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Touro Synagogue

Rift Between Oldest Synagogue, Jewish Congregation

AP | MICHELLE R. SMITH | Posted 03.02.2013 | Religion
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A disagreement over the ownership of a set of Torah finial bells from Colonial times that is worth millions has led to duelin...

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Mr. Obama... Are You Out There?

Jessica Peck | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Religious Freedom, Touro Synagogue, Obama Ground Zero Mosque, Ground Zero Mosque, First Amendment, Ground Zero Islamic Center, 1st Amendment, Denver News
Jessica Peck

We need our President to take a stand. Silent for much of the summer, Obama finally entered the mosque fray earlier this month. Well, kind of.

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A Mosque at Ground Zero: Desperately Seeking George Washington's Wisdom

Carla Seaquist | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Ground Zero Mosque, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Mayor Bloomberg, Sept. 11, Muslim Americans, Council on American-Islamic Relations, 9/11, Religious Freedom, Touro Synagogue, Religious Tolerance, 9/11 Victims, Barack Obama, Sept. 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, Muslim, Anti-Defamation League, George Washington, Moses Seixas, American Family Association, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Bigotry, Mosque, Ground Zero, Mosque Near Ground Zero, Politics News
Carla Seaquist

Let's face the fact: What does it mean to assert that a mosque "desecrates" hallowed ground? It means that the desecrating being done is by people who are evil, unclean. And that is wrong, wrong, wrong.

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Of Columbus Day and Crosses

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Crosses, Religion, George Washington, Christopher Columbus, Antonin Scalia, Touro Synagogue, Founding Fathers, Fort Matanzas, Christianity, New England, Separation of Church and State, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

The litany of sectarian killings that has been such a grotesque piece of America's "hidden history" is the reason that some of the Framers thought the First Amendment was so necessary.

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