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Church Rights, Homeless Outreach, and Zoning Laws

March 4th, 2010

City officials in Phoenix, Arizona have ordered a halt to a CrossRoads United Methodist Church's breakfast for the homeless in an upscale neighborhood park, arguing it breaks zoning laws.

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ULC Minister Officiates Wedding inside Apple Store

March 3rd, 2010

Newlyweds Ting and Josh Li decided to forgo the traditional church setting and surround themselves with the latest gadgets on their wedding, tying the knot at an Apple store in Times Square.

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Is This Lawmakers' Church Exempt from Filing Tax Returns?

March 2nd, 2010

C Street Center, is in fact the home and meeting place for a delegation of fundamentalist Christian Congress members, who convene there when Congress is not in session.

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In Jin Moon Seeks to Reinvigorate Unification Church

February 24th, 2010

Just after Valentine's Day, Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon solemnized the marriages of over seven thousand young couples in Seoul in yet another of the church's signature mass-weddings.

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Tax Time: the IRS Fourteen Points

February 1st, 2010

Tax time approaches. In some of our past entries here at the ULCM blog, we have posed the question what really defines a church, but the Internal Revenue Service has its own list of fourteen criteria defining churches.

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Tybee Island: Re-imagining the Traditional Wedding?

December 29th, 2009

New wedding trends are constantly popping up these days, it seems, showing the continuing evolution of the wedding ceremony as young couples hunt out more and more novel ways of tying the knot.

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DADT reflects the struggle of all minorities

October 16th, 2009

New Department of Defense data from UC Santa Barbara reports that more women are affected by the federal government's discriminatory 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy than are men.

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Obama Addresses Human Rights Campaign

October 12th, 2009

This past Saturday, President Barack Obama addressed the largest LGBT rights organization in the country, the Human Rights Campaign, his speech preceding Sunday's National Equality March.

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Pope Benedict XVI opens synod on Africa issues

October 5th, 2009

Approximately 200 bishops from 53 African states came together yesterday in the Vatican to celebrate mass for the opening of the synod on Africa, hoping to tackle many of the challenges the continent is facing.

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Compliance with ADA met with Expressed Religious Intolerance

September 17th, 2009

Neighbors say a man's plan to expand his front porch to allow for wheel chair access as compliant with ADA standards, is nothing more than a "devious" attempt at establishing a future temple for a Wiccan coven.

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