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The Political Pulpit
New York Times
September 30, 2011
Print: New York Times
This weekend, hundreds of ministers will speak up for presidential candidates, flouting a law that prohibits tax-exempt organizations from political campaigning.
Oregon couple convicted in son’s faith-healing death
Kim Murphy
September 30, 2011
Print: L.A. Times
A couple who are members of Oregon’s Followers of Christ, a faith-healing church, were convicted of second-degree manslaughter in the 2009 death of their baby.
Faster than light story highlights the difference between science and religion
By Alom Shaha
September 29, 2011
Print: The Guardian
‘Belief’ means something different to scientists and the faithful … we’re open to the idea Einstein may have been wrong.
First Prize for a Child in Somalia: An AK-47
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
September 21, 2011
Print: New York Times
An Islamist militant group in Somalia held a Koran trivia contest for children; the top prizes were AK-47 assault rifles and hand grenades.
Why the Pope must face justice at The Hague
By Barbara Blaine
September 18, 2011
Print: The Guardian
On 13 September, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) filed an 84-page complaint and over 20,000 pages of supporting materials with the International Criminal Court, documenting the charge that the Pope and Vatican officials have tolerated and enabled the systematic and widespread concealing of rape and child sex crimes throughout the world.
Court says teacher has no right to banners mentioning God
By Tony Perry
September 17, 2011
Print: Los Angeles Times
A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected the claim of a San Diego-area mathematics teacher that his 1st Amendment rights were violated when the school’s principal ordered him to take down classroom banners that referred to God.
Hague Is Asked to Investigate Vatican Over Abuse
LAURIE GOODSTEIN
September 13, 2011
Print: New York Times
Human rights lawyers and victims of clergy sexual abuse filed a complaint on Tuesday urging the International Criminal Court in The Hague to investigate and prosecute Pope Benedict XVI and three top Vatican officials for crimes against humanity for what they described as abetting and covering up the rape and sexual assault of children by priests.
A Year of Biblical Womanhood
By Ruth Graham
September 2, 2011
Print: Slate
An evangelical blogger is spending 12 months following the Bible’s instructions for women.
Florida Pastor Doesn’t Get Why Atheists Aren’t Registered Like Sex Offenders
By DAN AMIRA
September 1, 2011
Print: New York Magazine
“Pastor Mike” Stahl thinks it only proper that atheists be submitted to National Registry (not unlike sex offenders), so that the God-fearing public can be made aware of unbelievers in their midst.
