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NEWS ABOUT: religious freedom

religious freedom stories: 10 news summaries
OPINION

 How Prop 8 Could 
 Help Everyone 


Jun 16, 09 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Proposition 8 could turn out to be a win-win for everyone, “if we can stop all the shouting,” writes Douglas Kmiec, a Catholic, pro-Obama Republican law professor. The California Supreme Court’s ruling “is as inconsistent as it is incomplete,” declaring that gay couples must be... More »

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California • gay marriage • Civil unions • religious freedom • Proposition 8 • Douglas Kmiec

ANALYSIS

Gay Rights Gain Upper Hand in Courts

Faith-based groups perceive loss of religious liberty

Apr 10, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Religious groups are coming out losers in an increasingly significant body of lawsuits: those involving discrimination based on sexual orientation. The groups say it’s an impingement on their religious freedom, but a gay-right advocate tells the Washington Post, “We are not required to pay the price for other... More »

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religious right • gay rights • discrimination • religious freedom • Bob Jones University

(Newser) - When a January Pentagon report revealed that 61 ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees had engaged in terrorist activities, commentators wondered if Gitmo was breeding terrorists. And it has, Guantanamo proponent Gary Bauer writes for Politico, but not, as liberals assume, because it’s so brutal and repressive. Guantanamo is actually so sensitive... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • religious freedom • Islamic radicals

Supreme Court Rules Against Utah Sect

Monument won't fly; public statues are 'government speech'

Feb 25, 09 2:12 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court today denied a Utah sect the right to erect a monument in a public park, settling a case that had serious implications for free speech and freedom of religion, the New York Times reports. Members of the Summum religion are free to espouse their beliefs in the... More »

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Samuel Alito • free speech • First Amendment • Utah • monument • religious freedom • US Supreme Court • justices

 China Seizes US
 Missionaries' Bibles

Christian group refuses to leave airport without their books

Aug 18, 08 8:36 AM CDT
(AP) - Four American Christians whose Bibles were confiscated by authorities are refusing to leave a Chinese airport until the books are returned. The Vision Beyond Borders group had planned to distribute 315 Chinese-language Bibles during the Olympics, but religious proselytizing is banned in China, reports AP. Bibles in China are legally... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Bible • religious freedom • Chinese Communist party • Kunming • Vision Beyond Borders

 Bush: 'Deep
 Concerns' on
 Rights in China

President lands in Beijing for opening ceremonies

Aug 7, 08 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush landed in Beijing today for the Olympics’ opening ceremony, but not before outlining his “deep concerns” about human rights in the Chinese regime. “America stands in firm opposition to China's detention of political dissidents, human-rights advocates, and religious activists,” Bush said in a speech in... More »

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China • human rights • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • religious freedom • George W. Bush

Pragmatism Dictates China's Religious Policy

Strategic chip firm
given leeway for Christian worship

Jul 2, 08 8:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - China officially sanctions religious worship only at state facilities, but the Christian Science Monitor finds that plenty of wiggle room exists in the business world. It profiles one company whose Christian CEO is allowed to put up a church at every worksite. Why such accommodation in a formally atheist state?... More »

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China • technology • Christianity • electronics • religious freedom • semiconductor chip • atheism • religious conflict

 Pope Knocks China 
 on Good Friday  

Catholic leader reflects on Church's 'dark hour of persecution'

Mar 21, 08 8:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict took aim at China's lack of religious freedom at a Good Friday procession in Rome today, Reuters reports. "In many parts of the world, (the Church) is undergoing the dark hour of persecution," the Pope said, using words penned by a cardinal who has blasted China's... More »

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China • Pope Benedict XVI • Rome • Easter • Osama bin Laden • religious freedom • religious persecution • al-Qaeda

Anti-Gay Church Ordered to Pay Dead Marine's Family $11M

Jury says protests violate privacy

Nov 1, 07 2:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A fundamentalist Kansas church has been ordered to pay $11 million to the father of a Marine killed in Iraq after a jury decided that anti-gay church protesters violated the family's privacy. Members of Westboro Baptist Church routinely wave anti-gay posters at soldiers' funerals because they claim the war is... More »

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Maryland • free speech • First Amendment • Kansas • homosexuality • religious freedom • Westboro Baptist Church • Fred Phelps • Iraq war

Sudan's Leader Meets Pope, Vows to Honor Ceasefire

In controversial Italy visit, Bashir pledges quiet during October peace talks

Sep 14, 07 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, in a rare and controversial visit to Italy, promised today to observe a ceasefire in Darfur during October peace talks. Pope Benedict used a meeting with Bashir to stress the importance of human rights, while Italy’s PM voiced “strong concerns” over the four-year genocidal... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • genocide • Pope Benedict XVI • Europe • Sudan • Italy • religious freedom • Omar al Bashir • Khartoum • Janjaweed

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