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By Bob Allen
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Friday, March 12, 2010 |
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SAN FRANCISCO (ABP) -- The same federal court that sparked controversy in 2002 by ruling that leading public-school students to recite the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional now says the pledge is an "appropriate patriotic exercise" that does not violate the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state.
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By Bob Allen
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON (ABP) -- Twenty-five evangelical and Catholic leaders wrote members of Congress March 11 urging them not to let a dispute over abortion derail passage of health-care reform.
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By Bob Allen
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON (ABP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to wade into what is expected to be one of the most-watched cases in the court's 2010-2011 term -- whether the privacy rights of grieving families trump the free-speech rights of a controversial Baptist church infamous for picketing military funerals to protest society's growing acceptance of homosexuality.
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By Ken Camp, Managing Editor
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010 |
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DALLAS (ABP) -- The Religious Right suffered a surprise setback in
Texas March 2, when incumbent Don McLeroy -- a creationist and
outspoken critic of church-state separation -- narrowly lost his
re-election bid for the powerful State Board of Education to challenger
Thomas Ratliff in the Republican primary.
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By Robert Marus
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON (ABP) -- The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case that could have allowed it to clarify its rules on displaying the 10 Commandments and other religious artifacts on government property. And, as a result, an Oklahoma county will likely have to remove a recently erected Decalogue monument from its courthouse lawn.
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