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First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 3 reports

Appeals Court OK’s Pastor’s Suit Against Oklahoma License Plate

A Methodist pastor of a suburban Oklahama City church is suing the state, claiming its license plate image of a Native American shooting an arrow into the sky violates his religious liberty.Oklahoma license plate image. Photo courtesy RNS/Flickr. Related ... [Published Sojourners - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Religion, Thomas Gilcrease, Allan Houser, MEDICINE MAN

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 reports

New Hampshire court strikes down law to divert public funds to religious schools

A New Hampshire state court on Monday struck down a recently enacted law that established an education tax credit program to help fund private schools.The program provided a large tax credit to businesses that contributed to scholarship organizations ... [Published Raw Story - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Religion, Justice Lewis, Education, Americans United for Separation of Church and S...

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

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Indian religious scholar congratulates Hassan Rohani

Prominent Indian religious scholar Monday congratulated Iran’s president-elect Hassan Rohani.According to IRNA, in a congratulatory message mailed to IRNA, Shahi Imam of historical Fatehpuri Mosque in Delhi, Dr. Mufti M. Mukarram Ahmed welcomed the results ... [Published IRIB World Service - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Hassan Rohani, Religion, Iran

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 7 hours ago - 3 reports

New Survey: More LGBT Americans Have No Religious Affiliation

National News EditorA new survey found that LGBT people are more likely to be unaffiliated with a religious organization than straight people, Gay Star News points out.Data from the Pew Research Center found that 48 percent of all LGBT adults surveyed ... [Published EdgeBoston.com - 7 hours ago]

Entities: LGBT, Religion, Gay, George Broadhead, Atheism

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 reports

Republicans push ?religious freedom? provision to weaken repeal of ?Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell?

Topics: david vitter ♦ national defense authorization actLike Raw Story on FacebookRepublican senators on Monday touted a “religious freedom” provision in the annual defense spending bill that critics say would provide a “license to bully” LGBT service ... [Published Raw Story - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Religion, Military/Armed Forces, National Defense Authorization Act, Mike Lee

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 3 reports

Nearly 400 Kazakh students study at Arab religious universities

Astana. June 17. INTERFAX-KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakhstan's State Agency for Religious Affairs keeps up its work to bring Kazakh students home, who are studying at theological institutions abroad that raise doubts, said the agency's chair Kairat Lama Sharif."Currently, ... [Published Interfax-Kazakhstan - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Religion, Saudi Arabia, Kairat Lama Sharif, Kazakhstan

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 2 reports

Big U.S. firms you might not know are religious

That double-edged sword became crystal clear last year after Chick-fil-A's COO made comments about the chain's opposition to gay marriage. It sparked a massive backlash from the media, gay and lesbian couples, and even the mayor of Boston.The controversy ... [Published Yahoo! News - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Religion, Mormon, Gary Heavin

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Influence of faith: Americans say religion is good but faith is losing its influence

A large majority of Americans say religion is good and needed in society, so when they sense the world around them is in moral decline they also perceive a corresponding decline in the influence of religion in American life. Gallup has tracked that trend ... [Published Wicked Local Wayland - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Religion, Frank Newport, Religious Right, Ronald Reagan

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 3 reports

FEATURE-Religions seen slow to go green Pope has chance to inspire

OSLO, June 17 (Reuters) - Few religious communities have gone as far in fighting climate change as a church in Queensland, Australia, which has 24 solar panels bolted to the roof in the shape of a Christian cross. "It's very effective. It's inspired some ... [Published Big News Network - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Religion, Global Warming/Climate Change, David Lowry

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

Public schools, private beliefs

Separation of church and state is enshrined in the US Constitution. But here's what's sometimes overlooked: While the state must not back any particular faith -- or even faith itself -- it also must not restrict expressions of faith. That distinction ... [Published Christian Science Monitor - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Religion, John Yemma, Peter Stuyvesant

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 reports

In 2012 Kazakhstan blocked access to 45 foreign religious sites - Religious Affairs Agency Chairman

ASTANA. June 17. KAZINFORM - In 2012 Kazakhstan has blocked access to 45 foreign religious sites, announces the chairman of the Agency for Religious Affairs Kairat Lama Sharif Government Hour in the Majilis."Another important issue that is important for ... [Published Kazinform - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Religion, Kazakhstan, Kairat Lama Sharif, Majilis

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 2 reports

Religious winds of changes are blowing in Israel

These are promising times for those of us who believe Jewish pluralism is attainable in Israel. For Jews in the Diaspora, Jewish diversity isnt an issue, and all streams of Judaism live in relative harmony, with a semblance of mutual respect. That isnt ... [Published Big News Network - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Israel, Religion, Judaism

Quotes

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) REGIONAL LEADER OF BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY (BJP), MANGAL PANDEY, SAYING: "We will observe betrayal day on 18th June. We have also called for strike in Bihar on that day because we believe that people of Bihar have been cheated by Nitish Kumar’s government and his party-Janata Dal (United)."

INDEPENDENT LEGISLATORS LIKELY TO SUPPORT REGIONAL PARTY AFTER IT PARTED WAYS WITH INDIA?S MAIN O ... [Published TruthDive - 18 mins ago]

"Experts will study what possibilities this kind of research will generate" especially with regard to ethics and human dignity, a government official told AFP

Japan experts mull rules on chimeric embryos [Published Qatar Peninsula - 24 mins ago]

9) You say, "Williams, you're just old-fashioned and out of touch with modern society." Maybe so, but I think that a society's first line of defense is not the law but customs, traditions and moral values...

The 20 Greatest Quotes From Walter Williams [Published News Talk 990 AM WNTP - 24 mins ago]

"The programmes should focus on galvanising family leadership, family institution that holds on to religion teachings, development in the economic aspects, health, social, family laws and consumerism" he said

TYT glad Lahad Datu intrusion resolved quickly [Published Sabah Daily Express - 28 mins ago]

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