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2012-02
2012-02-07	'Ex-Gay' Flyer Sent Home To Maryland Students Ignites Controversy
	Last year, Owasso Kids For Christ, a Bible club, filed suit against the Oklahoma's Owasso Public Schools claiming the district was denying their right to free speech by not permitting them to promote their events using flyers at school.
2012-02-07	Rabbi's 'Kosher Jesus' book is denounced as heresy
	The book focuses on the Christian savior's Jewishness, portraying him as a hero who stood up to Roman rule of Palestine and paid with his life. In keeping with Jewish theology, it does not accept his resurrection or his divinity
2012-02-07	'Kill all Jews and annihilate Israel!' Iran's Ayatollah lays out legal and religious justification for attack
	Conservative site Alef has published a doctrine detailing why the destruction of the nation and the slaughter of all its people would be legally and morally justified
2012-02-05	Worshipers Kicked Out Of N.Y. School On Principle
	"You have a right to pray, of course. You have a right to worship. Freedom of religion is critical," said Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union. "But freedom for a church to take over a school and convert it to a house of worship is not what our Constitution stands for."
2012-02-04	A Counselor’s Convictions Put Her Profession on Trial
	Mr. Mach, the A.C.L.U. lawyer, pointed out that the counselor who seeks to avoid gay people — or adulterers, or those having premarital sex — has an unworkable view of how the profession works.
2012-02-04	Local bishop supports same-sex marriage
	"They (same-sex couples) are not asking for special treatment," Rickel writes. "They are asking for equal treatment. They are asking to be accountable as a couple, in community.
2012-02-04	Bath Christian group's 'God can heal' adverts banned
	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-16871116
2012-02-03	Obama says his policies are extension of his faith
	"I have fallen on my knees with great regularity since that moment, asking God for guidance not just in my personal life and my Christian walk, but in the life of this nation and in the values that hold us together and keep us strong,"
2012-02-03	Jewish leaders offended by Ga. preacher's ceremony
	"The notion that he wraps Bishop Long in a Torah is horrifying simply because it's completely inappropriate. It's an awful way to use the Torah," said Bill Nigut of the Anti-Defamation League. "And it doesn't in any way approximate any Jewish ritual."
2012-02-02	550 abuse claims filed against Wis. archdiocese
	Of the seven other dioceses that also filed for bankruptcy, the number of claims ranged from about 40 to 250, Stang said. About 535 claimants had come forward against the Oregon Province of the Jesuits, he said Read more: http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/national/21006584212328/550-abuse-claims-filed-against-wis-archdiocese/#ixzz1lBsrvi3i

2012-01
2012-01-31	Religious trash talk goes mainstream in Israeli-Palestinian conflict
	Earlier this month, the senior PA cleric, Mufti of Jerusalem Mohammed Hussein, invoked a hadith that says that the resurrection – when pious Muslims will go to paradise – will not take place until the faithful kill Jews.
2012-01-31	Kyrgyz Religious Hatred Trial Throws Spotlight On Ancient Creed
	In a radio interview on June 16, 2011, Tezekbaev said many mullahs in Kyrgyzstan were "former alcoholics and murderers" who try to conceal their inappropriate past.
2012-01-30	Pedophile Priest with Connections to Central California Arrested in Ireland on Child Porn Charges
	"We don't blame Oliver," Wall said. "He can't control himself. It was the people who were supposed to supervise him (we blame). "The only reason it came out is that, like all criminals, Oliver made a mistake," Wall said. "He was coming back (to Ireland) from Holland and left his laptop on the plane.
2012-01-30	Ruling on Contraception Draws Battle Lines at Catholic Colleges
	Despite Catholic teachings, surveys have found that 98 percent of sexually active Catholic women, as in the general population, have used contraceptives
2012-01-30	Exploring The Real 'Conflict': Science Vs. Naturalism
	But in his latest book, Where the Conflict Really Lies, philosopher Alvin Plantinga argues that religion and science share more common ground than you might think
2012-01-29	Feminists can be Christians, too
	Why do people assume any woman who has something interesting to say must be an atheist?
2012-01-29	Off The Record: A Quest For De-Baptism In France
	"One can't be de-baptized," says Rev. Robert Kaslyn, dean of the School of Canon Law at the Catholic University of America.
2012-01-29	Syria uprising: Religion overshadowing the democratic push
	The sectarian fault line in Syria is growing more apparent as the conflict steadily intensifies between the Alawite-dominated regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the mainly Sunni rebel Free Syrian Army.
2012-01-29	Ohio Catholic leaders oppose birth control rules
	They say they won't comply with a requirement for health coverage of services such as contraception, abortion-inducing drugs or sterilization
2012-01-28	Why women convert to Islam
	the paradox is that there is a noticeable number of well-educated, intellectually-engaged women with high-flying careers who are choosing to become Muslims.
2012-01-28	Green Bay Bishop using congregation to fight new contraceptive rule
	Bishop Ricken disagrees, and says the rule goes much farther than invading individual conscience.
2012-01-28	Archbishop of York: don't legalise gay marriage
	Sentamu said it was not the role of the government to alter social structures that had been in place for centuries.
2012-01-27	White Students Used Noose On Black Classmate: School, Parents Respond To Alleged Chicago Hate Crime
	The school is rallying behind Merritt, and has "removed" one of the suspects from the all-boys Catholic school, according to Fox Chicago.
