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Newt Gingrich's Catholic Conversion Is Part Of A Larger Spiritual Shift In His Life And Politics

Newt Gingrich's Catholic Conversion Is Part Of A Larger Spiritual Shift In His Life And Politics | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
As former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich's star continues to rise ahead of GOP Republican primaries, he has had less time for what in recent years has become a calming, soothing Sunday tradition: sitting in the pews at the cavernous National...
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RDFRS: Faith in Constitutions: In God Some Trust

RDFRS: Faith in Constitutions: In God Some Trust | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
Our mission is to support scientific education and critical thinking to overcome religious fundamentalism, superstition, intolerance and suffering
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Supreme Court Turns To Defense Of Marriage Act

Supreme Court Turns To Defense Of Marriage Act | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
BY MARK SHERMAN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — In the second of back-to-back gay marriage cases, the Supreme Court is turning to a constitutional challenge to the law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits...
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Hillary Clinton Comes Out For Gay Marriage

Hillary Clinton Comes Out For Gay Marriage | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her support for gay marriage Monday, putting her in line with other potential Democratic presidential candidates on a social issue that is rapidly gaining public approval.
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| False Freedom: Ky. Governor Should Veto Reckless `Religious Liberty' Law

| False Freedom: Ky. Governor Should Veto Reckless `Religious Liberty' Law | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
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Nonbelievers seek to take God off currency - Freedom From Religion Foundation

Nonbelievers seek to take God off currency - Freedom From Religion Foundation | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, along with 19 other plaintiffs, is suing the U.S. Treasury for stamping "In God We Trust" on currency. Honorary...
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World Religion News, Religious Views, Spirituality - HuffPost Religion

World Religion News, Religious Views, Spirituality - HuffPost Religion | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
Follow religion in the news, read commentary from top spiritual leaders and grow spiritually thru scripture, prayers and rituals from world religions.
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Urge President Obama to speak up for nonbelievers and gays in BSA - Freedom From Religion Foundation

Urge President Obama to speak up for nonbelievers and gays in BSA - Freedom From Religion Foundation | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
Email or phone the President today urging him as honorary president of Boy Scouts of America to support inclusion of gay and nonreligious members, vol...
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Senator Asks For Proof Of Evolution, Discovers He Doesn't Actually Understand What It Is

Senator Asks For Proof Of Evolution, Discovers He Doesn't Actually Understand What It Is | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
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Mormons (But Not Mitt) At The Inauguration

Mormons (But Not Mitt) At The Inauguration | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is sending Mormons to the inauguration, but the guest list doesn't include Mitt Romney.
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Gay marriage topless protest in front of pope

Gay marriage topless protest in front of pope | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
Today we are here to protest against homophobia, said Inna Shevchenko Sunday, as she and three other women were escorted out of St. Peters Square on...
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Put God Back In Public Schools?

Put God Back In Public Schools? | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
The religious neutrality in our schools is, I would argue, one of our strengths. Teachers cannot inhibit or deride religion. But this does not mean that we've taken God out of public schools.
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Glenn Beck's Surprising Defense For Gay Marriage

Glenn Beck's Surprising Defense For Gay Marriage | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
Glenn Beck has reiterated his surprisingly lenient stance on same-sex marriage in a new interview.
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One Million Moms Mad At Ellen DeGeneres... Again

One Million Moms Mad At Ellen DeGeneres... Again | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
Conservative media watchdog group One Million Moms is angry about Ellen DeGeneres' new Christmas ad for J.C. Penney, NBC's "Today Show" reports.
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Pat Robertson Says God Gives More Miracles To 'Simple' Foreigners

Pat Robertson Says God Gives More Miracles To 'Simple' Foreigners | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
Pat Robertson recently attempted to explain why more miracles seem to happen for "simple, humble" foreigners than for Americans, and he said it has to do with evolution.
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It would be a miracle if this simple idiot could ever shut his mouth.
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Supreme Court Takes On Prop 8

Supreme Court Takes On Prop 8 | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
By MARK SHERMAN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is wading into the fight over same-sex marriage at a time when public opinion is shifting rapidly in favor of permitting gay and lesbian couples to wed, but 40 states don't allow...
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Santorum: Obama wants 'Godless' America; passion is on the left

Santorum: Obama wants 'Godless' America; passion is on the left | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
  NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who very well may have been a Michigan primary win away from being the Republican nominee, gave a rousing defense of social values here at the Conservative Political Action...
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Christian Group Wants Parents to Call Their Kids Out of School on ‘Day of Silence’

Christian Group Wants Parents to Call Their Kids Out of School on ‘Day of Silence’ | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
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PostScript: Clinton and repealing DOMA

PostScript: Clinton and repealing DOMA | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
Readers respond to Clinton's call to repeal DOMA
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Sodom And Gomorrah Revisited

Sodom And Gomorrah Revisited | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
Regardless of whether one is a literalist or a relativist, it seems to me that the true abomination lies in centuries of vilifying, criminalizing and persecuting a group of human beings in the name of religion.
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Perils and politics of inaugural prayers

Perils and politics of inaugural prayers | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
Even the most universal “to-whom-it-may-concern” prayers leave out the millions of Americans who don’t pray at all.
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Too Many Questions: Trial By Jury On Trial

Too Many Questions: Trial By Jury On Trial | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
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Losing my religion for equality

Losing my religion for equality | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God.
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Obama To Use Two Symbolic Bibles For Presidential Oath

Obama To Use Two Symbolic Bibles For Presidential Oath | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is putting a symbolic twist on a time-honored tradition, taking the oath of office for his second term with his hand placed not on a single Bible but on two – one owned by Martin Luther King Jr.
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Huckabee Makes Outrageous Remarks After Massacre

Huckabee Makes Outrageous Remarks After Massacre | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (R) weighed in on the massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. on Friday, saying the crime was no surprise because we have "systematically removed God" from public schools.
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Scalia Defends His Writings About Homosexuality

Scalia Defends His Writings About Homosexuality | Religion and Politics | Scoop.it
PRINCETON, N.J. -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday found himself defending his legal writings that some find offensive and anti-gay.
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