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Religion Dispatches
Over the weekend, Indiana’s Republican Governor, Mike Pence, insisted that the new Religious Freedom Restoration Act he signed into law week is just like the federal RFRA, enacted in 1993, and doesn’t…
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Religion Dispatches
In case you haven’t heard, the measles are back. In a big way. Cases of measles have been on the increase in the last few years, and this month an outbreak now reaching at least 94 patients has been…
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The Supreme Court issued its opinion in Holt on Tuesday, holding that prison regulations that prevented a Muslim inmate from growing a short beard for religious reasons violated the Religious Land Use…
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Religiously-affiliated government contractors, responding to President Obama’s executive orders barring discrimination by federal government contractors based on sexual orientation and gender identity…
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Apart from whether or not we like the Hobby Lobby decision, there seems to be some confusion about the ruling evidenced by the fact that people keep asking “What about Blood transfusions in companies…
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As Obama meets Francis it’s a good time to remember that he gave an inch and the Bishops may just get their mile too.
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