Religion should be openly discussed in the wake of heated Oxford debate on Islam

Waverley Councillor Michelle Stephenson comments on whether religion can be satirised in the wake of the recent Oxford debate ...
Yahoo

Baptists have helped shape debate about religious freedom for over 400 years – up to today’s 10 Commandments laws

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol on June 20, 2024. AP Photo/John Bazemore One of the ...
West Virginia MetroNews

In debate over religious freedoms and vaccination law, ‘notwithstanding’ is the word to rule all words

The word “notwithstanding” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the ongoing public debate over whether West Virginia’s religious freedom act applies to school vaccination laws. Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s ...
Religion News Service

Kasper wades into debate over women deacons, calling move 'pastorally sensible'

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Cardinal Walter Kasper, a respected German theologian and an influential voice at the Vatican, told a German church journal that he is in favor of allowing women to become ...
Boston Herald

A century after a man was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His nation is still feeling the reverberations today. The ...
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Religious Leaders Debate War against Iraq

President Bush has worked hard to get the House and Senate to support him on the question of Iraq, in the hopes that a unified Congress will help him influence the rest of the country. Bush has given ...