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Religion Dispatches

How Are The Justices Hanging in the Challenge to Prop. 8?

A peek into the status of the legal challenge to the ban on gay marriage in California, and an update on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
Nick Street
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Religion Dispatches

Obama Reverses Bush Stem Cell Restrictions, Time to Step Up

While this shift represents a major step away from junk science, the refusal of many denominations to take a clear position will work in favor of conservatives as federal funding guidelines are set.
Frances Kissling
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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Chips away at Vatican’s Diplomatic Immunity

Can a survivor of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy sue the Vatican for damages? The answer is complicated, but it’s looking better for survivors with every new court decision.
Frances Kissling
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Susan Katz Miller

Political Research Associates
Susan Katz Miller is a former Newsweek reporter and the author of Being Both: Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family (Beacon Press, October 22, 2013). She is a former co-chair of the board…
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Religion Dispatches

Blessed Be the Warmakers

The Left Behind films leave one Muslim wondering whether Satan wouldn’t more likely be multinational corporations than liberal secularism.
Svend White
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Let Them Be

Prostitutes, mail-order brides, dancers and bar girls: the radical mission of Sister Sol.
Sara Friedman
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Religion Dispatches

Aliens in America

A North American Muslim reflects on TV portrayals of Muslims…
Amir Hussain
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Religion Dispatches

Senator Brownback Says Other Senators Aren't “Real” Catholics

How did a US Senator end up signing a letter condemning some of his Senate colleagues as bad Catholics?
Frances Kissling
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Time to Loosen the Bible Belt

A new poll says Southerners are more religious. But there are better markers of what makes a person religious than church affiliation.
Jonathan L. Walton
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The Text-Message Fast

What to give up for Lent? An Italian bishop thinks it would be good for Catholic youth to give up electronic communication.
Kate Childs Graham
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