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    The Clash of Civilizations Over Marriage Equality

    MARCH 26, 2013 10:55AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, catholic church, supreme court, fundamentalism, gay rights, traditionalism, modernity, andrew sullivan, douglas wilson, law, science, truth, traditions of civility, democracy, personal autonomy, free will, religion, pope benedict, pope john paul ii, birth control, president obama, walter lippmann, secularism, marketplace of ideas, utilitarianism, separation between church and state, biblical morality, new testament, theocracy, taliban, religious freedom, traditional marriate, christianity, republican party. christian nation

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 4776 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Catholic on Catholic civil war brewing

    MAY 24, 2012 1:16PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: religion, politics, catholic church, bishops, contraception, president obama, republican party, religious right, leadership council of women religious, sister joan chittister, ej dionne, fascism, pope pius xii, us conference of bishops, national catholic reporter, nazism, adolph hitler, religious freedom, first amendment, maureen dowd, health insurance mandate, homosexuality, new ways ministry, catholic charities, caritas, girl scouts, vatican, authoritarianism, papal infallibility, democracy, women's rights, obedience

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    • 19 Ratings
    • 4480 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    The Birth Control Conundrum

    MARCH 7, 2012 2:59PM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: birth control, sandra fluke, rep. carolyn maloney, women's health care, religious freedom, endometriosis, ovarian cancer, brca, colorectal cancer, birth control access, birth control affordability, affordable care act, pregnancy, unplanned pregnancy, breast-feeding, lisa maatz, aauw, dysmenorrhea, co-pays, blunt amendment, center for reproductive rights, center for american progress, equal justice works, florida legal services, sen. marco rubio, religious freedom restoration act, institute of medicine, oral contraceptives, guttmacher institute, health, women's wews, politics, women's rights

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 5864 Views
    • 132 Comments
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    Bishops' rift with Obama about politics, not religion

    FEBRUARY 8, 2012 1:40PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, catholic church, president obama, conservatism, right wing, birth control, secularism, fox news, theocracy, democracy, religious freedom

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    • 21 Ratings
    • 14549 Views
    • 79 Comments
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    Islam is Not the Problem. Try Hopelessness, Fundamentalism

    SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 8:35AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: 911, 9-11, politics, terrorism, islam, park51, anti-mosque protests, ground zero mosque, toxic populism, incitement to hatred, religious tolerance, religious freedom, first amendment, understanding islam, roots of terrorism, oil oligarchy, foreign affairs, politics and religion, radicalism, fundamentalism, hopelessness, comparative religion

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    • 14 Ratings
    • 5205 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    A Time for Tolerance

    AUGUST 27, 2010 11:50AM

    By Tad Stahnke


    Topics: religious freedom, al queda, islam, discrimination, new york, muslim, mosque at ground zero, ground zero mosque, hate crimes, human rights first

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 2650 Views
    • 58 Comments
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    I Want My Country Back

    AUGUST 26, 2010 11:13PM

    By MissMusicNerd


    Topics: religious freedom, islamophobia, park51

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1937 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Building Love at Ground Zero

    AUGUST 5, 2010 3:27PM

    By walterrhett


    Topics: protests, love, religious freedom, mosque, ground zero, christianity, terrorism, islam

    • Editor's Pick
    • 58 Ratings
    • 6138 Views
    • 125 Comments
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    Book Banning is Alive and Well in Oklahoma - UPDATED!

    JANUARY 27, 2010 3:03PM

    By Julie Tarp


    Topics: religious freedom, thomas jefferson, censorship, oklahoma state capital, poteau, stigler, leflore county, ten commandement monument, haskell county, tulsa, trading guns for pecan trees, gay rights, same-sex marriage, what the hell is wrong with these people, marc brown, buster's sugartime, oklahoma, book banning, board decision, decision

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 3878 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Sarkozy & the Battle of the Burqa

    JUNE 23, 2009 3:05PM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: women, discrimination, religious freedom, burqa, nicolas sarkozy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1715 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    The Cairo Speech: A Lonely Little Live Blog

    JUNE 4, 2009 7:31AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: women's rights, religious freedom, nuclear weapons, iran, palestine, israel, the pottery barn wars, foreign policy, politics, muslim, arab, speech, obama, egypt, cairo speech

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