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Chicago-Area Bishops Spent Money Fighting Maine Gay Marriage

Chicago Catholic News | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Maine Gay Marriage Vote, Gary-Indiana, Bishop Thomas Doran, Maine Gay Marriage, Religion and Politics, Dignity Chicago, Joliet-Illinois, Rockford-Illinois, Gay Marriage, Cardinal Francis George, Chicago News

As Maine voters decided this past week to overturn their state's controversial same-sex marriage law, they had a little help from several Chicago-area...

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Does the Left Understand the Faithful?

Peter Henne | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Progressive Christianity, Salazar v. Buono, Evangelical Christians, Barack Obama Religion, Evangelical Vote, Barack Obama Christian, Religion and Politics, Obama Evangelicals, Separation of Church and State, Barack Obama, Politics News
Peter Henne

Progressive Christians will never whole-heartedly embrace Democrats as long we feel the need to justify our faith during waves of Left-Right tensions over religious symbols.

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The Spirit of the Illinois Constitution

Edwin Yohnka | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Budget, Chicago West Side, Pat Quinn, Earmarks, Separation of Church and State, Pat Quinn Budget, ACLU of Illinois, Religion and Politics, Chicago News
Edwin Yohnka

Is it really possible that a school whose mission is based on teaching a specific set of religious values can distinguish which parts of the building are religious and which are not?

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Shariah in Lawless Somalia

Abukar Arman | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Shabab, Shariah, Governance, Somalia, Hizbul-Islam, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Religion and Politics, Islamic Law, Tfg, World News
Abukar Arman

Can lawless Somalia be governed by Shariah? It depends! The Somali people are desperate for a government and indeed a system of governance that they can invest their trust in.

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The God Crisis

Landon Ross | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Politics, Christianity, Science, Religion and Politics, Religion, Education, God, Living News
Landon Ross

Other countries are on a future trajectory to out-compete us in science and technology. It's hugely unpatriotic to do nothing in the face of moneyed interests pushing superstition into the classroom.

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Religion Must Be Part of the Solution in Afghanistan

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: Stanley McChrystal, Islam, Cordoba Initiative, Afghanistan War, Obama War in Afghanistan, Religion and Politics, Rethink-Afghanistan, Us Troops Afghanistan, World News
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf

We do have a moral responsibility -- not to mention a strategic interest -- in not abandoning the Afghan people. Now we must engage religion to be part of the solution.

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Churches Have No License to Harm Our State

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Aclu, Religion and Politics, Religion, Discrimination, Separation of Church and State, Politics News
Leah Anthony Libresco

If we distort the framework of nondiscrimination for religious organizations it privileges prejudice. We would, in the name of separating church and state, give the church license to harm our state.

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Archdiocese Intervenes In Health Care Forum At Church, Bars Democratic Congressman From Speaking

Chicago Catholic News | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Danny Davis, Religion, Susan Jordan, Chicago Archdiocese, Health Care Reform, Jimmy Lago, Religion and Politics, Health Care, Oak Park Ascension Parish, Chicago News

The Archdiocese of Chicago intervened in a planned "health care reform forum" at Oak Park's Ascension Parish after learning the event was being co-spo...

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Understanding the South Ain't Easy

D. Brad Wright | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: South, Politics, Jim Wallis, Religion and Politics, Christianity, Morality, Democrats, Republicans, Politics News
D. Brad Wright

If I must accept a party affiliation as a label, it would most likely be the religious left. If that sounds weird to you, it's merely a testament to the excellent job the right has done to brand itself as the party of the faithful.

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Where Have All the Christians Gone?

Bruce Feiler | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion and Politics, Religion, Atheistis, God, Jesus, Bible, Living News
Bruce Feiler

In the coming months, America will become a minority Protestant nation for the first time since the Pilgrims. Non-believers now represent the third-highest group of Americans, after Catholics and Baptists.

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When God Tells You to Hate

Deepak Chopra | Posted 09.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Religion and Politics, Intolerance, Political Incivility, Rick Warren, HIV/AIDS, Constantine, Old Testament, Ronald Reagan, Christianity, Eighties, Seventies, Home News
Deepak Chopra

The rise of incivility in our time displays behavior that cannot be eradicated. At best it is controlled. Sane, civil people have always been the gatekeepers of mature behavior and the teachers of morality.

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Conservative Argument for Healthcare Reform: Part 3: St. Matthew is on our side.

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Public Option, Teddy Kennedy, Obama, Conservative, Catholic, Health Insurance, Democrats, Joe the Nerd, Religion, Politics, Ted Kennedy Funeral, Health Care Reform, Single Payer, Christianity, Religion and Politics, Health Care, Right Wing, Right Wing Radio, Sestak, Home News
Joe The Nerd Ferraro

The Gospel reading at Kennedy's funeral was a sharp stick in the eye of the Congresspeople sitting in the pews.

