeda’s African followers in the desert wastelands of northern Mali, where Tuareg secessionists, allied with extremist Muslim guerrillas, have shaken off government rule and declared an independent Islamist state.
June 06, 2012 - El Pais
El Pais: Eighty percent of Spaniards believe Church should pay property tax
The consensus has been broken. Leopoldo González-Echenique, an attorney general who was part of the previous Popular Party (PP) administration, has been put forward as the government’s choice to chair Radio Televisión Española (RTVE), the embattled public broadcaster.
June 06, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Crackdown on punks in Indonesia
In his canary yellow t-shirt and skinny jeans Banu Prasdana looks like an ordinary Indonesian kid.
June 06, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Israel moves to improve religious freedom – for Jews
Israel has always touted a national respect for freedom of religion in a region where religious intolerance runs high.
June 05, 2012 - NPR
NPR: N. Dakota 'religious liberty' measure sparks debate
Next week, North Dakota voters will decide whether to add an amendment to the state's constitution that supporters say will guarantee religious freedom.
June 05, 2012 - The Washington Post
WaPo: Proposition 8: Appeals court won’t reconsider ruling that gay-marriage ban is unconstitutional
A federal appeals court said Tuesday that it would not reconsider a ruling that struck down California’s Proposition 8 amendment banning same-sex marriage, another sign that the issue will soon move to the Supreme Court.
June 04, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Obama and Romney shun confrontation on religion
Maybe the economy is a political black hole, sucking every other issue into an impossibly dense void.
June 04, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Faith scholars who backed Obama before see weakening Democratic interest in religious voters
In 2008, Barack Obama took aim at the "pew gap," the overwhelming Republican edge among voters who regularly attend church.
June 04, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Nigeria's Boko Haram a holy war? Maybe not entirely
Nigerian Roman Catholic Archbishop John Onaiyekan, on a visit to Kenya, said the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency is as rooted in bad governance as much as in its push for Islamic sharia law.
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