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This Little (Coal-Fired) Light of Mine: Will President Heed 45 Million Prayers?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.02.2009 | Green

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Jeff Biggers

August 3rd should be a national day of atonement for our sins against the American mountains and mountaineers.

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The Episcopal Clergy Vote is an Important One for Gays

Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Gay Rights, Protestants, Clergy, Episcopal Church, Religion and Politics, Anglican Communion, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Gene Robinson, Politics News
Jennifer Vanasco

Once all Mainline Protestant churches start approving of gay marriage it will be very difficult for politicians and anti-marriage advocates to make a religious argument against it.

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As A WASP And A Jew, What's A Girl To Do?

Emily Bracken | Posted 07.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Religion, Jews, Protestants, Wasps, White-Anglo-Saxon-Protestants, Jewish People, Religious Tolerance, Multiculturalism, Comedy News
Emily Bracken

Complex, contradictory and conflicted, I carry with me all the baggage of someone who's had to ponder the existential question: If I had been living in Berlin, in 1939, would I have turned myself into the Gestapo?

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Palme d'Or Winner of Cannes 2009: Michael Haneke's "White Ribbon"

Karin Badt | Posted 06.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Palme D'Or, White Ribbon, Michael Haneke, Cannes Film Festival 2009, Civil War, World War I, Cannes, Weimar-Germany, Protestants, Film, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

The intent of the movie is to show how the imminent war -- or any imminent war -- results from the sickness of a culture as well as from inherent human malice.

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Some Churches Support Gay Rights

Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 06.23.2009 | Living

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Jennifer Vanasco

There are more religious leaders of all denominations who are for gays and lesbian rights than we realize.

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Preaching Basketball Without the Baggage

Danny Groner | Posted 06.10.2009 | World

Read More: Espys, Belfast, Full Court Peace, Funding Non-Profits, Children, Optimism, Espn, Non-Profit, Non-Profits, Violence, Struggle, Basketball, Peace, Teenagers, Catholics, Northern Ireland Violence, Northern Ireland, Harmony, Dave Cullen, Teenager, Conflict, Protestants, Irish, World News
Danny Groner

While trying to downplay differences in the world, Dave Cullen is doing his part to make a world of difference. The founder of Full Court Peace (FCP),...

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Prostitute Griselidis Real's Burial Near John Calvin Causes Swiss Uproar

AP | NATHALIE OGI | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

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GENEVA — A well-known prostitute who campaigned for the rights and dignity of sex workers was given an honored place of rest on Monday, in the s...

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The Separation of Church and God

John DeBellis | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Church, Bible, Gun Salesmen, Jesus, Dick Cheny, Moses, Constintui, God, Barack Obama, Religion, Muslims, Arabs, Baptists, Reverand Rick Warren, Separation of Church and State, Church and State, Protestants, Cahtolics, Politics News
John DeBellis

I'm not a religious man. What you consider prayer, I consider covering all my bases, or at worst talking to myself (and I know I'm not God, just look at my stack of unpaid bills).

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