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Bridgeton High School Student Sues School After Being Barred From Abortion Protest

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Mount Laurel, First Amendment, Bridgeton High School, Abortion Protest, Pro Life Day of Silent Solidarity, Religious Freedom, Stand True, Anti-Abortion, Alliance Defense Fund, Pro Life, New York News

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — A New Jersey high school student claims in a federal lawsuit that school administrators violated her First Amendment free-s...

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Conservative Catholic College Rejects Birth Control

Reproductive Justice | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Walmart, Conscience Clause, Belmont Abbey College, Gender Discrimination, Reproductive Rights, Religious Freedom, Reproductive Health, Contraception, Birth Control, Anti-Choice, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Health Care, Religion, Living News
Reproductive Justice

Belmont Abbey College argued in court that it was a secular institution in order to receive state funds, but then removed birth control from its employee health care plan. Their reason? The Catholic Church.

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LGBT Rights: The Time Is Now

State Rep. Julie Hamos | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: LGBT Rights, 10th District, Congress, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Matthew Shepard Act, Hate Crimes, Dadt, Religious Freedom, Illinois General Assembly, Matthew Shepard, James Byrd Jr., Chicago News
State Rep. Julie Hamos

I hope the abolition of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is immediate. But there is still one crucial step that this country needs to take: We must make civil marriage equality the law of the land.

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It's Time To End (Deadly) "Religious Freedom"

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religious Freedom, Murder, Politics, New York Times, Religious Right, Fiath Healing, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

Why aren't parents who kill their children for God not serving life sentences? Because of our crazy ideas about religious freedom that on so many fronts trump not just common sense but the rule of law.

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When Freedom Is a Dirty Word

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Care, James Dobson, Carl and Raylene Worthington, Religious Right, Republicans, Family Values, Religious Freedom, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

The religious right, the gun-carrying paranoids all have one thing in common: they are taking a libertarian/religious view to an extreme that will unhinge this country.

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Fashion Forward

Rabbi Jennifer Krause | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Project Runway Bravo, Women's Rights, Lubna Ahmed Al-Hussein, Courage, Lubna Hussein, Bravo TV, Khartoum, Sudan, Religious Freedom, Fashion, Project Runway Lifetime, Fashion Trends, World News
Rabbi Jennifer Krause

Some of us may put our pants on one leg at a time, but others risk a punishment of forty lashes if they dare do so. Lubna Ahmed Al Hussein knew the latter could be her fate, but she put her pants on anyway.

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Chautauqua Institution Spotlights Compassion

Amy Novogratz | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Karen Armstrong, Religion, Charter for Compassion, TED Prize, Chautauqua Institution, Spirituality and Politics, Religious Freedom, Religious Tolerance, Spiritual Practice, Living News
Amy Novogratz

We hope that thousands of leaders from all religions, will agree to the Charter for Compassion, add their signatures and address their congregations on compassion.

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Good-Minded People Are Losing Ground to Shouting Race-Baiting Hooligans

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Islam, Education, Intolerance, Muslims, United Kingdom, Hijab, Sikhs, Town-Hall-Meetings, Hindus, British National Party, Islamaphobia, Religious Freedom, Islamic Extremists, Racism in Politics, Jihad, Saudi Arabia, Jihadism, Racism, Islamic Jihadists, Politics News
Sabria Jawhar

Good-minded people who see a need to teach tolerance and engage in civil discussion are cowed into submission by the shouters.

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Middle East Christians Vie For Religious Freedom In Qatar, Egypt

Journalism Boot Camp | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Religion, Coptic, Middle East, Cairo, Barack Obama Religion, Religious Freedom, Christianity, Greek Orthodox Church, Religious Tolerance, Qatar, Muslim World, Greek Orthodox, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Journalism Boot Camp

The estimated 175,000 Christians in Qatar are cautiously building the foundation to practice their faith within this conservative country in the Muslim world.

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It's Official: Bush Admin Saw Iraq As Religious War

Jon Soltz | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Religion, Bush Administration, Department of Defense, Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, Colin Powell, Judaism, President Obama, Holy-Wars, Donald Rumsfeld, Religious Freedom, Christianity, President Bush, Politics News
Jon Soltz

As someone who still has friends over in Iraq and Afghanistan, it boils my blood to think that insurgents and terrorists now have something else to show around as "proof" that America is "fighting a war on Islam."

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How We All Bow to the Saudi King

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Fundamentalism, Islam, Afghanistan, Taliban Flogging, Pakistan, George W. Bush, Religious Freedom, King Abdullah, Saudi-Arabia-Child-Marriage, Taliban, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Human Rights, Saudi Arabia, Star-of-David, Obama-Bowing-to-Saudi-King, Israel, Swat Valley, Riyadh-Saudi Arabia, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

The US is showing some signs of "getting tough" with Israel. But where are the calls for getting tough with Saudi Arabia, that "other" country that has now enjoyed virtually unconditional, bipartisan support from the United States for decades?

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Ayahuasca Churches 2, Federal Government 0

Mark Kleiman | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religious Freedom, Santo Daime, Drugs, Ayahuasca, Justice Department, Judge Owen Panner, Politics News
Mark Kleiman

Another Federal district court has ruled that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act protects the worship of the American branches of Brazilian churche...

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New York Times' Gay Marriage Nothing New

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: South Africa, Gay Rights, Evangelical Christians, Religious Freedom, Equal Rights, New York Times, Canada, Constitution, Netherlands, Deaf, Separation of Church and State, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Evangelicals, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Imagine my surprise when the New York Times published an op-ed yesterday describing a new "great compromise" on gay marriage that essentially provided for marriage rights with religious exemptions.

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The Worldwide Danger of Religious Fundamentalism

John W. Whitehead | Posted 01.19.2009 | World

Read More: American Jewish Congress, Religious Freedom, 60th Anniversary Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The Rutherford Institute, Censorship, Defamation of Religion, United Nations, Religion, World News
John W. Whitehead

The United Nations General Assembly has passed a defamation of religion resolution that threatens to undermine the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

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New Faith-Based Initiatives Report: 'Serving People in Need, Safeguarding Religious Freedom'

Jim Wallis | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Government, Bush Administration, Melissa Rogers, Presidential Campaign, Faith-Based Initiatives, E.J. Dionne, Churches, Poor, Poverty, John DiIulio, Barack Obama, David Kuo, Religious Freedom, Church and State, Politics News
Jim Wallis

I have long supported effective partnerships between government and faith-based organizations. Unfortunately, during the Bush years these partnerships were often used for political ends.

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Why is the Charter for Compassion so Important?

Karen Armstrong | Posted 12.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Religion, Charter for Compassion, Religions, Understanding, Religious Freedom, Differences, Religions of the World, Tolerance, Peace, Compassion, Living News
Karen Armstrong

Each one of the world religions has developed its own version of the Golden Rule and maintained that this is the prime religious duty.

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It's the Freedom, Stupid

Cintra Wilson | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religious Freedom, Abortion, Pro-Choice, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Cintra Wilson

Sarah Palin represents the ambition of evangelical Christianity to forcefully dominate, and pervert into its own ideological image the legislature of a country that was founded on a principal of religious freedom.

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An Insight into IOC Thinking: Its 2007 Beijing Briefing on Major Communications Issues

Monroe Price | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Torch Relay, Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Olympics, Strategic Communication, Tibet, Religious Freedom, Air Quality, Branding, Sudan, Pollution, Media News
Monroe Price

One of the most interesting documents to appear during July's IOC/blogosphere brouhaha was an internal IOC document dated August 3, 2007 called Beijing Briefing Kit: One-Year-to-Go Countdown Resource.

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