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Senator Kennedy and the Animated Discourse of Liberty

Pat Nolan | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Reform, Edward Kennedy, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Dead, Senator Kennedy, Religion and Politics, Prison Rape, Religous-Freedom, Ted Kennedy, Politics News
Pat Nolan

The patriot Sam Adams celebrated the "animated discourse of liberty." Neither Kennedy nor his staff disrespected my own strongly held views on abortion, gay marriage and judicial nominations.

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Ramadan and Captain Kirk

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Ramadan, Trekkie, Islam, Religion, Muslim, Muslim Women, Fasting, American Muslims, Religion and Politics, Muslims, Obama, Star Trek, Captain Kirk, World News
Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Both Star Trek and Ramadan are all about universal values: compassion, discipline, and the struggle for self-improvement.

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It's Not Over Until You've Tried These Six Things, Mr. President

Rob Warmowski | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Socialism, Medicare, Health Insurance, Town Hall Meetings, No-Insurance, Town Hall Debate, Death Panels, Underinsurance, Insurance Costs, Health-Fair, Town Hall Debate Reaction, Cigna, Insurance Companies, Obama Health Care, Socialized Medicine, Religion and Politics, Doctors, Obama Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Rob Warmowski

Notice that the insurance industry-funded opposition to reform is well-managed enough to not send shouters and swastika sign-wavers to the town halls you are scheduled to appear at.

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From Death Panel to Death Spiral

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Obama, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Republican Party, Financial Collapse, Sex Scandals, Tarp, Town Hall Debate, Free Market Capitalism, Rush Limbaugh, GOP Debate, TARP Money, Healthcare Debate, Whig Party, Habeas Corpus, Obama Hitler, Medicare Bill, Bull-Moose-Party, Bill Oreilly, Religion and Politics, Religious Right, Glenn Beck, Free Market, Medicare, Mark Sanford Affair, Terry Schiavo, Republicans, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

The GOP is not the party of small government and lower taxes. They are the Party of borrow and spend, big government and sex scandals.

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How the Religious Right is Infiltrating the Democratic Party: Part 1

Bruce Wilson | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Samuel Rodrigez, Third Way, Faith in Pubic Life, Religion, Religion and Politics, Religious Right, Democratic Party, Politics News
Bruce Wilson

Along a wide range of fronts, the American religious right has been infiltrating, influencing, befuddling, and neutralizing the Democratic Party and the American left for decades.

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Another Blight on the Abstinence Only Agenda

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Abstinence Education, Religion and Politics, Divorce, Abstinence Only Debate, Abstinence Only, Premarital Sex, Living News
Danielle Cavallucci

Yes, you can argue that if you're not prepared to take on the responsibilities associated with marriage, then you may be unprepared to take on those of having sexual relations. Idealism, however, has proven a poor indicator of what actually takes place.

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IS RELIGION THE SOURCE OF GOOD?

Bill Shireman | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home

Read More: George Bush, Christianity, Islam, Religion and Politics, Religion, Hate Speech, Muslim, George W. Bush, Home News
Bill Shireman

There is an intrinsic truth in religious belief and if you take away the literal interpretations that bastardize the spirit of faith, you discover that the essence of good, and of God.

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A Straight's Prayer for Young Israelis Shot for Being Gay

Bradley Burston | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

Read More: Tel Aviv, Religion, Politics, World, Gay Rights, Israel, Religion and Politics, Bradley Burston, Israel Shootings, Gays, Gay Issues, World News
Bradley Burston

Lord, whose great gift and whose most murderous creation was the human being, help us find the human in the Other, hated from habit and from afar.

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America's Great Religion

Matthew-Lee Erlbach | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fundamentalism, White House, Federal Reserve, Capitalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Religion, Economic Stimulus Package, Bailout, Wall Street, Health, Religion and Politics, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Henry Louis Gates, Republicans, Politics News
Matthew-Lee Erlbach

The Islamic clerics are to Iran what Wall St. is to the U.S.

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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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Why the "New Atheists" are Right-Wing on Foreign Policy

Robert Wright | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Religion, Suicide Bombers, Atheism, Islamic Radicalism, Terrorism, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, The Evolution of God, Religion and Politics, Atheists, Adolf Hitler, Robert Wright, Richard Dawkins, World News
Robert Wright

It must strike progressive atheists as a stroke of bad luck that Christopher Hitchens, leading atheist spokesperson, happens to have hawkish views on foreign policy.

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Governor Sanford and the Failure of Moral Politics

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Moral Values, Religion, Mark Sanford, Gay Rights, Equal Rights, Religion and Politics, Argentina, Morality, Mark Sanford Argentina, Sanford Affair, Moral Hazard, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

It's satisfying to lambast a staunch social conservative for an extramarital affair on another continent. But the real failure in this sad story is a political platform based on a personal moral code.

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Stoning Soraya, Murdering Neda, and the Hope of Muslim Women

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Politics, Religion, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Law, Iran Election, The Stoning of Soraya M, Women and Politics, Religion and Politics, Muslim, Neda, Movies, New Movies, World News
Sumbul Ali-Karamali

No wonder, given stories like Soraya's and Neda's, that people worldwide assume Islam is oppressive of women.

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