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Sarah O'Leary: Accessorizing Hate

2012-05-24T13:10:29Z

When we choose silence in the face of bigotry, we threaten the lifeblood of our Union.

We've all experienced more than a few bigots in our lives. Th...

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WATCH: Thousand Plus Protest NC Baptist Pastor Who Called For Gays To Be Put Behind Electric Fence

2012-05-27T16:39:00Z

By John Peragine NEWTON, N.C., May 27 (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people on Sunday protested a small-town North Carolina Baptist minis...

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Protests Planned Against Pastor Who Called For Gays In Concentration Camps

2012-05-24T17:11:00Z

By Wade Rawlins RALEIGH, N.C., May 24 (Reuters) - A North Carolina group said it plans to hold a public protest on Sunday to denounce ...

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WATCH: Pastor Says Put Gays And Lesbians In Electrified Pen To Kill Them Off

2012-05-21T13:33:00Z

The barrage of anti-gay sermons delivered by North Carolina-based pastors to hit the blogosphere continues with yet another disturbing rant caught on ...

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Christian Piatt: Are Atheists Better People Than Christians?

2012-05-18T13:03:45Z

Back when I waited tables, the Sunday after-church crowd was the absolute worst of the week to wait on. It really killed me when, instead of leaving a tip, they'd leave a tract on the table. They justify this because saving my soul is a far greater gift than a couple of dollars.

Read more: Ethics, Christians, Atheists, Compassion, Atheism, Christianity, Religious Tolerance, Belief, Belief in God, Religion News

WATCH: Pat Robertson's Latest Outlandish Statements

2012-05-17T17:54:34Z

Pat Robertson appeared yet again on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club," and yet again his remarks were unabashedly forthcoming.

When a...

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Al-Hajj Talib ‘Abdur-Rashid: In Fighting Terrorism, NYPD Must Treat Muslim Americans Like Partners, Not Suspects

2012-05-08T18:07:47Z

Instead of embracing American Muslims as partners, the NYPD has destroyed trust. As a religious leader who talks to a wide variety of American Muslims on a daily basis, I can tell you that this treatment is demoralizing.

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Simran Jeet Singh: Looking Different And Differently Looking

2012-05-08T17:08:28Z

Like too many others, I've been discriminated against because of my unique appearance. While I wouldn't wish it on anyone else, being the target of discrimination has helped open my eyes to various types of inequalities in our world.

Read more: Sikhism, Sikh Turbans, Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Religious Tolerance, Sikhs, Religion News

Jane Devin: To Bridge the Gap Between Dogma and Progress, We're Going to Have to Talk About Values

2012-05-07T14:35:05Z

How many people do you know who are extremists on either side? My guess is not many. Yet these are the types of conversations that dominate politics and the media today. They take away from the truth and heart of human matters while fanning flames of antagonism and disunity.

Read more: Lgbt, Religion, Dogma, Values, Politics, Ethics, Equal Rights, Gay, Social Mores, Religious Tolerance, Culture, Politics News

Taco Bells Pays $27K To Nazarite Who Refused To Cut Hair

2012-04-30T16:30:00Z

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced that Family Foods, Inc., a company that operates a number of Taco Bell restaurants in North ...

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Antara Afrin: Religion: More Similarities Than Differences

2012-04-11T08:55:50Z

The ability to take the time to learn about someone else's culture and religion and accept them for who they are is a BIG thing -- and by big I mean revolutionary.

Read more: Religious Freedom, Religion, Religious Tolerance, September 11th, Teen News

Sasa Milosevic: Blazing a Path to Religious Understanding

2012-04-09T14:19:19Z

As a citizen of the 21st century, I ask: May a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew, a Hindu, a Buddhist and an atheist work, sit and eat at the same table, in an atmosphere of peace and love? The answer is yes. I was at one such place last month.

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Christopher Holshek: The Golden Rule, for Each and All

2012-04-09T11:11:35Z

Sitting at his right hand in front of thousands of worshipers, hearing him refer to me as "his brother in faith," it was as exhilarating as my first firefight in combat -- except much more pleasant and uplifting.

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Eliyahu Federman: The Atheist Passover Seder With Christopher Hitchens

2012-04-04T12:10:42Z

You have no excuse for not attending or hosting a Passover seder. Foremost atheist and anti-theist Christopher Hitchens made one and even required his daughter to attend.

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Edwin Black: The Texas Sabbath Showdown: The Inside (And Still Blazing) Story

2012-03-26T17:40:28Z

Both Beren and TAPPS were too comfortable in the way it has always been to imagine the way it could be. But both would reluctantly be brought into the new era.

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Sarah O'Leary: Sadly, It Seems Sandra Fluke Wasn't The First Woman Falsely Accused of Being a Prostitute by an Intimidated Man.

2012-03-16T12:25:17Z

It seems the Bible never referred to Mary Magdalene as a prostitute. A Catholic Pope did.

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Rev. Peter Baldwin Panagore: By-The-Numbers God

2012-03-07T15:17:20Z

Apparently, God is a numbers guy. It's evident, according to some, that over these past few days there just weren't enough people praying desperately for their lives.

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Parvez Ahmed: Protect Religious Freedom Of All Americans

2012-02-27T19:28:15Z

Religion is very close to the heart of all who practice their faith. Making religion a wedge issue is a great disservice to our nation, where diversity of religious views is our strength.

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Carol Smaldino: The Mad Matter Of Mormons Baptizing My People, And Other Dangerous Trends

2012-02-27T13:14:41Z

The Mormons may feel they are performing an act of generosity by offering Jews a chance to change their minds.

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Bruce Reyes-Chow: I Will Never Say You Are Not A Christian

2012-02-27T12:14:40Z

Before any more of us start walking down the easy path of judgementalism echoing the "You are not a Christian!" chorus, I offer this confession and prayer that has been going through my head as of late.

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What Happend When A Boy With A Disability Came To Church

2012-02-16T14:13:46Z

Churches, synagogues, mosques and temples are places where people with disabilities might not expect to feel excluded, isolated or patronized, but tha...

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Geoffrey R. Stone: Of Contraceptives and Same-Sex Marriage

2012-02-12T11:20:53Z

Both President Obama's decision to exempt Catholic institutions from the general policy on contraceptives and the court of appeals' decision to invalidate Proposition 8 reflect our most fundamental aspirations as a nation.

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Eliyahu Federman: Shoving 'Kosher Jesus' Down Jews' Throats

2012-01-18T13:11:28Z

Should Rabbi Boteach be offended that certain members of the Orthodox-Jewish community are renouncing a book titled "Kosher Jesus" and not giving him a platform to promote it? Of course not.

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Rabbi Michael Lerner: Create A Passover Seder Or Easter Gathering For The 99%

2012-01-12T12:11:40Z

Imagine dozens, or hundreds, of people gathering in every city, town, neighborhood, synagogue, church and college campus to go through a set of rituals and readings together that recall the liberatory message of our traditions.

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Menachem Rosensaft: Ultra-Orthodox Judaism Need Not Be Obscurantist

2012-01-12T11:00:18Z

While one must not tar all ultra-Orthodox Jews with the brush of intolerance, the fact is that the antagonism displayed by haredim toward other Jews is becoming ever more extreme. It was not always thus.

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