2012-01-27	South Carolina: Schools Agree to Halt Prayers
	school officials may not encourage prayers at events or allow endorsement of religion in the classroom.
2012-01-27	Evangelical Churches Catch Suits From ‘Spirit’ Falls
	the parishioner fell backwards knocking several members into the plaintiff, who was injured falling to the floor.
2012-01-27	Corruption scandal shakes Vatican as internal letters leaked
	Even though, Vigano's cost-cutting and transparency campaign helped turned Vatican City's budget from deficit to surplus during his tenure, in 2011 unsigned articles criticizing him as inefficient appeared in the Italian newspaper Il Giornale
2012-01-27	Student Faces Town’s Wrath in Protest Against a Prayer
	“We haven’t seen a case like this in a long time, with this level of revilement and ostracism and stigmatizing.”
2012-01-27	Do atheists need a temple?
	The philosopher and writer Alain de Botton wants to build a £1m temple in the city of London to celebrate life on earth. Do you think atheists need their own temple?
2012-01-27	Writer carefully tackles question of sacred LDS undergarment
	the sacred garment "is given to remind wearers of the continuing need for repentance, the need to honor binding covenants made in the house of the Lord, and the need to cherish and share virtue in our daily living so that promised blessings may be claimed."
2012-01-26	Rick Santorum: Left uses college for "indoctrination"
	"If they taught Judeo-Christian principles in those colleges and universities, they would be stripped of every dollar. If they teach radical secular ideology, they get all the government support that they can possibly give them. Because you know 62 percent of children who enter college with a faith conviction leave without it."
2012-01-26	Bastrop pastor charged with animal cruelty over death of neighbor's cat
	She also asked me where Moody is now and I said, 'Baby he's in Heaven,'" said Sarah. "She knows the man who did this is a pastor at the Bastrop Christian Church and she said, 'I don't believe in Heaven anymore, Moody's just dead.'”
2012-01-26	Liam Neeson says he may convert to Islam
	I'm constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism."
2012-01-25	Alaska Airlines To Stop Handing Out Prayer Cards
	the cards come with meals — and that the airline once saw them as a way to "fancy up the meal service since many folks like to give thanks before a meal,"
2012-01-25	Rick Santorum thinks pregnancy through rape is God's gift? Seriously?
	We're to believe that Santorum's desire to overturn Roe v Wade is "not a matter of religious values",
2012-01-25	Religious freedom under threat from courts, professor warns
	There has been a clear trend for courts in Europe and North America to prioritise equality and non-discrimination above religion, placing the right to religious freedom in danger.
2012-01-24	Israeli police: Extremist Jews attack woman
	Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says about a dozen ultra-Orthodox men in the town of Beit Shemesh surrounded the woman on Tuesday, pelted her with stones and slashed her car's tires.
2012-01-24	The Church of England's fudge on female bishops is breathtaking
	Despite all these concessions, there will be female bishops, as there are already female priests, and these will be treated exactly the same as male ones – except by the men who don't want to treat them equally and who believe that God has called them to undermine women's authority wherever it appears.
2012-01-24	Mt. Juliet mayor wants gigantic cross for city
	He said he wants to see a megachurch similar to Bellevue Baptist or Two Rivers in Nashville that could draw large crowds to the city on Sundays and benefit local businesses
2012-01-23	Irish Catholic group insists cartoonist not worthy of NJ honors
	Opponents of Nast’s nomination included the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Catholic League, the Irish Anti-Defamation League, and state legislators from both political parties
2012-01-23	Baltimore County Priest Charged With Indecent Exposure
	deputies found 47-year-old Mark Stewart Bullock nude from the waist down in the shop's movie theater where customers could see him.
2012-01-23	India anger as Jay Leno Golden Temple jibe riles Sikhs
	A Leno skit showed the temple as the summer home of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
2012-01-23	Archbishop Sartain: “Protect Marriage”
	The Washington State Catholic Conference has set defeat of marriage equality as one of its top goals of the legislative session
2012-01-20	Three Muslim men convicted over gay hate leaflets
	Jury rules that men who handed out leaflets calling for gay people to be killed breached hate crime legislation
2012-01-20	Row over Indonesia atheist Facebook posting
	Atheism is a violation of Indonesian law under the founding principles of the country
2012-01-18	Roman Catholic midwives fight for the right not to treat women having abortions
	TWO Roman Catholic midwives are fighting a court battle to be excused any involvement in abortions at the hospital where they work
2012-01-18	High Court Lets Stand Trio Of First Amendment Cases
	The appeals court concluded that by heavily favoring Christianity in its offerings, the county board was violating the First Amendment's ban on government endorsement of a particular religion.
2012-01-18	And lo! Gove's Bible project did run into a spot of bother
	"The King James Bible has bequeathed a body of language that permeates every aspect of our culture and heritage. Second, just as our language and culture is steeped in the Bible, so too is our politics. Third, we are a Christian country. And we should not be afraid to say so
2012-01-17	In Atheists We Distrust
	Subjects believe that people behave better when they think that God is watching over them.
2012-01-17	'I was doing my duty as a Muslim,' says father who handed out leaflets saying gay people should be hanged
	'My intention was to do my duty as a Muslim, to inform people of God’s word and to give the message on what God says about homosexuality.
2012-01-17	Mitt Romney's problem with evangelicals
	the fact that as a Mormon, Romney is alienating a vast swathe of Republican born-again and evangelical voters.

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