LDS Church News - Pure religion: Proper assessment

The Philippines has about 7000 islands, 90 million people and 170 different dialects. Of any country in the world, it is an unlikely place for a single project sponsored by the Church to affect an entire nation, but that is exactly what is happening.
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Christian Legal Experts Say Healthcare Law Redefines Religion ...

The court's ruling did not address the religious liberty issue regarding the constitutionality of the "HHS mandate," that requires religious employers to pay for contraception, abortifacients and sterilization despite holding religious objections.
Persecution

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Religion briefs

Religion briefs.
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Crackpot Religion May Have Had Something To Do With Tom Cruise And Katie ...

In the case of Tom vs. Kat, who will gain custody of Suri Cruise and her closet full of teeny designer flats remains to be seen. However, might be important to note that the kid is 6 years old, the same age as son Connor was when Cruise split with ...
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Everyday Sociology Blog: Civil Religion

By Karen Sternheimer For most people, the word “religion” connotes one of the major organized faiths humans have practiced for centuries. Religious traditions ...
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Dr. House on religion | What Would JT Do?

My favorite House on religion moment is the one from 'Damned If You Don't,' in season 1, where the nun he's treating wants to give up treatment and trust in the lord. “You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven ...
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Pharmacist denies meds because religion

An Albuquerque woman claims she was denied her birth control pills because of her pharmacist's religious beliefs.
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American Civil Religion in the Age of Obama: An interview with ...

Philip S. Gorski is Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative Research at Yale University. His work as a comparative historical sociologist has been influential in recovering Max Weber and ...
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Religious groups react to Supreme Court health care ruling

Religious groups and social conservatives react to the Supreme Court's historic ruling that largely upholds the Obama health care reform law. Live updates throughout the day.
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Stephen Mansfield: 8 Reasons Religion Will Help Define the Path to ...

As sophisticated and postmodern as Americans believe themselves to be, a Gallop poll in 2011 revealed that 20 percent of Republicans and 27 percent of Democrats will not vote for a Mormon.
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Health-Care Law's Religious-Liberty Threat Remains

Kathryn Jean Lopez writes on NRO: Kyle Duncan from the Becket Fund reads the state of the religious-liberty debate in regard to the Department of Health and Human Services Obamacare contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drug mandate in ...
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Religious groups slam German circumcision ruling

Islamic organizations joined Jewish voices Wednesday to condemn a German court ruling that the religious circumcision of boys amounts to bodily injury, punishable by law. Circumcision is an initiation rite for Jewish baby boys, performed eight days ...
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Vatican Bank, Known For Secrecy, Opens Its Doors In Effort Towards Transparency

During a nearly three-hour power-point presentation to a few dozen journalists, the bank's director, Paolo Cipriani, highlighted the peculiar nature of the Institute for Religious Works, the institute's official name, and stressed its internal and ...
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Religion news in Brief

German court: Circumcision on Jewish boys is assault BERLIN (AP)—A German court has ruled that circumcising Jewish boys amounts to bodily harm even if parents consent to the procedure.
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Religion news in Brief

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has ruled that circumcising Jewish boys amounts to bodily harm even if parents consent to the procedure.The state court in Cologne said the child's right to physical integrity trumps freedom of religion and parents' rights ...
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Catholic 'Fortnight for Freedom' a necessary response to Obama's provocation

The Catholic bishops did not seek a confrontation with the administration; it was thrust upon them by the Health and Human Services mandate requiring religious institutions to include contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs and sterilizations, all ...
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Religious reaction roundup to Supreme Court decision on health care

EWTN Global Catholic Network, which filed suit against the U.S. Government in February to halt the implementation of the so-called HHS contraception mandate, says the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act in its entirety ...
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Supreme Court ruling promises religious fights for the forseeable future

Reaction swift; Catholic lawsuits will move forward.
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German court circumcision ban meets wave of criticism

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's foreign minister added his voice on Thursday to a chorus of criticism of a court decision to ban the circumcision of young boys for religious reasons, arguing that such traditions.
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Supreme Court health care defeat may be a win for religious opposition

Supporters of President Obama's health care reform law were elated on Thursday (June 28) — and admittedly a bit surprised — by the Supreme Court's narrow decision upholding the landmark legislation. But they may want to keep the corks in their ...
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