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Let us not pray
I wish atheist lawmaker Juan Mendez hadn't delivered his "prayer" to open the Tuesday afternoon session of the Arizona House of Representatives. Mendez, a freshman Democrat who represents Tempe, began by asking his assembled colleagues not to bow their...
Tags: National Government, Government, Religion and Belief, Religious Events, U.S. Supreme Court
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Let us not pray A hopeful wish for the end of religious exercises at the beginning of government meetings
Change of SubjectI wish atheist lawmaker Juan Mendez hadn't delivered his "prayer" to open the Tuesday afternoon session of the Arizona House of Representatives. Mendez, a freshman Democrat who represents Tempe, began by asking his assembled colleagues not to bow their... -
Orlando Fringe review: 'Misa Flamenca'
As a dance, flamenco is about style: The fire in the eyes, the exquisite vestments, the dramatic posturing. Orlando's Flamenco del Sol troupe has shrewdly noticed the similarity between the Spanish dance and organized religion. The result, "Misa...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Religious Events, Entertainment Events, Dance, Music
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First lady could be Chicago kids' last hope
As a young girl growing up in the South, I looked forward to the fourth Sunday of August. We called it "Homecoming" at my church in Hogansville, Ga. That was when folks who had moved away from our small, rural town seeking better opportunities in...
Tags: CBS Corp., Symbols and Symbolism, Religious Events, McCormick Place, Norfolk Southern Corporation
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Threats daubed at Israeli woman prayer activist's home
ReutersJERUSALEM, May 20 (Reuters) - Threatening slogans were daubed on Monday outside the doorway of an Israeli activist in a Jewish women's prayer group seeking equal rights of worship for women at Jerusalem's holy Western Wall. "Your time is up," read one of...Tags: Culture, Religion and Belief, Judaism, Death and Dying Customs, Religious Events
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James Turrell shapes perceptions
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Flying a couple of thousand feet above a volcanic field in Arizona near the Painted Desert, it's fairly easy to spot the extinct volcano known as the Roden Crater. It stands alone in the field, apart from hundreds of other...
Tags: Weather Reports, Central Intelligence Agency, Psychology, Museums, Religious Events
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Review: A shattered land tries to pull back together in 'Joe Turner'
The setting for August Wilson's magnificent "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" is a boardinghouse in 1911 Pittsburgh, but the spiritual location is a crossroads between the ghostly past and the forbidding future, slavery and freedom, despair and hope. The...
Tags: Glynn Turman, Religious Events, Arts and Culture
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Blessings hand hospital workers spiritual support
The chaplains at the Chicago area Adventist hospitals know the staffs' hands that dispense medication, perform surgeries and mop floors are crucial to carrying out the hospitals' mission. That's why, this month, many of those nurses, surgeons and...
Tags: Nursing, Religious Events, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Hospitals and Clinics
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Orthodox Easter arrives, with bells, chants and rose petals
A moment as mysterious as the sacred idea it celebrates – the crucified Christ's decent into Hades before his resurrection – arrived Saturday morning at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in a cascade of rose petals and a cacophony of bells,...
Tags: Human Interest, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Justice System, Religious Events
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My Word: Prayers from diverse faiths for our nation
Thursday is the National Day of Prayer. It's not a public holiday. We won't get a paid day off from work. The mail will still be delivered. And banks will be open as usual. So what exactly is this special day? The National Day of Prayer is merely an...Tags: Islam, Religion and Belief, Religious Events
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With memorials and silent moments, Boston victims are honored
MEDFORD, Mass. — She was remembered for her smile. Outside of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Krystle Campbell's second-grade teacher reached into her black purse Monday and pulled out a class picture from April 1991 — 21 sweet, gawky children,...
Tags: Krystle Campbell, James Rainey, FBI, Michael Muskal, Martin Richard
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Five women detained in Israel over prayer shawls at Western Wall
Israeli police detained five women for wearing prayer shawls at the Western Wall on Thursday, days after a new proposal emerged to set aside part of the holy site for men and women to pray together. Female worshippers at the sacred site are barred...
Tags: G8, Religion and Belief, Judaism, Religious Events, Christian Orthodoxy
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