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In Nigeria, getting away with murder
Since the arrival of the New Year, America's Nigerian diaspora, including its significant community in Maryland, must be dismayed by the news from Africa's most populous country. The reluctance ofNigeria'sgovernment to prevent or punish violence between...Tags: National Security, Justice and Rights, Justice System, Goodluck Jonathan, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Catholic Texans Fight Contraception Mandate
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Catholic churches and affiliated organizations in Texas say they won't stand for a new federal law that would require many employers to provide contraception coverage in their health insurance plans.
Although churches are exempt, other...Tags: Labor Legislation, Justice System, Social Issues, Judges, Health Insurance Cost
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Letters to the Editor - Dec. 11
Fence creates obstacle for pedestrians downtown To the editor: Please reference The Herald-Mail front page article of Nov. 13, 2011, wherein the lack of pedestrian traffic was mentioned as contributing to the demise of businesses in the downtown...Tags: Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Roger Williams, NBC (tv network), Christianity, Frederick County (Maryland)
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Tyranny under the guise of religious freedom
John Garvey believes that "in a liberal democratic society, we must also respect the freedom of religion" when he advocates the Catholic church's position that it's right to mask the fact that some pro-life pregnancy resource centers will not provide...Tags: Pikesville, Justice and Rights, Health and Medical Professionals, Christianity, Health
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'Religious freedom' isn't a license to flout the law
The argument that religious groups have the right to dictate social mores in order to protect their religious freedom is hollow and in fact turns the whole concept of religious liberty on its head. To say that any particular religion's duty to its own...Tags: Politics, Justice System, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Don't trample religious freedom
There has been a lot of discussion in these pages about a recent statement on religious liberty issued by Maryland's Catholic bishops. Unfortunately, the discussion has ignored most of what the bishops had to say. It has focused almost exclusively on...Tags: Justice and Rights, Justice System, Minority Groups, Marriage, Laws
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Obama announces contraception compromise
CNNPresident Barack Obama announced a compromise Friday in the dispute over whether to require full contraception insurance coverage for female employees at religiously affiliated institutions. Under the new plan, religiously affiliated universities and...Tags: U.S. Senate, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Birth Control
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Obama announces birth control compromise
Tribune Washington BureauPresident Barack Obama announced a compromise Friday in the dispute over whether to require full contraception insurance coverage for female employees at religiously affiliated institutions. Under the new plan, religiously affiliated universities and...Tags: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Birth Control, Planned Parenthood
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Analysis: Obama's course correction on birth control politics shifts dynamic
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's opposition is now the divided one.
For three weeks of heated rhetoric, Republicans cast the president's new rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide insurance for free birth control to...Tags: Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, The Associated Press, Christianity
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Peoria Diocese solves foster care fiasco
No longer able to provide publicly funded foster care and adoption services unless it complies with Illinois law, Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Peoria announced today that it will withdraw from all state contracts and transfer its staff and...Tags: Politics, Social Services, Christianity, Social Issues, Joliet
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Inoculating against religious freedom
A few weeks ago, Rick Santorum got some criticism for saying the U.S. Supreme Court erred in saying states may not outlaw contraception. The idea that Americans could legally be forbidden to buy condoms or birth control pills struck most people as a gross...Tags: Christianity, Social Issues, U.S. Supreme Court, Unemployment Benefits, Roman Catholicism
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Silicon Valley gives conservative Christians a boost
Silicon Valley, the politically liberal technology hub, is an unlikely incubator of conservative Christian activism. But a group of its venture capitalists is backing an ambitious project that seeks to affect the 2012 election by registering 5 million...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Elections, Christianity, Human Interest, Evangelical Christianity
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