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U.S. Supreme Court Says “Yes” to Prayer Meetings

May 15th, 2014

Pretend for a moment you are Jewish lawmaker. How would you feel if your colleagues began a meeting by invoking the name of Jesus Christ? Would you try to ignore it, or would you feel marginalized and invalidated? The United States Supreme Court recently grant

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United Church of Christ Sues for Gay Marriage

May 1st, 2014

It might seem hard to believe, but the United Church of Christ (UCC) is suing the State of North Carolina for restricting religious freedom by banning its ministers from performing same-sex weddings.

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Catholic Hospital Mergers Go Beyond Religious Freedom

February 25th, 2013

Pretend for a moment you are going to have a potentially life-threatening miscarriage, but the doctors refuse to perform an abortion on religious grounds. Some women say this happened to them at Catholic hospitals.

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How Ministers Ordained Online Can Balance Freedoms

February 4th, 2013

Our freedoms are paramount to our national identity. Some people misunderstand the degree of freedom that they are afforded; at some point, how you choose to express your liberty can actually be infringing on others.

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Religious Freedom and Equality Upheld in Historic Marriage Votes

November 7th, 2012

In an historic shift towards marriage equality, the states of Maine, Maryland, and Washington broke the trend by passing measures allowing same-sex couples to wed.

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Does Canada Have a Problem with non-Christian Chaplains?

October 15th, 2012

Canada's Ministry of Public Safety's recently decided to terminate the contracts of all but one non-Christian federal prison chaplain. Will non-Christian prisoners receive proper spiritual advice?

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Should Ministers Defend the U.S. Air Force's Stance on Religion in the Military?

June 25th, 2012

A group of 66 U.S. Republican lawmakers have accused the U.S. Air Force of nurturing "a culture that is hostile toward religion."The Air Force says service members maintain the right to exercise their religion freely.

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Defending Ordination Rights in Michigan

May 21st, 2012

Michigan may be the site of yet another challenge to ordination rights. Current state law lacks specific language on what standards wedding officiants must meet to perform a legal wedding ceremony, but this may change.

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Bishops, Obama, and Birth-Control

February 16th, 2012

Catholic and evangelical Protestant church leaders are getting ready to fight U.S. president Barack Obama on birth control mandates for employers, despite a mandate to exempt religious organizations.

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Opening Doors for Student Ministers

January 9th, 2012

Students across the country sign up to become legally ordained online at the Universal Life Church Monastery. We focus on the impact of the economy on this trend and growing student interest at the University of Georgia.

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