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INSIDE THIS UPDATE Q&A: Stimulus Package Stimulates Church-State Debate Religious Groups Agree: Fixing the Nation's Economy Is Job One California Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Prop. 8 Pew Forum in the News Top Religion Headlines QUICK LINKS >> Bioethics Death Penalty Gay Marriage Religion & Politics Religion & Public Schools Religion & Social Welfare Religion & the Law Religion & World Affairs U.S. Religious Landscape Survey	Q&A: Stimulus Package Stimulates Church-State Debate Could a provision in the recently passed economic stimulus package restrict the religious activity of college and university students? Church-state expert Robert W. Tuttle explores the legal issues in question. Read the Q&A » Religious Groups Agree: Fixing the Nation's Economy Is Job One There is general agreement across religious groups that strengthening the economy should be a top policy priority for the government. But people of different faiths are divided in their support for addressing other policy issues. View the graphic » California Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Proposition 8 Yesterday the California Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging Proposition 8, a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. The Pew Forum has an extensive research package on different aspects of the gay marriage debate, including a legal backgrounder detailing the case history of the issue leading up to yesterday's hearing and a 2007 event transcript focusing on same-sex marriage in California and featuring panelists Ken Starr and Shannon Minter, two of the attorneys on the current case. Go to the gay marriage issue page » Pew Forum in the News March 6, 2009 - The Wall Street Journal California's Gay-Marriage Ban Gets Court Airing The Wall Street Journal turns to Senior Research Fellow David Masci for analysis of yesterday's oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging California's Proposition 8. Read more Pew Forum in the News articles » Top Religion Headlines March 5 - The Associated Press Vatican-Backed Conference Snubs Creationism March 4 - The Washington Times Evangelicals Ponder Dobson's Successor March 4 - The Associated Press Traditional Anglicans Want To Join Catholic Church March 3 - The Associated Press Supreme Court Lets Ban on Type of School Prayer Stand March 2 - Associated Baptist Press Faith-Based Leaders Say Budget Is Major Shift in Poverty Policy March 2 - CNN Abortion, Not Resume, Could Dominate Sebelius Confirmation Feb. 28 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch Lutheran Debate Over Homosexuality Focuses on Scripture Feb. 28 - The New York Times Questions Raised Anew About Religion in Military Feb. 27 - The Baltimore Sun Obama Administration Moves To Rescind Abortion Rule Feb. 26 - The Economist Britain and Its Muslims: How the Government Lost the Plot Read more Religion News » Photo credits: Barack Obama: Corbis Foreclosure sign: AP

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