Political & Religious Controversy - Page 54 of 57
September 24th, 2012
How would you like to go to your local house of worship one day only to hear your minister, priest, rabbi, or imam tell you which presidential candidate to vote for? A growing number of religious leaders in the United States are doing precisely this, brazenly
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September 4th, 2012
The Hamilton County, Tennessee prayer dispute has taken yet another twist with a Jewish rabbi's withdrawal from the list of scheduled County Commission prayer leaders. The rabbi's withdrawal leaves only one non-Christian--a ULC minister--on the Commission's li
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August 30th, 2012
Ray Merriweather has been suffering from multiple sclerosis since 2001. This inflammatory disease, which has no cure or effective treatment, afflicts Merriweather with lesions on his spinal cord and brain and has partially disabled the right side of his body.
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August 14th, 2012
Louisiana mayor Bobby Jindal's religious school voucher program is experiencing opposition from what might be seen as an unlikely source: a Baptist preacher. Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, ordained minister for Preaching and Worship at Northminster Baptist Church in Mo
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July 24th, 2012
A Universal Life Church minister has found himself embroiled in a conflict over prayer in government in Tennessee. Hamilton County commissioners re-scheduled Eddie Bridges's invocation from 18 July to 19 November because he sent his request to give a commiss
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June 25th, 2012
A group of sixty-six U.S. Republican lawmakers have accused the U.S. Air Force of nurturing "a culture that is hostile toward religion." In response, the Air Force has asserted that service members maintain the right to exercise their religion freely so long a
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April 17th, 2012
Within one week, the Arizona legislature has passed measures banning abortions after twenty weeks and legalizing the teaching of Bible classes in public schools. Gov. Jan Brewer has already signed the abortion bill into law. The Universal Life Church Monastery
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April 12th, 2012
Negative attitudes towards women, blacks, gays, and other marginalized groups might have a new explanation. A recent study suggests that "low-effort" thinking promotes conservative ideology, adding to previous research indicating a link between conservatism an
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April 2nd, 2012
A district court in Maine has released an internal document from the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) outlining the group's strategy for fighting marriage equality. According to the document, the group's goal is to pit blacks and Latinos against the ga
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