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Religion Dispatches
Americans Abroad The Human Rights Campaign has launched a social media campaign targeting American religious activists who promote anti-gay idea and legislation around the world. The campaign is…
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Political Research Associates
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni is visiting Texas this weekend to meet with members of the local business community who are interested in Uganda. Local activists, however, have no intention of letting his history of human rights violations go unnoticed.
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Religion Dispatches
Popular coverage of the fallout from the Hobby Lobby decision has largely fallen off, but the impact of the decision continues to reverberate in subsequent lawsuits and court decisions, as reported on…
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Religion Dispatches
In case anyone is still unsure exactly what the many lawsuits against the contraceptive coverage requirement in the Affordable Care Act are about (hint: not religious freedom), a lawsuit filed in…
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Religion Dispatches
American Evangelicals Attend Anti-Gay Summit in Moscow We noted last week that the World Congress of Families’ planned summit seemed to be going ahead generally as planned, though without the official…
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Religion Dispatches
In 1882, the state of Maryland adopted an “Act to inflict Corporal Punishment upon Persons found guilty of Wife-Beating,” allowing any man who “brutally assault or beat his wife” to receive up to…
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Religion Dispatches
World Congress of Families and the Cancellation that Wasn’t We have reported on plans by the World Congress of Families to hold one of its annual summits in Moscow this month – and the suspension of…
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Religion Dispatches
The latest gruesome video released by ISIS showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff, just thirteen days after the execution of James Foley, is a stark reminder – if such reminders…
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Political Research Associates
How Australian Activists Fought Back Against the World Congress of Families
Larry Jacobs—vice president of the U.S.-based Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society and managing director of the WCF—said that what’s going on in Russia and Uganda is “very exciting.”
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