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Should Ministers Defend the U.S. Air Force's Stance on Religion in the Military?

June 25th, 2012

A group of 66 U.S. Republican lawmakers have accused the U.S. Air Force of nurturing "a culture that is hostile toward religion."The Air Force says service members maintain the right to exercise their religion freely.

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Arizona Passes Bills on Abortion, Bible Classes

April 17th, 2012

Within one week, the Arizona legislature has passed measures banning abortions after twenty weeks and legalizing the teaching of Bible classes in public schools. Is this a dangerous precedent?

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"Low-Effort" Thinking Promotes Conservatism, Study Shows

April 12th, 2012

A recent study suggests that "low-effort" thinking promotes conservative ideology, adding to previous research indicating a link between conservatism and lower IQ levels.

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NOM Strategy to Divide Blacks, Gays Exposed

April 2nd, 2012

A district court in Maine has released an internal document from the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) outlining the group's strategy for fighting marriage equality.

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Mapping American Social Attitudes

March 19th, 2012

Here on the ULC Monastery blog we like to bring our readers' attention to the current state of the social justice landscape by looking at the political attitudes, which frequently overlaps with social ones.

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Called to a Higher Purpose

March 15th, 2012

The Universal Life Church endorses a planetary defense system in case of a Near Earth Object - NEO - is discovered to be on a collision course with our planet. Such a tool would make us much safer.

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Atheist Groups' Anti-Slavery Billboard Misunderstood

March 15th, 2012

How would you react if you drove past a billboard depicting a Bible verse that read "Slaves, obey your masters"? Incensed, perplexed, or curious? That's how Pennsylvania commuters reacted to a new billboard.

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Santorum's Theocratic Backlash against Secularism

February 28th, 2012

Ultra-conservative, right-wing Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum is attacking former president John F. Kennedy's belief that state and church should remain separate.

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Hate is Hate: Reparation in America

February 20th, 2012

Three years ago, the Monastery addressed the important issue of personal heritage and the flag of the old Confederacy. In February, we celebrated the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the champion of ending slavery.

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Bishops, Obama, and Birth-Control

February 16th, 2012

Catholic and evangelical Protestant church leaders are getting ready to fight U.S. president Barack Obama on birth control mandates for employers, despite a mandate to exempt religious organizations.

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