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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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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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Washington State Legalizes Gay Marriage

February 13th, 2012

On Monday, 13 February, Washington State legalized gay marriage when Governor Christine Gregoire signed into law a marriage equality bill passed by the state Legislature.

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Komen, Planned Parenthood, and Women's Health

February 6th, 2012

In a surprising about-face, the breast-cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure reversed its decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood after a national outcry.

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Creationism for Indiana Schools?

February 2nd, 2012

Are Indiana public schools going to start teaching religion? It looks like a realistic possibility. An Indiana Senate committee has approved a bill that would allow creationism to be taught in Indiana public schools.

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Barack Obama’s Budding Religious Sycophancy

September 26th, 2011

In a recent article on the “Faith and Reason” blog at USA Today, Cathy Lynn-Grossman discussed Barack Obama’s increased use of religious rhetoric in an effort to attract the support of evangelical Christians.

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Bill Maher on Religion, the Tea Party, and the U.S. Founding Fathers

January 25th, 2011

In a recent "New Rules" segment, Bill Maher argued that the founding fathers, would have despised the Tea Party, because the values held by the former were diametrically opposed to those of the latter.

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Blasphemy "Ban" Challenged in Keystone State

July 6th, 2010

Politicians in Pennsylvania are challenging a blasphemy ban in that state, arguing that it's an outdated law with no modern purpose. Will they get blasphemy off the books in the Keystone State?

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