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Sally Morrow | May 14, 2012

Almost 500 people took to the streets in Madison, WI on July 27, 2010 to show their support for full marriage equality and LGBT rights when the National Organization for Marriage came to town.
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Golden Rule Obama

Mark Silk | May 10, 2012

In declaring his support for same-sex marriage yesterday, President Obama took his stand on the Golden Rule, Jesus' saying in Matthew 7:12 that is popularly rendered as, "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." At the National Prayer Breakfast three months ago, the president refer...
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One in six voters still think Obama’s a Muslim: Why?

Lauren Markoe | May 10, 2012

WASHINGTON (RNS) After nearly four years in the Oval Office, President Obama is wrongly thought to be Muslim by one in six American voters, and only 1 in 4 can correctly identify him as Protestant, according to a new poll. By Lauren Markoe.
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President Obama endorses same-sex marriage, religious leaders respond

Daniel Burke | May 9, 2012

Citing his Christian faith, President Obama endorsed same-sex marriage in an interview with ABC news on Wednesday. “At a certain point, I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married,” Obama...
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The Godless Gap

Mark Silk | Apr 25, 2012

The latest Gallup poll shows just how much Mitt Romney has to make up for his party's having thrown its lot in with conservative religion. For while very religious voters support him by a 17-point margin, 54-37, the non-religious support President Obama by almost twice as much, 61-30. And those in the middle, the moderately religious, back the president by 14 points.
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Why Ross Douthat thinks we’re ‘a nation of heretics’

Daniel Burke | Apr 17, 2012

(RNS) New York Times columnist Ross Douthat doesn't mince words in his new book "Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics."  In an interview with Religion News Service, Douthat explains his definition of heresy, why he thinks Mitt Romney and President Obama are both heretics, and why more Americans should argue about religion. By Daniel Burke.
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President Obama Speaks at Easter Prayer Breakfast

Sally Morrow | Apr 4, 2012

Obama hosts Easter prayer breakfast with meditation on suffering
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Religious freedom ambassador settles into role, diplomacy

Adelle M. Banks | Mar 29, 2012

WASHINGTON (RNS) Almost a year into her stint as the State Department's point person on religious freedom, the Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook has traveled to eight countries and seems to have moved beyond questions about her lack of diplomatic experience.  By Adelle M. Banks.
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Muslims call new religious freedom appointee a ‘puppet’ for Islam foes

Lauren Markoe | Mar 27, 2012

WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. Commission for Religious Freedom just got two new members, both darlings of conservatives: Princeton University philosopher Robert P. George and Zuhdi Jasser, who describes himself as an alternative voice to established Muslim civil rights groups. By Lauren Markoe.
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These are all our children

Omid Safi | Mar 23, 2012

Tragedy brings out the best and most beautiful in some, connecting their own suffering to that of others.   And in others, it brings out a vicious desire not for justice, but for revenge. Where are we going to stand in this age of children being murdered?
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