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Kenyan church leaders say cohabitation laws would weaken marriage
Kenyan church leaders are lining up in opposition to proposed new marriage bills, which they say will weaken marriage by allowing cohabitating couples to register as married.
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Judge blocks New Orleans law that prevents preaching in French Quarter
A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a city law that was recently used to arrest Christian evangelists who were preaching on Bourbon Street during Southern Decadence, the annual celebration of gay culture in t...
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Case against Rimsha’s dramatic turn prompts Pakistan religious leaders to debate blasphemy law
An unexpected twist in the Rimsha Masih blasphemy case appears to have paved the way for her freedom from apparently false charges of desecrating the Quran.
The imam who supported her accuser was himself arrested and appeare...
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Amish beard-cutting trial attracts international attention
The law of God will collide with the law of man this week in a crowded federal courtroom in Cleveland, where 16 Amish defendants -- 10 men with full beards, six women in white bonnets -- will stand trial on charges related to ...
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Supreme Court health care defeat may be a win for religious opposition
Supporters of President Obama’s health care reform law were elated on Thursday (June 28) – and admittedly a bit surprised – by the Supreme Court’s narrow decision upholding the landmark legislation. But they may want to keep th...
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Christian groups react to Supreme Court health care ruling
Christian religious groups and social conservatives are reacting to the Supreme's Court's historic ruling that largely upholds President Obama's health care law, the Affordable Care Act.
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Forced abortion in China prompts outrage, calls for reform
A pregnant woman who was dragged to a hospital by authorities and forced to have an abortion has enraged Chinese and sparked an online flurry of debate over whether it is time to end China's draconian one-child family planning ...
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Conservatives rally across U.S. for ‘religious freedom’
Hundreds gathered on Capitol Hill and at rallies across the nation on Friday in a double-barreled attack on President Obama's health care law and a mandate to require employers to provide insurance coverage of birth control.
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Pope’s butler faces trial, and eyes turn to Vatican judicial system
Pope Benedict XVI's former butler is facing up to eight years in jail for allegedly stealing confidential documents from the pope's own desk. But according to a Vatican judge, Paolo Gabriele won't be serving any time in the wor...
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Black preachers divided on same-sex marriage, not Obama
WASHINGTON (RNS) The 200 or so African-American pastors gathered here for the Conference of National Black Churches feel strongly about the topic of gay marriage, some for, many against. But there's one thing nearly all of the...