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BOSTON – Studying the links between religious and political affiliations can occasionally help pollsters understand voter decisions. A Pew Research Center study released Monday shows that only a third of Massachusetts residents say they are "highly religious," ranking the state the least devout in the country, tied with New
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Religion is grabbing some of the biggest headlines in the current US presidential campaign.
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WASHINGTON – A U.S. Army captain who is a practicing Sikh asked a federal court on Monday to protect his right to wear a turban and sport a beard while on duty, which are both disallowed under military regulations. Capt. Simratpal Singh asked a federal district court in Washington to
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The Israeli-American Council (IAC), a non-profit organization providing various means of support for the estimated Israeli-American population of 500,000-800,000, recently announced the formation of a new partner organization that will focus on advocating to legislative policymakers on behalf of Israeli Americans. With the numbers of conventional Jewish communities
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WASHINGTON – An atheist group dropped its attempt to block state funding of faith-based groups' work with ex-convicts in Florida. The New York-based group, the Center for Inquiry, declined to appeal a Florida county court ruling on Jan. 20 that let the state fund work by Lamb of God Ministries
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Both the pro-Israel and anti-Israel camps are celebrating the passage of a college campus divestment measure. That doesn't happen too often, if ever. But for the pro-Israel side in this Chicago episode, the hope is that the student government legislation marks the start of a reframing of the
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There's no doubt that the latest film about the life and last days of Jesus could be one of the most accurate and well-done since Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" hit the big screen in 2004, though it might be surprising if
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ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Thrusting himself into the heated American presidential campaign, Pope Francis declared Thursday that Donald Trump is "not Christian" if he wants to address illegal immigration only by building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump fired back ferociously, saying it was
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