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Jul 30 2018
Jeff Sessions forms Religious Liberty Task Force to protect freedom of religion
The Justice Department on Monday announced the formation of a Religious Liberty Task Force aimed at ensuring religious groups’ protections when their beliefs conflict with government regulations.
Washington TimesMar 22 2024
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Ross Douthat's advice on parenting and faith
Elder James W. McConkie III, General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, speaks with Ross Douthat, opinion columnist with The New York Times, at the Eccles Conference Center in Logan, Utah, on Thursday March 21, 2024. “We’re going to talk about religion, politics, and the media — in other words, all the things you really don’t want to talk about with your
Deseret NewsSep 29 2020
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Religiously unaffiliated people more likely than those with a religion to lean left, accept homosexuality
Most people around the world identify with a religion or religious group. The rest, an estimated 16% of the global population in 2020, are religiously unaffiliated, meaning they identify as atheists, agnostics or describe their religion as “nothing in particular.”
Religiously unaffiliated people more accepting of homosexuality In many countries, being religiously unaffiliated is linked
Pew Research CenterMar 20 2024
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Christian veteran who toppled satanic statue files to dismiss hate crime charge
The U.S. Navy veteran who toppled a satanic display in the Iowa state Capitol in December filed a motion last Friday to dismiss the felony hate crime charge against him. Michael Cassidy's defense attorney Sarah Pasquale also argued in court filings that the charge is inapplicable to his situation because The Satanic Temple is not a real religion, according to the Des Moines Register. Cassidy,
The Christian PostMar 19 2024
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Alabama legislature passes legislation banning state-funding of DEI, limiting teaching of ‘divisive concepts’
Alabama’s Republican-led legislature passed a new measure to ban state funding of diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities, local boards of education and government agencies. The legislation limits teaching “divisive concepts” about race and gender and prohibits transgender students from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity at public universities and
The HillMar 19 2024
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Jon Keller's Truth Test looks at Biden and Trump political ads
Former President Donald Trump claims a vote for President Joe Biden is a vote against Israel. At the same time, the Biden campaign is telling Latino voters that Trump "despises" them. It's time to run these two through our Truth Test. "I actually think they hate Israel," said Trump in a podcast interview with former aide Sebastian Gorka. "Any Jewish person who votes for Democrats hates their
CBS News (Online)Apr 05 2024
Perspectives Blog
Misinformation Watch: Did Biden Ban Religious Symbols In White House Easter Egg Contest?
Did the Biden Administration enact a ban on religious symbols in the White House’s annual Easter Egg Roll?
Two Right-rated outlets — Fox News and The Daily Caller — reported this claim over the weekend, creating misinformation that led to pushback from the White House and a retraction from The Daily Caller.
On March 29, The Daily Caller (Right bias) published a now-retracted
Isaiah AnthonyApr 11 2024
Perspectives Blog
Misinformation Watch: Does Voter Fraud Impact US Elections?
In the wake of Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 federal election, reports alleging widespread voter fraud gained prominence in the American media cycle.
Although theories relating to voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election may be unprecedented in scale, 2020 does not mark the first instance of public distrust in the electoral system. And though no evidence of decisive voter
Quinn PoseleyMar 17 2024
News
‘One Song – 300 Voices’: Laguna Woods residents sing for peace and hope
“One song that the whole world can sing; one voice that together will bring One hope that above everything, the whole world can sing one song.” Nearly 300 Laguna Woods Village residents of diverse nationalities, religions, ethnic backgrounds, races, ages and vocal abilities gathered at the Performing Arts Center over three days last week to sing “One Song,” Mitchell J. Sharoff’s ode to peace,
Orange County RegisterSep 30 2021
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Globally, Social Hostilities Related to Religion Decline in 2019, While Government Restrictions Remain at Highest Levels
Social hostilities involving religion, including violence and harassment against religious groups by private individuals and groups, declined in 2019, according to Pew Research Center’s 12th annual study of global restrictions on religion, which examines 198 countries and territories.
In 2019 – the most recent year for which data is available, covering a period before the disruptions
Pew Research Center