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COMMENTARY: The phony war on religion

(RNS) Religion's enemy isn't government. If anything, the American system has bent over backwards to protect religion from the accountability, fairness and justice that are expected of other citizens. No, religion's enemy -- if it has one -- is itself. By Tom Ehrich.
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Sketches of famous black atheists

| Feb 22, 2012

(RNS) Sunday's (Feb. 26) ``Day of Solidarity for Black Non-Believers, will include a remembrance of African-American atheists of the past. Here's a list of some famous (and not-so-famous) black nonbelievers. By Kimberly Winston.
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Wednesday’s Religion Roundup: Ashes on the go; Obama’s faith; Mormon Pinners

| Feb 22, 2012

Here's wishing all our Christian readers a prayerful Lent.  Today, of course, is Ash Wednesday. Episcopalians have started a tradition of sorts with an "Ashes on the Go" program for commuters. Episcopal priest and serial memoirist Lauren Winner says Ash Wednesday belongs on the streets. CNN...
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Court says Quebec parents can’t pull students out of religion class

| Feb 21, 2012

TORONTO (RNS) Canada's highest court has ruled that children in Quebec schools cannot opt out of a course on ethics and world religions. By Ron Csillag.
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After C.S. Lewis College flops, a free campus for the taking

| Feb 21, 2012

NORTHFIELD, Mass. (RNS) The billionaire Oklahoma family that owns the 217-acre college campus here aims to give it away to a Christian institution for free. All the winner needs is an orthodox Christian vision and the financial wherewithal to pull it off. By G. Jeffrey MacDonald.
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Tuesday’s Religion Roundup: Fat Tuesday; “Catholic” Glenn Beck; Southern Baptists’ name

| Feb 21, 2012

Lent starts early for an ESPN editor who wrote that regrettable Jeremy Lin headline. Lent can't start soon enough for Cardinal Dolan. Glenn Beck is feeling Catholicky. Rick Santorum is feeling heat for his "phony theology" comments. But check out his spokeswoman's gaffe. And Southern Baptists will stick with their name.
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Marvin Winans will add soul to Whitney Houston’s funeral

| Feb 17, 2012

NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) At the end of the day, those in pastoral and gospel circles say Marin Winans is a preacher and a good one who'll lean on the gospel to eulogize Whitney Houston at the New Hope Baptist Church here in Newark on Saturday. By Barry Carter.
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Friday’s Religion Roundup: Kosher Catholics; Gotham v. Gomorrah; Israeli organs

| Feb 17, 2012

All birth control, all the time: Catholic bishops say it all boils down to a ham sandwich, experts say critics don't know what they're talking about on birth control and abortion, and a student at BYU gets passed a note that says her outfit is what the Catholics would call a near occassion to sin.
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Grief without God is a challenge for nonbelievers

| Feb 17, 2012

(RNS) If you're an atheist who loses a child or loved one, there's no hope of a reunion in the afterlife. The absence of the comfort of religious ritual is one of the hardest adjustments for unbelievers, leading some nonbelievers to craft support groups and resources for grief without God. By Kimberly Winston.
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Fans to be shut out of Whitney Houston’s church funeral

| Feb 16, 2012

NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) With TV trucks and camera crews clogging the streets and thousands of fans hoping for a glimpse of the event, Whitney Houston's family has decided that no one but invited guests will get near her church funeral on Saturday. By James Queally and Peggy McGlone.
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Thursday’s Religion Roundup: A bishop walks into a bar…

| Feb 16, 2012

No joke, he was asked to leave. And he was sober. But a nun is going to the Oscars. Jesuits want bishops to tone down the "war on religion" chatter. China may invite religious freedom envoy. And Richard Dawkins needs to Google Darwin.
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