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Selected religion-related news from around the Web
WSJ: Catholics blast rule on contraception
Catholic leaders lashed out at the Obama administration's decision to require religious employers' health plans to cover contraceptives, accusing the White House of betraying them on the issue.
AP: LDS church joins effort to fight Utah fraud wave
Concerned about the tidal wave of fraud sweeping over Utah that has reached an estimated $2 billion in purported scams, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is stepping up to participate this year in an event that aims to erect a protective wall.
Reuters: COLUMN: Workers fight switch to church pension plans
Mary Rich worked for a hospital in northern New Jersey for 25 years, first as a registered nurse and later as an executive.
Salt Lake Tribune: Mormon church skips pre-session meeting with lawmakers
For the first time in decades, legislative leaders didn’t hold their annual pre-session meeting with LDS Church officials, but the reason for the change in the practice is unclear.
Post-Gazette: Anti-abortion marchers call for better visibility
Hours before dawn, about 6,000 people from Greater Pittsburgh boarded buses to the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C.
Times Free Press: GOP bill seeking biblical displays
Two socially conservative Tennessee lawmakers are promoting what they think is a legally defensible way for local governments to display the Ten Commandments in county courthouses or on public grounds.
The State: In SC, Gingrich capitalized on campaign efforts with women, evangelicals
Evangelicals, women and GOP voters in three counties are proving SC politics are unpredictable.
NYT: In police training, a dark film on U.S. Muslims
Ominous music plays as images appear on the screen: Muslim terrorists shoot Christians in the head, car bombs explode, executed children lie covered by sheets and a  doctored photograph shows an Islamic flag flying over the White House.
Roll Call: 2011 set stage for war over abortion
Anti-abortion activists achieved landmark success last year, no thanks to Congress.
AP: Minn. school board hears new draft policy
The head of the school board in Minnesota's largest school district said the latest proposed replacement for its policy that requires teachers to stay neutral when issues of sexual orientation come up in class is much better than earlier versions, but he wasn't ready Monday night to say if he'll support it.
AP: Washington Legislature has the votes to legalize gay marriage as Sen. Haugen declares support
As lawmakers held their first public hearing on legalizing same-sex marriage, a previously undecided Democratic senator on Monday announced her support for the measure, all but ensuring that Washington will become the seventh state to allow gay and lesbian couples to get married.
AP: Arizona lawmaker proposes bill to set up Bible class for high school students
An Arizona lawmaker is pushing to create a high school course about the Bible and its role in Western culture with a bill that threatens to drop the state into a constitutional dilemma over the separation of church and state.
Times-Dispatch: Sikh city planner becomes Charlottesville mayor
A longtime city planner has become the mayor of Charlottesville.
Sentinel: Christian conservatives ramping up politicial activity
It's Sunday, and for many, that means politics.
Tennessean: Vanderbilt's Christian Legal Society says anti-bias policy discriminates
Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos sent an email Friday assuring students and others the school doesn’t want to limit religious freedom.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Santorum wages his holy war - but can he last much longer?
Before Mitt Romney changed his mind on abortion, before Newt Gingrich got divorced for the second time, before Ron Paul became a surprise hit with social conservatives, there was Rick Santorum.
NYT: Obama reaffirms insurers must cover contraception
The Obama administration said Friday that most health insurance plans must cover contraceptives for women free of charge, and it rejected a broad exemption sought by the Roman Catholic Church for insurance provided to employees of Catholic hospitals, colleges and charities.
Wash. Post: Growing number of African American pastors express support for Occupy movement
As the nation observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Rev. Jamal Harrison Bryant was outside the Federal Reserve’s headquarters in the District, protesting.
NYT: Many evangelicals see something to admire in candidates’ broods
The Republican presidential field has produced a lot of babies.
Toronto Star: Does the Office of Religious Freedom have any teeth?
It was a Conservative campaign promise meant to promote religious freedom worldwide.
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