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Thursday, July 17, 2008 (By Associated Press)
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Texas spent a nation-high $17 million last year for abstinence education programs that continue to stir debate about whether classes promoting virginity before marriage work in public schools. Federal statistics in June sh...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 (By Art Moore)
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It was billed in jest as a Friday Night Fight in the city known for epic bouts, but a libertarian conference's headliner debate last night featuring "God is not Great" author Christopher Hitchens offered much more, reflecting...
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Monday, July 14, 2008 (By Paul Walsh)
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A Minnesota university instructor and avowed atheist is jousting with a national Catholic watch dog group over a smuggled communion wafer, which the associate professor dismisses as a "frackin’ cracker." Paul Z. Myers, who...
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Thursday, July 3, 2008 (By Daily Mail)
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A postcard featuring a cute puppy sitting in a policeman's hat advertising a Scottish police force's new telephone number has sparked outrage from Muslims. Tayside Police's new non-emergency phone number has prompted...
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008 (By Jennifer Loven)
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Taking a page from President Bush, Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday he wants to expand White House efforts to steer social service dollars to religious groups, risking protests in his own party with his latest aggressive re...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008 (By Michael Slackman)
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First, Abdel Malek Outas’s teachers taught him to write math equations in Arabic, and embrace Islam and the Arab world. Then they told him to write in Latin letters that are no longer branded unpatriotic, and open his mind to...
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Monday, June 30, 2008 (By Laura Clout)
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More than half of Britons think Christianity is likely to have disappeared from the country within a century, according to a survey. Research by the Orthodox Jewish organisation Aish found that just over a third of...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008 (By Alayna DeMartini)
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A Mount Vernon teacher undermined science instruction in the public school district by discrediting evolution in his classroom and focusing on creationism and intelligent design, an investigation has found. Eighth-graders ...
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