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111th Congress reflects greater religious diversity in the U.S. (Los Angeles Times)
Atheists, agnostics are underrepresented: Only Fremont's Rep. Pete Stark claims no belief in God. Since 1961, numbers are down for Protestants and up for Catholics, Jews, Mormons, Buddhists, Muslims. As he ran for the White House, John F. Kennedy assured skeptical Americans that he was "not the Catholic candidate for president," but rather a "candidate for president who happens also to be ...
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111th Congress reflects greater religious diversity in the US - Los Angeles Times
111th Congress reflects greater religious diversity in the US
Los Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour ago
... candidate: 45% of respondents said they would vote for a nonbeliever, compared with 55% for a gay person, 88% for a woman and 95% for a Catholic. ...
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Church defaced by ‘hate crime’ (The San Francisco Examiner)
Messages spray painted on the Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in the Castro appeared to be targeting holy leaders for the support of Proposition 8. The Examiner Spray-painted swastikas and an angry message to Catholic leaders confronted Castro district worshippers as they arrived to mass Sunday morning — the latest in a string of highly visible vandalisms around San Francisco.
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Jeffrey Toobin: The most outspoken man in the House gets some real power. (The New Yorker)
Of the four hundred and thirty-five members of the House of Representatives, Barney Frank is the only one whose public remarks have been collected in a book of quotations (“Frank Talk: The Wit and Wisdom of Barney Frank,” published in 2006). He is also the only congressman whose fight . . .
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Prop 8 protestors vandalize gay-friendly church - abc7news.com
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Prop 8 protestors vandalize gay-friendly church
abc7news.com, CA - 6 hours ago
Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church on Diamond Street is gay-friendly and parishioners who voted against Prop 8 are upset their church was targeted. ...
Catholic Church Vandalized, Defaced With Nazi Symbols KTVU.com
Castro Church Vandalized Over Prop 8 Passage KCBS
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KNOW Theatre to produce "Bent" - Press & Sun-Bulletin
KNOW Theatre to produce "Bent"
Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY - 11 hours ago
Tim's wanted to direct the play Bent—a tale of gay men during the Holocaust—since he returned to Binghamton in 2002. “I talked to theater companies about ...
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Gay Marriage Watch: December28th-January 3rd (Gayapolis)
Here's the latest news on gay marriage from around the world. This week's main story - attacks on gay rights in Kalamazoo, MI, and Cleveland, OH - both cities with limited laws that have no relation to gay marriage.
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Gay Marriage Watch: December28th-January 3rd - Gayapolis
Gay Marriage Watch: December28th-January 3rd
Gayapolis - 13 hours ago
... values and protest gay marriage in a predominantly Roman Catholic country that has legalized gay marriage and made it easier for people to divorce. ...
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Aniston, Pitt reunited atop box office (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
"Marley & Me," a canine comedy starring Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson, led the North American box office for a second weekend on Sunday, becoming the first Christmas holiday picture to hit $100 million.
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News Brief (Ekklesia)
Half of the Catholic adoption agencies that the Church threatened to close if they were required to work with gay couples have now adopted the new equality law following an exemption period.
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One group's leap of faith (The Buffalo News)
A decade ago, when a large group of Catholics feuded with the Diocese of Rochester over issues such as female priests and blessing of gay unions, the very public dispute resulted in the dismissal of a longtime priest, the ouster of a nun from her order and the firing of a pastoral associate -- as well as national media attention.
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Rev. Warren shouldn't be disqualified for living his faith - St. George Daily Spectrum
Rev. Warren shouldn't be disqualified for living his faith
St. George Daily Spectrum, UT - 21 hours ago
Barney Frank, D-New York, who is an openly gay man, and others who believe Warren and others like him to be closed-minded souls. ...
Pastors: Warren's inaugural prayer is Obama's way of reaching out Hattiesburg American
Rick Warren, the Inauguration and the debate over morality Capitol Hill Blue
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One group’s leap of faith - Buffalo News
One group’s leap of faith
Buffalo News, United States - 21 hours ago
Mary Ramerman, who was ordained in 2001 by a Catholic bishop who is independent of the Vatican, and has hosted several gay union blessings. ...
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Harwood defends Hoops for Hopes title (Plattsburgh Press Republican)
CLINTONVILLE — AuSable Valley gave Harwood a game this time, but the Highlanders won the Patriots' basketball tournament for the second straight year.
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PREP ROUNDUP (Everett Herald)
EVERETT -- Michael LaMunyon made 9 of 10 3-pointers Saturday as the Sultan Turks boys basketball team shot 68 percent from the field and defeated Everett 71-67 on its home court.
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"Damages" Tate Donovan grew up in Tenafly (The Record)
In the dark of a Tenafly movie house then named the Bergen Theater, a 4-year-old Tate Donovan discovered what he wanted to be when he grew up: an actor.
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Religion Calendar - GoErie.com
Religion Calendar
GoErie.com, PA - 3 hours ago
ALWAYS OUR CHILDREN: Support group for Catholic parents of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender children, meets on the first Thursday of the month, ...
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Don’t Ask Too Fast (Newsweek)
On gays, Obama's Joint Chiefs chair is caught between his boss and a conservative military.
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Bigotry Still Rules - History News Network
Bigotry Still Rules
History News Network, WA - Jan 3, 2009
... when the sex abuse scandal rocked the Catholic Church and the uniform response of the all-male clergy was that only gay men commit child molestation. ...
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Don’t Ask Too Fast - Newsweek
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Don’t Ask Too Fast
Newsweek - 14 hours ago
In the next year, Mullen might have to ask troops to do something many will find even more uncomfortable: welcome openly gay men and women into their ranks. ...
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