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Rollins College: Illiberal Education?
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelRollins College recently booted Intervarsity Christian Fellowship off campus. ICF is a 136 year old ministry founded by students at Cambridge, England, known more for its laborious lectures and academic publications than any sense of extremism or cultic... -
Gay marriage moving too slow
It is easy to empathize with John Kass' struggle to reconcile his religious beliefs with the "fast-moving issue of the redefinition marriage" (“As times change, will tolerance for tradition be tolerated?” Column, March 27). But his paean to...Tags: Religion and Belief, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Same-Sex Marriage
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Point missed on Jesus-stomping lesson at FAU
If the Florida Atlantic University Jesus-"stomping" instructor was trying to make a point about religious tolerance, then point taken. Too bad so many people, including our governor, are missing the point. You and I may not like the classroom exercise...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Executive Branch, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Palm Beach County, Teaching and Learning
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As times change, will tolerance for tradition be tolerated?
With the issue of same-sex marriage argued before the Supreme Court and raging elsewhere in America, a question: Is it possible to be a traditional Christian or Muslim or Orthodox Jew — and hold to one's faith on what constitutes marriage —...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Religion and Belief, Civil Rights, Christianity
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Elated Argentines shout 'Francisco!' for new pope
BUENOS AIRES - Hundreds of elated people gathered Wednesday outside the Buenos Aires cathedral where Jorge Mario Bergoglio has for years led the faithful in prayer, clapping, hugging and shouting, “Francisco! Francisco!” for the Argentine...
Tags: The Happiest News!, Religion and Belief, Argentina, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Human Interest
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Catholic cardinals will begin voting Tuesday on new pope
VATICAN CITY -- Nearly a month after Pope Benedict XVI announced his surprise decision to retire, Roman Catholic cardinals on Friday said they will begin voting to choose his replacement on Tuesday. That means 115 cardinals who were under the age of...
Tags: Elections, Religion and Belief, College of Cardinals, The Pope, Roman Catholicism
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Washington casts wary eye at Muslim Brotherhood
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama begins his second term straining to maintain a good relationship with Egypt, an important U.S. ally whose president is a conservative Islamist walking a fine line between acting as a moderate peace broker and...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Hosni Mubarak, Kirsten Gillibrand, Politics, Republican Party
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Bomb blasts across Pakistan kill 104 people
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In one of the deadliest days in Pakistan in recent years, a series of bomb blasts rocked the southwest city of Quetta and the country’s northwest Thursday, killing at least 104 people and injuring more than 245 others....
Tags: Suicide, Religion and Belief, Human Rights Watch, Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Catholics see big gains in Congress: What does it mean?
Most postmortems of the 2012 elections have focused on its implications for the future of the Republican Party, the rise of the Latino vote or the continued polarization of the country by party and region. But here’s a takeaway you probably haven&...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, Buddhism, Joe Biden, Politics
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In Theory: Should secessionists succeed?
More than 750,000 Americans have signed a petition to let their states secede from the U.S.A. since the Nov. 6 election, including people from Alaska, Maryland, Texas, Iowa and Vermont. And many of them, or at least their leaders, are claiming they're...Tags: Abortion, Civil Rights, Unions, Political Fundraising, Salt
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Dark shadows loom
Tribune MediaThe opening scene-setter for the 1996 film "Independence Day" might serve as a metaphor for what Egyptians could face if a draft constitution written by a panel dominated by Islamists and based on Sharia law wins approval in a referendum: "A loud...Tags: Feminism, Mali, The Washington Post, Religion and Belief, Saudi Arabia
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'Christmas tree or holiday tree?' issue haunts R.I. lighting ceremony
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, that warm and fuzzy time of year when adults engage in public verbal brawls over whether to call a Christmas tree a Christmas tree. Rhode Island’s governor, Lincoln Chafee, got so fed up with...
Tags: Holidays, Religion and Belief, Lincoln Chafee, Executive Branch, Government
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