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• Public sex: disagreements within the gay community?

  
  Civil Religion — Authority: 524
  Tim Townsend made a splash the other day with his story about Archbishop credit:MiamiHerald Carlson sending money to help fund the Maine fight against gay marriage. Townsend must have set a record for the comment board. As of this writing there are 153 comments and counting . Most of the comments seem to be ...
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• Military Religion Question of the Day: Hensley

  
  God and Country — Authority: 131
  In May 2009, al Jazeera broadcast a show that included film from a military chapel in Afghanistan.  In the sermon, US Army Chaplain (LtCol) Gary Hensley told his congregation they had a responsibility to be a ‘witness for Jesus.’  He said:The special forces guys—they hunt men basically. We do the same things ...
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• RNS: Court Pulls over Christian License Plate

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 591
  A Christian license plate in South Carolina has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal district court. The license plate showed a cross, stained glass window and the words “I Believe.” The ruling overturned the state law known as the “I Believe” Act which gave the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles ...
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• Ken Myers on the “Two-Kingdom” Social Theory

  
  In Light of the Gospel — Authority: 132
  In the recent interview with Ken Myers at Ordinary Means , one of the questions they asked Ken had to do with the two kingdom view of culture and the church. I thought Myers response was helpful for getting at one of the concerns some people have with certain strands of the two-kingdom theory. Here is the question ...
  5 days ago

• Jewish school, church-state case in England

  
  JW Political Insider — Authority: 424
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• Critics Remain Silent During Fort Hood Memorial

  
  God and Country — Authority: 131
  The moving and often emotional memorial service marking the loss of life at Fort Hood was infused with military ceremony and tradition.  Military officers explained that memorials were a part of the process in war; the units gathered to memorialize their fallen, send them home, and then gather their gear to ...
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• Weinstein Emphasizes “Proselytization Factor” in Massacre

  
  God and Country — Authority: 131
  Michael Weinstein has written an article that on one hand calls the actions of Maj Nidal Malik Hasan “inexcusable,” but on the other says his alleged harassment may have precipitated his massacre at Fort Hood:The alleged mistreatment Hasan received in the American military almost certainly played a key role in his ...
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• National Briefing | South: South Carolina: License Plates Ruling

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  A federal judge ruled that the state cannot issue license plates showing the image of a cross in front of a stained glass window along with the phrase “I Believe.”
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• ADL to protest ‘Christian only’ prison

  
  JW Political Insider — Authority: 424
  Should a private company get the franchise to run a Christian-only prison?  Talk about issues tailor made for the Anti-Defamation League.The issue centers on a non-profit prison ministry called  Corrections Concepts Inc., which wants to build a privately run,  all-Christian prison in Wakita, Oklahoma.The facility ...
  6 days ago

• Should church projects get federal money?

  
  Civil Religion — Authority: 524
  Last week I attended the yearly banquet for the local chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State , a group that lobbies for keeping religions out of government and government out of religions. The speaker, national AU executive director Rev. Barry Lynn, gave an update on the federal government’s ...
  6 days ago

• Archbishop Charles J. Chaput reflects on Catholic charities in the United States

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 591
  We need to rededicate ourselves to the work of Christian charity and the Catholic soul of our insti­tutions. Charity is a duty for the whole believing community. But it is also an obligation and privilege for every individual member of the Church, flowing from our personal encounter with the mercy of Jesus Christ. ...
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• USS New York, and its Chapel, Commissioned

  
  God and Country — Authority: 131
  The USS New York was recently commissioned for sea service in its namesake state.  It is famous for the fact that seven and a half tons of steel from the World Trade Center were used in its bow.According to a United Methodist news source, the ship’s Navy Chaplain, Chaplain (LtCdr) Laura Bender, requested that ...
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• Religion in the Military Endures Scrutiny after Fort Hood

  
  God and Country — Authority: 131
  The attack at Fort Hood has inspired almost visceral reactions around the world, potentially leading some to say things that are illogical at their core.The New York Times has said the attack “complicated” the service of Muslims in the military.  Bryan Fischer, who lists his title as the Director of Issues ...
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• Mending Wall: A Reflection On Good Barriers And Bad Ones

  
  The Wall of Separation — Authority: 582
  In his poem “Mending Wall,” poet Robert Frost wrote, “Before I built a wall I’d ask to know what I was walling in or walling out.”Today, on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, that’s a point worth pondering. There are good walls and bad ones.I was in Berlin once in the [...]
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• Harassment, Christianity Blamed for Fort Hood Shooting

  
  God and Country — Authority: 131
  Following the violent attack on Soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, there has been an outpouring of support from the local community, with churches calling for prayers and military Chaplains asking for prayer for the alleged assailant.  Former President Bush quietly visited Fort Hood victims last Friday, and President ...
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• Dorothy Day: Giving Proof that the Gospel Can Be Lived

  
  Civil Religion — Authority: 524
  Dorothy Day facing her last arrest, photo by Bob Fitch Dorothy Day was an anarchist and a pacifist who was arrested multiple times throughout her life (the last time when she was in her 70s).  The FBI had a 500 page file on her, and Herbert Hoover hoped to see her arrested for sedition.  She’s also been called ...
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• Women’s choice gets banned – “de facto” – as per Obama’s wishes

  
  Not Your Sweetie — Authority: 129
  To read the Hill account about the upcoming House vote to block abortion funding you’d think the culprits are the Republicans, or at least Congress: House Democratic leaders will allow an up-or-down vote on an amendment blocking any money in its healthcare overhaul from funding abortions, risking the votes of ...
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• Oklahoma Prison to Be Run By Christians, For Christians

  
  Right Wing Watch — Authority: 695
  Reading through this article about a proposed Christian prison in Oklahoma, I kept thinking to myself that there has got to be some Religious Right involvement in this ... and lo and behold there is, as Pat Robertsons ACLJ has already agreed to defend it against any constitutional challenges: A 150-acre site on ...
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• Of prayers and Aliens – “V” of the B0bots

  
  Not Your Sweetie — Authority: 129
  I postponed covering this one because the election got in the way, but it’s a doozie. Remember the 1st Amendment in the Constitution? Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of ...
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• Navy Officer is Pilot, Commander, Religious Leader

  
  God and Country — Authority: 131
  A unique and positive article by Alison Buckholtz covers the hardships associated with a US Navy pilot and the separation he must face from his family as he deploys overseas.  As is the case for many servicemembers, he is an aviator but is deploying to a ground job in support of the Army.Interestingly titled ...
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