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The health care law, Catholics and birth control

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

PolitiFact - By Becky Bowers - Feb. 10 (Fact Check) - Is President Barack Obama’s administration requiring the Catholic Church to provide birth control coverage to nuns? As rhetoric rises in a clash between Catholic leaders and the federal government over a rule requiring co-pay-free coverage of contraceptives in most health plans, here’s a guide. What the rule says The newly final rule stems from the Affordable Care Act of 2010 — what Republican presidential candidates call "Obamacare." It affects the health plans employers offer their ... >>More

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Prop. 8: Gay-marriage ban unconstitutional, court rules

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By LA Times Staff - Feb. 07 (Breaking News) - A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage, clearing the way for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on gay marriage as early as next year.

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The Tragic Story of Christianity: How a Pacifist Religion Was Hijacked by Rabid Warmongering Elites | | AlterNet

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

AlterNet - By Gary G. Kohls - Feb. 05 (Opinion) - Altogether too many religions sects of both major and minor religions, despite verbally professing a desire for peace and justice in the world, are actually pro-war, pro-homicide and pro-violence in practice (or they may be silent on the subject, which is, according to moral theology, the same as being pro-violence).

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Corruption Scandal Rocks Vatican, Whistle Blower Archbishop Vigano Was Transfered Against His Will

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - Jan. 26 (News Report) - The Vatican was shaken by a corruption scandal Thursday after an Italian television investigation said a former top official had been transferred against his will after complaining about irregularities in awarding contracts. The show "The Untouchables" o

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Mitt Romney Tax Returns Released: Paid Just 13.9% Rate In 2010, Had Swiss Bank Account

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Steve Holland, Kim Dixon - Jan. 23 (News Report) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released tax records on Tuesday indicating he will pay $6.2 million in taxes on a total of $42.5 million in income over the years 2010 and 2011.

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The Devil and Rick Santorum: Dilemmas of A Holy Owned Subsidiary

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

AlterNet - By Thomas Ferguson - Jan. 08 (News Analysis) - The father of the Investment Theory of Politics reveals what pundits are missing in the GOP's failure to lead its own electorate.

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Rick Santorum-Linked Universal Health Services Facility: Fraud, Assault And Alleged 'Exorcism'

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Jason Cherkis - Jan. 06 (News Report) - Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) has become a top-tier candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in recent weeks by appealing to evangelical votersas a man steeped in family values and his Christian faith. From 2007 to 2011, however, Santorum served on the board of directors of Universal Health Services Inc., a large hospital chain which racked up dozens of allegations of abuse during that time -- including everything from rape to suicide attempts allowed by neglect to murder.

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Stephen Colbert Follows Pat Robertson's Advice, Overwhelms God With Prayer (VIDEO)

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Stephen Colbert - Jan. 06 (Comedy News) - video

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santorum wants to impose "judeo-christian sharia

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Dean Obeidallah - Jan. 05 (Opinion) - There are two Rick Santorums: The first one I might not agree with, but the second one truly scares me.

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Can Pakistan step back from the brink?

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Jan. 02 (News) -

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? Pro-Science Rapper’s Shout Out for Evolution

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Wired - By Ben Paynter - Dec. 28 (Special Report) - Baba Brinkman—dubbed the hip hop Richard Dawkins—is releasing music videos from his Rap Guide to Evolution album in hopes that teachers will punch up their science lectures.

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Israeli Girl at Center of Tension Over Religious Extremism

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Isabel Kershner - Dec. 27 (Special Report) - Naama Margolese has become the face of a conflict over the influence of extremists in Israel after her story of being accosted by ultra-Orthodox men was reported in the media.

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The Christmas War on Atheism: What's the Religious Right Whining About When It's Really Non-Believers Who Are Under Attack?

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

AlterNet - By Alex DiBranco - Dec. 23 (Opinion) - It’s that time of year when, if you tune into Fox News or right-wing talk radio, you’re sure to hear the phrase “war on Christmas” repeated ad infinitum. Perhaps you’ve also seen Rick Perry’s new war on Christmas ad, which gives the added gift of rabid homophobia, while absurdly accusing President Barack Obama of leading a war on religion. But in reality, this year, like most years, it's right-wing Christians who are waging a war on the right of non-believers to avoid having religion shoved down their throats. Say “Merry Christmas” -- or Else

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Gingrich to gay voter: Support Obama

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

CBS News - By Newt Gingrich - Dec. 21 (Interview) - Newt Gingrich agreed Tuesday with a Iowan voter who identified himself as gay that he should support President Obama again in 2012. "If that's what's most important to you then you should support Obama."

