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Mar 27 2020
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Zoom Shabbat, drive-through confessional: Faith during coronavirus
During the pandemic, what does it mean to come together and pray? Members of many religions are wrestling with how to best serve their faith while heeding government guidelines.
Even though it was a sunny afternoon, Father Corey Bassett-Tirrell was shocked to see the line of cars in the parking lot of St. Mary Church in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, waiting to participate in the parish’s
Christian Science MonitorJun 21 2019
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Supreme Court rules cross at state-run WWI memorial can remain
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a large cross in Maryland known as the "Peace Cross" is not in violation of the Constitution's Establishment Clause and can remain in place.
The American Legion had built 40-foot tall cross in a memorial park for World War I veterans in Maryland, and a state commission later took over responsibility for the park, including caring for the cross.
The HillJun 17 2020
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Why Gorsuch upheld civil rights for LGBTQ Americans
When one of the high court’s staunchest defenders of LGBTQ rights, Justice Anthony Kennedy, retired in 2018, most court watchers expected those rights to only get rolled back. Enter a strict textualist.
In a landmark, and unexpected, decision yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that firing an employee because of their sexual orientation or gender identity violates federal law.
Christian Science MonitorOct 27 2020
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As college grads flee the GOP, political ‘diploma divide’ grows
President Trump won in 2016 thanks in part to support from non-college-educated white voters. Those with college degrees are increasingly voting Democratic – shifting partisan policy priorities and campaign strategies.
Four years ago, Donald Trump’s path to the White House ran through Rust Belt states with higher-than-average numbers of white voters without college degrees.
That
Christian Science MonitorAug 21 2020
Analysis
Joe Biden likes you
Joe Biden likes you even if you don’t like him, because it’s his job to like you, no matter how you vote.
It’s long been the cliché that voters judge politicians based on their likability. There’s truth to it, but in my experience, the deeper question isn’t how much voters like a politician, but whether they believe a politician likes them.
There isn’t enough charisma in the
VoxFeb 05 2020
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What Trump Said About Religious Liberty, Late-Term Abortion, and Socialism in His Third State of the Union
President Donald Trump delivered his third state of the union speech last night in Congress on the eve of his impeachment vote in the Senate.
The commander-in-chief used the speech to re-launch his 2020 campaign highlighting his accomplishments in office like a booming economy, job growth, and trade deals.
He also talked about his fight to uphold religious liberty and took a
CBNSep 18 2012
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With Video Leak, Romney Goes Back to Bold Approach
Political pundits are comparing the leaked video of Mitt Romney at a fundraiser writing off the 47 percent of the electorate who don’t pay federal income taxes to the leaked 2008 fundraiser video of then-Sen. Barack Obama blaming his problems in the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary on bitter voters who “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them.”
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Fox News (Online News)Feb 10 2015
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Lawmakers condemn 'barbaric' killing of American aid worker held by ISIS
Administration officials and lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday condemned the killing of Kayla Jean Mueller -- a 26-year-old American aid worker who had been held hostage by Islamic State militants -- calling it a “barbaric” act and “an unspeakably ugly insult to the civilized world.”
“ISIL, and ISIL alone, is the reason Kayla is gone,” Secretary of State John Kerry said in a written
Fox News (Online News)Mar 13 2019
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This Big Question Still Hangs Over the 2020 Election
There's a big question still hanging over the 2020 presidential race: Will former Vice President Joe Biden run for the Democratic nomination?
At a rally before a group of firefighters this week, he might have offered a hint.
With the crowd chanting "run Joe run," Biden, 76, told them to hold on to that energy.
"Save it a little longer. I may need it in a few weeks," Biden
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