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The Price of Liberty, Part 4: That We May Return
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelyoussef/2012/09/02/the_price_of_liberty_part_4_that_we_may_return
– The Charter of Maryland explains that its first settlers were moved by “pious Zeal for extending the Christian Religion.” 5. … The early settlers of Pennsylvania came to America, according to their own declaration, for the spread of “the Christian religion.” … Islam is the fastest growing religion in the US, and the Mormonism is the second.…
FIRST-PERSON: Atheists in the pulpit -- the sad charade of the Clergy Project
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/08/31/firs…theists_in_the_pulpit__the_sad_charade_of_the_clergy_project
– He is now the executive director of a group known as Recovering from Religion, based in Kansas. … Now he travels the country organizing Recovering from Religion local chapters and working with the Clergy Project.…
CULTURE DIGEST: Amish growth outpacing most religions in U.S.
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/08/31/culture_digest_amish_growth_outpacing_most_religions_in_us
– -- As a radical group of 16 Amish men and women face federal charges of committing hate crimes against others within their own religion … Families averaging eight children are not uncommon in some branches of the faith, and those born into the religion are generally adherents … Religion Census, released July 27.…
Romney pledges to defend unborn, marriage
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/08/31/romney_pledges_to_defend_unborn_marriage
– dominated by the economy but that also included a defense of the unborn, traditional marriage and a rare mention of his Mormon religion … And I will guarantee America's first liberty: the freedom of religion." … He directly mentioned his religion, something he has rarely done during political speeches.…
BAPTISTS IN THE NEWS: 'Courageous,' David Platt & Gary Chapman
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/08/30/baptists_in_the_news__courageous_david_platt__gary_chapman
– Simpson's exit from white supremacy was featured in the Citizen Patriot newspaper in Jackson and distributed nationally by Religion…
Huckabee, Ryan: Romney's religion a non-issue
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/08/30/huckabee_ryan_romneys_religion_a_nonissue
– TAMPA, Fla. (BP) -- Seeking to ease concerns by evangelicals and others about Mitt Romney's Mormonism, Mike Huckabee and Paul Ryan told viewers of the Republican National Convention Wednesday (Aug. 29) that despite major theological differences, Romney shares their values and beliefs on a wide range of moral issues. Huckabee,...
How Real Can Romney Be?
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2012/08/30/how_real_can_romney_be
– GOP, moved further to the right in recent years.While news coverage tends to focus on silly stuff -- the dog, his gaffes, his religion…
Consistent Hypocrisy of Progressives
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2012/08/30/consistent_hypocrisy_of_progressives
– Here’s another: The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, a group that frequently targets the presence of faith and … religion in the public square, is demanding that a nativity scene be removed from public property. … Plus it's Freedom of Religion, not Freedom from Religion.…
Rice: A Little Girl Who Grew Up in Jim Crow Birmingham Became the Secretary of State
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/08/29/rice_recalls_911_promotes_american_exceptionalism
– The essence of America – that which really unites us -- is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an idea -- and what an…
Good Job By Huckabee
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2012/08/29/good_job_by_huckabee
– - the Obama administration's attack on Catholics is indeed an attack on all Americans of faith, and those who value freedom of religion … (not worship, religion!)…
GOP platform: unborn have 'fundamental' rights
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/08/29/gop_platform_unborn_have_fundamental_rights
– administration's contraceptive/abortion mandate but references it and other issues, saying, "The most offensive instance of this war on religion … "The most offensive instance of this war on religion has been the current Administration's attempt to compel faith-related institutions…
Words Matter. Truth Counts.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenconnor/2012/08/29/words_matter__truth_counts
– I thought Judaism taught that Yaweh, the God of Israel, was central to the Jewish religion and that He was the one who promulgated…
Billion Dollars and No Silver Spoons
https://townhall.com/columnists/charlespayne/2012/08/29/billion_dollars_and_no_silver_spoons
– Just as there is a shift toward intolerance for religion in America there is a shift toward pure hatred for successful businesses and…
WORLDVIEW: A Muslim counts the cost
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/08/28/worldview_a_muslim_counts_the_cost
– his family well-established, Harry has reached a stage of life when men in his culture grow more introspective and serious about religion…
Good news for Muslims in their unity & diversity
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/08/28/good_news_for_muslims_in_their_unity__diversity
– director of global research for the International Mission Board, penned the following observations regarding the Pew Forum on Religion … Others brace themselves against a religion that they say has multiple gods -- Father, Son and Holy Ghost. … Others simply don't care what religion has to offer -- whether good or bad -- it just doesn't matter. 3.…
Muslim diversity of belief, practice evident in Pew study
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/08/28/muslim_diversity_of_belief_practice_evident_in_pew_study
– religious requirements as fasting during the holy month of Ramadan and almsgiving to the poor, but they vary on how important religion … "The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity," by Pew's Forum on Religion and Public Life, was conducted in more than 80 languages spoken … countries said there is only one true interpretation of Islam, Pew reported. -- In the 39 countries surveyed, the percentage saying religion…
Our Fake, Fair President
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2012/08/28/our_fake_fair_president
– Instead the Fake Fairness Fairy cares only about our race, gender, income or religion- as long as it’s not Christian.  …
Dodd-Frank: Pimps for Fannie and Freddie
https://townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2012/09/16/doddfrank_pimps_for_fannie_and_freddie
– As I stated in this interview, capitalism without bankruptcy is like religion without hell.…
Che and the EPA
https://townhall.com/columnists/philkerpen/2012/09/15/che_and_the_epa
– The EPA email said, apparently unaware of the irony: "Religion plays a significant role in the daily life of Hispanics with more than…
Loopholes for Christians or a bit of common sense?
https://townhall.com/columnists/benjaminbull/2012/09/15/loopholes_for_christians_or_a_bit_of_common_sense
– to Britain’s past, and one can see that it was only after centuries of bloody battles and religious intolerance that freedom of religion…
Losing Our Religion
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2012/09/15/losing_our_religion
– Farr, a diplomat by training and director of the Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs … "My religion is insulted regularly by The New York Times and The Washington Post," Farr, a Catholic, said. … Once we've relegated that to just another opinion, we've lost the civic religion upon which we were founded.…
FIRST-PERSON: There is no right to not be offended
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/09/14/firstperson_there_is_no_right_to_not_be_offended
– The very First Amendment they adopted stated in part: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting … Having chafed under an oppressive government that recognized only one official religion and oppressed political dissent, the Founders…
CULTURE DIGEST: Marriage cuts child poverty by 80 percent, according to report
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/09/14/cult…arriage_cuts_child_poverty_by_80_percent_according_to_report
– The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life reported that 12 percent of the electorate in 2008 was made up of people with no religious…
Obama's Craven Betrayal of the First Amendment
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2012/09/14/obamas_craven_betrayal_of_the_first_amendment
– This doesn't cover a film criticizing a religion (even if the film is tasteless and repugnant), i.e., something that might ruffle sensitivities…
U.S. Fails to Defend Its Sovereignty in Egypt
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2012/09/14/us_fails_to_defend_its_sovereignty_in_egypt
– The Russians tend to focus on behavior as much as on religion and ethnicity.…
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