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  McCain to make religious freedom a key foreign policy issue
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Presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee John McCain vowed in a speech on Wednesday to make freedom of religion a key foreign policy issue if he is elected to the White House in November.

  Turkish Alevis fight back against religion lessons
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Dancing to express their piety, the young women and men in a solemn circle are part of a Turkish religious community whose members say they are fighting assimilation by the government.

  Religion and the Parties
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Mike Gerson and Bill Galston just gave the first presentations here at the Pew Forum's biannual conference on religion and public life.

  A Clinton Religion Aide Is Careful Not to Preach
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For Burns Strider, this was something close to heaven on earth. The smoke from the roasting pig was wafting over him, the Carolina sunshine was pouring down and he had a small-town preacher in his grasp.

  Religion and Secularism
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The slogans of political Islam remain highly resonant, whether as a programme for peaceful governance or an inspiration to wage war. Two new books explain why.

  It's science vs. religion again in Louisiana's Legislature
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Jeffrey Gimble's work here may be done — sooner than he wants it to be.

  Florida lawmakers debate offering a Christian license plate
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Florida drivers can order more than 100 specialty license plates celebrating everything from manatees to the Miami Heat, but one now under consideration would be the first in the nation to explicitly promote a specific religion.

  A uniquely Brazilian religion celebrates 100 years
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Before the drums and chanting began, retired seamstress Rosa Silva Cardoso seemed to be the gentle octogenarian as she sat in a folding chair and greeted a steady stream of well-wishers in the back of the worship space she runs.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Right-wing fundamentalist church leaders aren’t shy about using the Baby Jesus in their efforts to stir up support for the gay marriage ban amendment in Florida. One religious leader, Dr. Hayes Wicker of the First Baptist Church of Naples, is even claiming that gay marriage is a greater social crisis than the issue of slavery!

  Religious Leader says Gay Marriage Greater Social Crisis than Slavery
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  Opinion: 'Might our religion be killing us?'
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Is what we preach — and ultimately, what we believe — hastening the destruction of our planet?

  
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