As It Happens

GuideStone: Obama mandate violates religious liberty
BP News
"This encroachment of religious freedom is blatant and outrageous and should be taken seriously by those of us who are part of the body of believers, as well as by others who respect and regard this nation's history and constitutional foundation," ...

Deseret News
Religion continues to splinter GOP
Deseret News
His success is significant in that it runs across all demographics, including religion. The Pew Forum on Religion in Public Life highlights the results from the CNN entrance polls. As expected, 88 percent of the Mormon vote went to Romney, ...
Romney vs. Evangelicals?Wizbang (blog)

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The Jersey Journal - NJ.com
Gay marriage hurts religion, writes a reader
The Jersey Journal - NJ.com
However, Quigley failed to tell the public gay marriage/civil unions had been a threat to religion institutions and individuals in New Jersey and across the United States. After the passage of civil unions in New Jersey, a Methodist group in Ocean ...
The Relationship Between Faith and Marriage EqualityHuffington Post (blog)

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ABC News
Health secretary disputes claims that birth control decision disrespects religion
Florida Independent
Religious groups have been very upset — even threatening legal action — ever since the federal government announced it was adding a mandate to the Affordable Care Act that requires health insurers to cover birth control without co-payments.
Catholic leaders: contraception mandate attacks religious freedomWBIR-TV
GUEST EDITORIAL — Religious freedom for whom?HollandSentinel.com
Obamacare: Mendacity in Defense of “Free Birth Control Rule” Religious BigotryFirst Things (blog)
ABC News -Washington Post (blog)
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CBS Local
Tuesday's letters: Religious freedoms at stake
Tampabay.com
I am not often on Marco Rubio's side of an issue, but I most certainly agree that there needs to be a "refusal clause" for a broad range of religious and religious-affiliated institutions when it comes to providing coverage for medical treatments that ...
Marco Rubio takes on Obama over contraceptive ruleWashington Post (blog)
Rubio & Obama Fight Over ContraceptivesCBS Local

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Newsday
Romney continues Republican line of attack on Obama over "religious liberty"
CBS News
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday stepped up the Republican charge that President Obama is infringing upon "religious liberty" by requiring faith-based organizations provide birth control coverage for their employees.
Economic Gains, Questions on Romney Boost Obama's Prospects for NovemberABC News
The year of no Mormon presidentdagblog (blog)
Washington Post-ABC News PollWashington Post
msnbc.com -RollingStone.com (blog) -The Hill (blog)
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Telegraph.co.uk
Should Romney be reticent about religion?
Indian Express
Not, interestingly, religion. When Romney first ran for president in 2008, there was so much discussion about the potential impact of his Mormonism, and his own concern about it was deep enough, that he delivered a set-piece speech designed to rebut ...
Why Mitt Romney should open up on MormonismCBS News
Evolution of ReligionNews24
Has Mitt Romney Shown Religious Intolerance?OpEdNews
Deseret News -WNYC -Center For American Progress
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The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Religion and the 2012 Nevada Republican Caucuses
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Mitt Romney's strong win in the 2012 Nevada Republican caucuses included overwhelming support from Mormons and strong support from Catholic voters, according to results from the National Election Pool entrance poll. Romney also was the winner among ...
Ron Paul supporters crash special religious caucusLos Angeles Times
Orthodox Jews Get Special Nevada Caucus, Ron Paul Supporters CrashHuffington Post
Ron Paul supporters crash, take over special late-night religious caucusExaminer.com
Reuters
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ChicagoNow
Religion, pornography, love cross paths in ill at ease 'Hesperia'
Chicago Sun-Times
As for Colburn's subject, it is nothing less than the feverish tension between heaven and hell that can drive some to fundamentalist religion, others to pornography, and leave most people in a mostly unquestioned state of limbo between these two ...
“HESPERIA” (Writers Theatre): Promised Land within a Gated CommunityChicagoNow (blog)

