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February 26, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Virginia ultrasound bill joins other states’ measures
Virginia officials backed off last week from requiring vaginal ultrasounds before abortions, but state legislators are still expected to pass a bill that mandates abdominal ultrasounds and adds other significant requirements for women seeking abortions.
February 25, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Broken Trust in God’s Country
THIS village is as sweet as its name. Main Street climbs gently from a tidy railroad crossing, past a few gift shops to the simple brick First Mennonite Church.
February 25, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Fight over birth control order shows strength of alliance between Catholics and Evangelicals
The support shown by evangelical Christian leaders for Roman Catholics in a dispute with the Obama administration over birth control would have been hard to imagine a generation ago.
February 24, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Focus on social issues could shape battle for women
Rick Santorum creates a stir by speaking out against prenatal testing. Virginia’s governor and legislature get caught up in an emotional debate over requiring women seeking abortions to undergo an ultrasound.
February 23, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Maryland Senate passes same-sex marriage bill
Maryland will join seven states and the District in allowing same-sex marriage, ending a year-long drama in Annapolis over the legislation and expanding nationwide momentum for gay rights.
February 23, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Black pastors take heat for not viewing same-sex marriage as civil rights matter
All of a sudden, they are bigots and haters — they who stood tall against discrimination, who marched and sat in, who knew better than most the pain of being told they were less than others.
February 23, 2012 - National Journal
National Journal: No Roe for Gays
On gay marriage, the U.S. has turned onto the road not taken on abortion.
February 23, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: States, Catholics sue over contraceptives rule
Seven states, Catholic groups and individuals on Thursday filed the first major lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's new contraceptive regulations, arguing that the policy violated the constitutional rights to religious freedom.
February 22, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: NYPD built secret files on mosques, businesses outside NY; Newark mayor opens investigation
Americans living and working in New Jersey’s largest city were subjected to surveillance as part of the New York Police Department’s effort to build databases of where Muslims work, shop and pray.
February 22, 2012 - The News & Observer
News & Observer: N.C. takes center stage in gay marriage battle
States across the country in the last three weeks started moving toward allowing same-sex couples to marry, while North Carolina is looking to catch a wave that crested eight years ago by asking voters to approve a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and civil unions.
February 22, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Rick Santorum’s ‘phony theology’ criticism of Obama follows a familiar theme
When Rick Santorum accused President Obama of having “some phony theology” last weekend, it was neither an isolated event nor an offhand remark.
February 22, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Schools work to balance gay, religious rights
Dozens of colleges have scrutinized how on-campus Christian groups operate after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowed a law school to deny funding to a Christian group that would not admit gays.
February 22, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Federal judge says Washington state cannot force pharmacies to sell emergency contraceptives
Washington state cannot force pharmacies to sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the state's true goal was to suppress religious objections by druggists — not to promote timely access to the medicines for people who need them.
February 21, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Romney accuses Obama administration of fighting against religion, seeking a secular agenda
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s administration has “fought against religion” and sought to substitute a “secular” agenda for one grounded in faith.
February 21, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Southern Baptist panel recommends name add-on: Great Commission Baptists
Some Southern Baptists worry that their denomination's name still carries the stigma of a 19th century split with northern Baptists over slavery. Others who fought hard to build the brand and its conservative theology and politics don't want to see it go.
February 21, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Bloomberg defends police’s monitoring of Muslim students on web
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Tuesday defended the New York Police Department's monitoring of the Web sites of Muslim student groups at more than a dozen universities across the Northeast, framing the effort as one way to guard against the threat of terrorism.
February 21, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Bill allowing private adoption agencies to deny placing children with gays approved by Senate
Private adoption agencies could deny placing children with prospective parents who are gay under a bill that received final approval in the Virginia General Assembly on Tuesday.
February 21, 2012 - The Washington Times
Wash. Times: Muslim families turn to home-schooling
Cilia Ndiaye vividly remembers her parents’ worries that she was suffering in public school because of her Muslim faith.
February 20, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Catholic hospitals expand, religious strings attached
As Roman Catholic leaders and government officials clash over the proper role of religion and reproductive health, shifts in health care economics are magnifying the tension.
February 20, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Va. mosque vandalism draws sympathy for long-persecuted Muslim sect
In late January, workmen in Chantilly erected a minaret on the roof of a new building, the first highly visible sign that it was to be a mosque.
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