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Opposition to gay marriage lower in 2012 campaign

| Apr 27, 2012

(RNS) Opposition to gay marriage is significantly reduced this election season, compared to the previous two presidential campaigns, a Pew Research Center poll shows. By Adelle M. Banks.
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Conservatives go after ‘NASCAR Christian’ vote

| Apr 27, 2012

(RNS) Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition is trying to corral "NASCAR Christians'' in hopes that they will give Mitt Romney a critical boost in November. By David Gibson.
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Secularists counter National Day of Prayer with National Day of Reason

| Apr 27, 2012

As millions of Americans bow their heads for the annual National Day of Prayer, atheists, humanists and other nontheists will mark the National Day of Reason _ part protest, part celebration and purely godless. By Kimberly Winston.    
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Analysis: Paul Ryan’s not-very-Catholic Catholic budget

| Apr 26, 2012

(RNS) House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan argues that GOP proposals to cut programs for the needy while sparing the Defense Department and taxes on the wealthy is in line with Catholic social teaching, but experts across the Catholic spectrum say Ryan gets it wrong. By David Gibson.
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Paul Ryan ducks questions on Catholic roots of GOP budget

| Apr 26, 2012

WASHINGTON (RNS) House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan largely ducked questions and scrutiny about whether the GOP budget is rooted in Catholic social teaching during a speech at Georgetown University. By Lauren Markoe.
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Paul Ryan to get another earful on his ‘Catholic’ budget

| Apr 24, 2012

(RNS) House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan is headed to Georgetown University to deliver a lecture on Thursday, and already faculty are lining up to join the Catholic bishops in rejecting any suggestion that his cost-cutting budget reflects Catholic principles. By David Gibson.
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Troubled janitor gets life in prison for priest’s slaying

| Apr 23, 2012

MORRISTOWN, N.J. (RNS) After more than an hour of dramatic testimony, a judge on Friday ordered that a troubled church janitor spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole in the priest's murder. By Alexi Friedman.
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Court says non-Jewish man can sue for anti-Semitic remarks

| Apr 23, 2012

(RNS) A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that a man who alleges he endured anti-Semitic slurs can sue his former supervisors — even though he is not Jewish. Stacy Jones and Ben Horowitz.
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Mitt Romney holds huge lead among white Catholics and evangelicals

| Apr 18, 2012

(RNS) While President Obama holds a slim lead overall against Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee has a 53-point lead over Obama among white evangelicals and a 20-point lead among white Catholics, according to a new poll. By Daniel Burke.
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Vatican official calls for stronger protection for conscientious objection

| Apr 17, 2012

VATICAN CITY (RNS) A senior Vatican official on Tuesday (April 17) called for stronger protection for conscientious objection for both the Catholic Church and individual Catholics when they are faced with laws that conflict with their “moral norms.” By Alessandro Speciale.
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