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Washington Times
The Problem with Religion
Patheos (blog)
Religious texts have been used to justify everything from slavery to homophobia to abusive relationships. Religious people in positions of power have abused that power and harmed others, including children. There have never been any “spirituality wars ...
Allegiance to God or to one man-made religion?Washington Times
God or Gay, No Need to Choose SidesReligion Dispatches
How you can love Jesus but hate religion part 2Examiner.com

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ABC News
Obamacare: Mendacity in Defense of “Free Birth Control Rule” Religious Bigotry
First Things (blog)
But first, they will try to spin it as not anti religion. They will pretend it isn't narrowly drawn. And that's just what HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius attempted today in USA Today–and it's a crock. From “Contraception Rule Respects Religion:” The ...
Kathleen Sebelius: Contraception rule respects religionUSA TODAY
Catholic leaders: contraception mandate attacks religious freedomWBIR-TV
GUEST EDITORIAL — Religious freedom for whom?HollandSentinel.com
ABC News -Washington Post (blog) -New York Times
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Why should religions be exempt from advertising rules?
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
By Tom Chivers Religion Last updated: February 6th, 2012 M'colleague Brendan O'Neill writes that "If Christians are not free to say 'God heals', then there is no religious freedom in this country". He berates "authoritarian literalists" at the ...

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RELIGION: Pastor poised to be first black to lead Baptists
Delmarva Now
NEW ORLEANS – After months of urging from other Baptists around the country, the Rev. Fred Luter told his African-American congregation that he will seek to become the first black man to lead the predominantly white Southern Baptist Convention.

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RH Reality Check (blog)
Planned Parenthood and media thank each other
GetReligion
Here at GetReligion, we analyze how well the media handle religion news. Last week was not one of those weeks that make me proud to be a journalist. Generally speaking, reporters and their editors provide a valuable service and deliver news day after ...
Mammograms, Contraception, and Abortion are Always Political, Even Religious ...RH Reality Check (blog)
Matthew Dowd: Susan G. Komen-Planned Parenthood Debate Shows 'Poisonous Part ...Yahoo! Contributors Network
Our View: In clash of titans, does anybody win?Peoria Journal Star
Village Voice (blog)
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Experts' club
Religious separatism or idiocy?
Experts' club
On February 3rd, at the central square in Sukhumi a gathering of Abkhazians took place that was organized by Abkhazian religious separatists led by Dorofei (Dbar). A reason for the gathering was to make an announcement about secession from the Georgian ...

RELIGION: Pastor poised to be first black to lead Baptists
Delmarva Daily Times
NEW ORLEANS – After months of urging from other Baptists around the country, the Rev. Fred Luter told his African-American congregation that he will seek to become the first black man to lead the predominantly white Southern Baptist Convention.

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Religion writing seeing noticeable improvement
Deseret News
By Lane Williams, For the Deseret News In the late 1990s, Trinity College professor Dr. Mark Silk wrote a powerful book about news and religion coverage. Like so many other authors before him, he seemed to bemoan the quality of news coverage of ...

National Post (blog)
Religion and faith can be good for you
News Chief
By BONNIE ERBE As I sit through and observe the God-smathered GOP presidential primary, I look longingly at Europe, where people can have intellectual, stimulating discussions about religion, atheism and politics. Europe is a place, unlike the US, ...
Atheists and the F-WordHuffington Post (blog)
Religion offers needed structureChicago Sun-Times
Religion for atheists is like alcohol-free lagerTelegraph.co.uk (blog)
Democratic Underground -National Post (blog) -The Guardian (blog)
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The Express Tribune (blog)
Is religion the opium of Pakistani masses?
The Express Tribune (blog)
The poor tend to support religion more and governments in poor societies tend to use religion to help maintain social control. PHOTO: EXPRESS Institutionalized religion can have a major social impact on society, for good or for evil.

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The Voice of Russia
Obligatory religion
The Voice of Russia
From September 2012, foundations of religion will be introduced as an obligatory subject in all schools of Russia. According to their own (or, probably, their parents') choice, schoolchildren, starting from the 4th or the 5th year, ...