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Catholic bishops won't take 'mostly yes' for an answer
In journalism, a “standing hed” is a headline that can be used over and over because the event it describes is recurring. My favorite standing hed is “Pope Prays for Peace,” but the New York Times this week had one that is becoming...
Tags: Family Planning, Employment Opportunities, Birth Control, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Treatments
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Stephen Colbert grills Lawrence Wright with Scientology-speak
Lawrence Wright, the author of "Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief" appeared on "The Colbert Report" Thursday night to talk about his book. But before he could get there, Stephen Colbert bgean grilling the Pulitzer Prize...
Tags: Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report (tv program), Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Religion and Belief
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Sex abuse scandal is a blemish on the powerful Catholic clergy
Cardinal Roger Mahony has been relieved of his public duties by Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez. Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Curry has quit his job as regional bishop in Santa Barbara. And the website of the Catholic archdiocese of L.A. is displaying...
Tags: Christianity, Roger M. Mahony, Religion and Belief, Rome (Italy), Roman Catholicism
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Cardinal Mahony's removal not enough, church critics say
L.A. NOWLos Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez's decision to relieve Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of all public duties over his mishandling of clergy sex abuse of children decades ago does not go far enough, some abuse victim advocates said Friday. David Clohessy,...... -
Boy Scouts gay ban generating emotional debate on both sides
L.A. NOWNews that the Boy Scouts of America might lift its long-standing ban on gays is generating debate on both sides of the issue. The proposed policy shift, which the Scouts' national board will discuss next week in Irving, Texas, follows...... -
The Christian case for gay marriage
Despite the increasing number of those who hold other faiths or no faith, Christians still wield substantial influence on our nation's cultural and ethical norms. After all, 73% of Americans still identify as Christian, according to a 2012 Pew Forum...
Tags: Bible, Minority Groups, Feminism, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Social Issues
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Trial begins in Oregon Christmas tree bomb plot
SEATTLE -- The target was busy Pioneer Square in downtown Portland, Ore., when thousands of people gathered for the annual lighting of the Christmas tree. The plan, prosecutors say, was to park a van loaded with explosives and detonate it from a distance....
Tags: Jihad, Holidays, Police Investigations, Religious Festivals, Trials
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Letters: Atheists' Christmas jeer
Re "Santa Monica can bar Nativity scenes," Nov. 20 I cannot help but think that the election-year rhetoric by Republicans is partly to blame for the hostility toward a Santa Monica Nativity display. If the GOP hadn't spent the last two years on...
Tags: Fiction, Judaism, Republican Party, Holidays, Church and State Relations
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Wikipedia, the people's encyclopedia
Wikipedia is the encyclopedia anyone can write and edit (yes, even you!), but most people don't think much about who performs those tasks. With half a billion people around the world relying on Wikipedia for information, we should. More than 1.5 million...
Tags: Japan, Social Media, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Dick Cheney, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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Letter: Water wise we aren't
Re "Water demand to exceed supply," Dec. 13, and David Horsey's Dec. 14 editorial cartoon These two pieces offer an ironic juxtaposition: David Horsey's cartoon analyzes conservatives' unthinking rejection of climate change, and a report warns of...Tags: Water Supply, Religion and Belief
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British publisher drops Lawrence Wright's new Scientology book
British publisher Transworld has canceled its plans to publish "Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief" by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lawrence Wright. The book will be published in the U.S. by Knopf on Jan. 17. The reason...
Tags: United Kingdom, Book, Entertainment Events, Scientology, Tom Cruise
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Letters: Look to the 'Nones' for guidance
Re "Spiritual but not religious," Opinion, Dec. 28 Corinna Nicolaou looks backward in her quest for a "special kind of wisdom"; it is the religious who should look forward to her and other like-minded "Nones." She contemplates the pervasive myth...Tags: Religion and Belief, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Russia
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