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Could Iraq descend into a civil war again? - CSMonitor.com

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Christian Science Monitor - By Dan Murphy - Dec. 20 (News Report) - The scars of Iraq's painful bloodletting are deep, and a powerful disincentive against a return to open warfare. But Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is moving against Sunni Arabs, his political enemies.

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Fact checking the AP fact checker

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Power Line - By Scott Johnson - Dec. 20 (Opinion) - According to Pete Yost last week in a superficial AP fact check story: “Republican presidential candidates have claimed that the Obama administration is cleansing government files of references to radical Islam, an assertion so juicy that politicians keep repeating it — even though it’s a wild exaggeration.” But I think the GOP candidates have it right, more or less, and Yost has it wrong. At least they are closer to the mark than Yost. See, for example, Cliff May’s NRO column “What’s Islam got to do with it?” (May cites a report by the Westminster Institute’s Katharine C. Gorka that notes: “Key national security documents have already excised all terminology that associates terrorism with Islam or Islamic concepts such as jihad.”) See also “Obama administration pulls references to Islam from terror training materials, official says.” (The story quotes purposefully ambiguous comments made by Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Cole at the George Washington University law school. My call yesterday to the Department of Justice for clarification went unreturned.)

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Christmas is No Time to Talk About War and Peace

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Common Dreams - By Jim Rigby - Dec. 19 (Opinion) - When I heard the President speak to returning troops last week, my mind flashed back to an article I once wrote for our local newspaper. Each week a different member of the local clergy would write a column, and I had been asked to write the piece for Christmas. That year all I could hear was the drumbeat leading toward a war with Iraq. I racked my brain trying to think of a way to put faces on the people we were about to bomb.read more

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Writer Christopher Hitchens dies at 62 after suffering cancer

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - By Bbc - Dec. 16 (News Report) - ..tony blair...., "he was fearless in the pursuit of truth and any cause in which he believed. and there was no belief he held that he did not advocate with passion, commitment and brilliance."

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Lowe's pulls ads from TV show about U.S. Muslims

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Associated Press - Dec. 12 (News Report) - A decision by retail giant Lowe's Cos. to pull ads from a reality show about American Muslims after protests from an evangelical Christian group has sparked criticism and calls for a boycott against the chain of home-improvement stores.

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Perry ad in Iowa accuses Obama of 'war on religion'

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

McClatchy - Dec. 10 (News) -

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Muslim students walking out of lectures on Darwinism because it 'clashes with the Koran'

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Daily Mail - Nov. 28 (News) - Professors at University College London have expressed concern over the increasing number of biology students boycotting lectures on Darwinist theory citing their religious beliefs.

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Lynn Margulis, Trailblazing Theorist on Evolution, Dies at 73

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Bruce Weber - Nov. 24 (Special Report) - Dr. Margulis was a biologist whose work on the origin of cells helped transform the study of evolution.

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Romney's Making the Right Play in Iowa

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By NATE SILVER - Nov. 22 (Opinion) - Jeff Zeleny’s weekend story about how Mitt Romney’s campaign will exert more rather than less effort in Iowa deserves your attention. It reflects what is perhaps the most important strategic decision that any Republican candidate will make this year. Mr.

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Jon Stewart Rips Congressional GOP's 'In God We Trust' Debate: 'You're Doing It To Be D*cks' (VIDEO)

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jon Stewart - Nov. 04 (Comedy News) - Whenever you ask a congressperson, a Presidential candidate or just about any political pundit what the most important thing this country needs right now, it's jobs, jobs, jobs. Immigration and war reform, sure, but jobs are key.

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The Birth Control Solution

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Nicholas D. Kristof - Nov. 03 (Opinion) - Family planning is crucial to solving poverty, climate change and other issues. And don’t worry: contraceptives don’t cause sex.

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