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September 26, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Uruguay lawmakers narrowly approve legalizing abortion, ground-breaking step in Latin America
Legislators have voted in Uruguay by a razor-thin margin to legalize abortion.
September 26, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Republicans intensify drive to win over Jewish voters
Using billboards, television advertisements and finely honed voter lists, Republicans here and in other battleground states have intensified an effort to lure a small but potentially significant group of new or wavering voters from President Obama.
September 25, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: NYC schools dispensing morning-after pill to girls
It's a campaign believed to be unprecedented in its size and aggressiveness: New York City is dispensing the morning-after pill to girls as young as 14 at more than 50 public high schools, sometimes even before they have had sex.
September 25, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Uruguay Congress debates legalizing abortion, a groundbreaking step in Latin America
Uruguay’s congress appeared ready on Tuesday to legalize abortion, a groundbreaking move in Latin America, where no country save Cuba has made abortions accessible to all women during the first trimester of pregnancy.
September 23, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Rise of evangelicals changes Brazilian fashion
Strolling down the main shopping drag in this working-class Rio de Janeiro suburb, it's not the second-skin dresses in shocking pink spandex that catch the eye or even the strapless tops with strategically placed peekaboo paneling.
September 22, 2012 - The Los Angeles Times
LA Times: In San Francisco, Prop. 8 backer to head Catholic Church
The announcement by Pope Benedict XVI has been dubbed the "Bombshell by the Bay."
September 22, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: An evangelical is back from exile, lifting Romney
Ralph Reed is clearly relishing his revival.
September 22, 2012 - Deseret News
Deseret News: Religious liberty emerges as sensitive political issue
Earlier this month, in nearly identical benedictions at the two national political conventions, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York talked about the importance of religious liberty.
September 20, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Prophet film puts spotlight on U.S. copts
The anti-Islamic movie trailer inflaming the Middle East opens with Muslims ransacking a Christian medical clinic and then segues into a flashback of Muhammad’s life. “Set the place on fire! We’ll burn out these forsaken Christians!” cries one Muslim character.
September 20, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Worries over violence against churches in Israel
After a series of attacks by vandals on Christian holy sites in Israel, normally tight-lipped Roman Catholic officials are beginning to speak out, publicly appealing to authorities to take a stronger stand against the violence.
September 20, 2012 - McClatchy Newspapers
McClatchy: Outrage over anti-Islam video threatens to reignite blasphemy debate at U.N.
The divide in world opinion over what constitutes free speech will be on display again next week at the United Nations, where heated arguments over a proposed blasphemy law were an annual feature for the past decade.
September 19, 2012 - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Star Tribune: Both sides in marriage fight appeal to faithful
The two sides slugging it out over the marriage amendment took their battle to the pews Tuesday, with both sides making bold, public pleas to people of faith.
September 17, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Some black pastors are telling their flocks to stay home Election Day
Some black clergy see no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, so they are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day.
September 16, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Murfreesboro mosque response not typical in Tenn.
The two-year struggle between the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro and a group of residents who have fought a losing battle to keep it from being built paints a distorted picture of Muslim life in Tennessee, where several other mosques have opened in recent years with little or no controversy.
September 16, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Furor fades a year after military's gay ban lifted
They are images Americans had never seen before. Jubilant young men and women in military uniforms marching beneath a rainbow flag in a gay-pride parade.
September 15, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: A comedian and a cardinal open up on spirituality
The comedian Stephen Colbert and Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York bantered onstage Friday night before 3,000 cheering, stomping, chanting students at Fordham University, in what might have been the most successful Roman Catholic youth evangelization event since Pope John Paul II last appeared at World Youth Day.
September 13, 2012 - The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore Sun: Maryland's same-sex marriage campaign looks to New York – and elsewhere – to raise money
In one corner, comedian Sandra Bernhard, wearing a sparkly black skirt, chatted with a longtime fan.
September 13, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Origins of controversial anti-Muslim video remain a mystery
Scenes from the crudely made anti-Muslim video are explicit: Men dressed in head coverings and robes beat and slash a girl wearing a cross and burn the homes of “forsaken Christians” as Egyptian police do nothing.
September 12, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Egyptian court overturns conviction of popular comedian of offending Islam
An Egyptian appeals court has overturned the conviction of one of the Arab world's most famous comedians, who had been sentenced to jail for insulting Islam in his movies.
September 12, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: American Muslim leaders condemn attacks

American Muslim leaders and organizations rushed on Wednesday to condemn the attacks on American diplomatic outposts in Libya and Egypt, issuing news releases and giving interviews that seemed aimed as much at an American audience as at Muslims overseas.

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