5 hours ago by sunandadeshapriya

By K.D Wijepala The ‘Ganapathi’ statue which was situated near the Kantale Wewa was taken away by a mob in the area on Wednesday. The incident was reported after the chief priest of the devalaya concluded the prayers and went home, police said. The value of the artifact is not yet been valued but it ...

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8 hours ago by bethanysanders

On Tuesday, we heard about a Boston area boy who was apparently suspended for drawing a picture of Jesus on the cross after his teacher asked the class to draw something that reminded them of Christmas. School administrators allegedly called the drawing violent, referred the boy to a psychiatrist, a ...

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11 hours ago by Tim Farley

We often take for granted the religious freedoms we enjoy in the United States. We assume that others around the world have the same freedoms that we do. However, a new Pew Forum study may help us gain a better understanding of the reality of the world situation. You can link to the full study here. ...

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11 hours ago by Brian Hollar

Howard Friedman: Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life yestereday released a 72-page report titled Global Restriction on Religion . It finds that 64 nations have high or very high restrictions on religion, affecting nearly 70% of the world's population. The report tracks both official government polic ...

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11 hours ago by thehostess

Just read a very interesting article…Homoerotic Christianity’s Medieval Flowering, from an interesting website. queeringthechurch.wordpress.com

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19 hours ago by Rod McArdle

Free2Believe provides an update at www.free2believe.org.au on the Final Report from the Victorian Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee (SARC) that was published last month. This Report reviewed proposed changes to religious exemptions and exceptions in the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act 1995 ...

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1 day ago by Jody May-Chang

No matter what side you are on in the debate over same-gender marriage, there is a simple path for everyone to get what they want, full civil rights for same gender couples AND protection of the institution of marriage. How? The conversation should never include religion period!

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1 day ago by The Christian Post

A London court of appeals ruled Tuesday against a Christian registrar who refused to conduct a same-sex civil union ceremony because it violated her religious beliefs. Ladele had worked for the council for nearly 16 years, but did not experience discrimination until after she refused to perform the ...

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1 day ago by brian

There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me. What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won’t come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas? This week, I found out. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not perm ...

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1 day ago by Bob Ellis

There is an update to the story yesterday about the boy who drew a picture of Christ on a cross as a Christmas theme, only to be sent home and told undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Now the school is claiming the boy wasn't actually suspended and that the drawing in question wasn't the one the boy d ...

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