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Church-state expert said minorities face biggest threats to religious liberty Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
WASHINGTON (ABP) – An advocate for the separation of church and state told a House panel Oct. 26 that what some Americans regard as imminent threats to religious liberty are in fact attempts to maintain a favored status for the majority.
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Faith leader says panel facing funding challenge isn't effective Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Monday, October 17, 2011
WASHINGTON (ABP) – An interfaith leader and Baptist minister said Oct. 15 that a 13-year-old government commission on international religious freedom now facing funding obstacles is too politicized to effectively address the “tremendously important issue” of religious persecution.
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Group says IRS should investigate church for endorsing Rick Perry Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Thursday, October 13, 2011
WASHINGTON (ABP) – Americans United for Separation of Church and State asked the Internal Revenue Service Oct.11 to investigate whether a Southern Baptist pastor in the news for calling Mormonism a “cult” broke the law by posting on his church's website videos of himself endorsing a candidate.
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Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights pioneer, dies at 89 Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Thursday, October 06, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) – Fred Shuttlesworth, the last of the “Big Three” of the civil rights movement with Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King Jr., died Oct. 5. He was 89.
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Supreme Court hears arguments in important church-state case Print E-mail
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Wednesday, October 05, 2011
WASHINGTON (ABP) – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Oct. 5 in a closely watched case involving a church’s right to hire or fire ministers for reasons like religious doctrine that in other settings would be job discrimination.
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