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City Lights: 'Blessing' is faith at its finest
Everyone has questions they hate to be asked. High on my list is, "Are you religious?" I dread it especially if I sense that a "no" answer will prompt a barrage of other questions, some of them rhetorical. Usually, in those circumstances, I say something...
Tags: Christopher Hitchens, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Separation of Church and State, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Religion and Belief
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Commentary: Columnist's grasp on history is shaky
Almost always, I read Mona Shadia's columns with bemusement and incredulity. Her mixture of Islamic religious advocacy and sheer naïveté is mostly harmless drivel, like the rest of what is printed in the Independent. Yet what she writes and how she...Tags: Thomas Jefferson, Slavery, Library of Congress, Separation of Church and State, Family
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Florist challenges demand to provide flowers for same-sex wedding
A tempest in a flowerpot over whether a Washington state florist should have to provide bouquets to a same-sex wedding has taken a new turn with a countersuit filed by the shop owner claiming her religious freedoms gave her the right to refuse. In an...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Justice and Rights, Social Issues
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Supreme Court to hear prayer case
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will revisit the issue of church-state separation and decide whether a town council can begin its monthly meetings with a prayer from a Christian pastor. Thirty years ago, the court upheld a state legislature’s...Tags: Litigation, Trials, Church and State Relations, Separation of Church and State, Christianity
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Early terrorist in U.S. condemns today's jihad
WASHINGTON — Long before Sept. 11, the war on terrorism and two pressure-cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon, a young Muslim from Egypt walked into the ballroom of a New York City hotel and shot to death an outspoken Jewish rabbi. El Sayyid A....Tags: Judaism, Crime, Law and Justice, Jihad, Prisons, Boston Marathon
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Congregation B'nai Abraham marks 120th anniversary
davem@herald-mail.comCongregation B’nai Abraham was founded more than a century ago, and over the years since there has been a rich history of Jewish life in Washington County that has been marked by Jews winning political freedom, the congregation moving through a...Tags: Judaism, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Marvin Mandel, Maryland General Assembly, Local Elections
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State senators may take a stand on Turkey's treatment of Orthodox
Springfield is a long way from Istanbul — 5,660 miles, in fact — but Illinois state senators are considering a resolution that would criticize Turkey's treatment of the Eastern Orthodox religious hierarchy. Even though a majority of senators...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago City Council, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Freedom of Religion
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Letters to the Editor - May 13
What if media coverage were 100 percent liberal? To the editor: What would the newspaper and television coverage of the political scene be like if instead of being just 90 percent with the liberal slant, it was 100 percent? There would no longer be a...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Same-Sex Marriage, Primaries, Elections, Voting
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After death, a church leader's sordid side revealed
By the time the letter arrived, the grass on Benjamin Hawkes' grave had grown thick. Historians had chronicled how he transformed the Los Angeles archdiocese into a billion-dollar institution. His portrait had been etched into a metal plaque and bolted to...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Rome (Italy), Realty, Economy, Business and Finance, Abusive Behavior
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Gun buyback yields sniper rifle, AK-47, other weapons
Thanks to a push from local faith-based organizations and an assist from the Pasadena Police Department, 135 guns were taken off the streets Saturday at the Pasadena Area Gun Buyback and Peace-source Fair. More than a hundred gun owners drove up to...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Weaponry, Hunting, Personal Weapon Control, Target
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Pasadena gun buyback trades guns for goods
PASADENA — Thanks to a push from local faith-based organizations and an assist from the Pasadena Police Department, 135 guns were taken off the streets Saturday at the Pasadena Area Gun Buyback and Peace-source Fair. More than a hundred gun owners...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Personal Weapon Control, Hunting, Gun Control, Target
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Eustis church offers 'Buddy Break' program for caregivers of kids with special needs
Parents and caregivers of children with special needs can now get a free break, thanks to a new kids program at First Presbyterian Church of Eustis through a partnership with Nathaniel's Hope, an Orlando-based outreach organization. The church, at 117...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Anglicanism, Walmart, Foods and Beverages, Lent
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