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Gabby Douglas: Watch, there's a faith story in there
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Did Billy Graham really back Chick-fil-A?
You may have heard, already, that the Rev. Billy Graham joined millions of other Americans by eating a symbolic Chick-fil-A sandwich on Wednesday.
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Forgiving monsters: The Dutroux Case
One of the most notorious criminal cases in modern European history has returned to the public eye, dominating the front pages and leaders of Belgium’s newspapers. A judge has agreed to release Michelle Martin from prison on the condition she enter the Convent of the Les Soeurs Clarisses de Malonne (Poor Clares) and remain under police supervision.
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A little context goes a long way
A Mississippi church’s refusal to allow a black couple to marry in its sanctuary has made national headlines, from ABC News to Reuters.
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When hating on Chick-fil-A, try to hide it better (UPDATED)
The Facebook page of Mark Krzos is like many others. He’s married to a beautiful woman. He really likes the band Ween. He posted an awesome Wilco performance from Jimmy Fallon the other night. He lets friends know that he’s incredulous that one congressman views an HHS mandate as a serious problem. He hopes that Gore Vidal rests in peace. There’s some hockey stuff. He really doesn’t like Mitt Romney. Like, really doesn’t like him. He is a huge fan of President Barack Obama. He’s got a post with the note “We are a PROUD city” showing the letter Boston Mayor Thomas Menino sent Chick-fil-A telling them that their CEO’s religious views meant that there was “no place” in Boston for Chick-fil-A. There’s some other anti-Chick-fil-A stuff. Some mockery of creationists. The usual.
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Knife and faith in Italy
The Obama administration is not the only government to have come under fire from its critics for abusing the religious liberty of its citizens. Italy has refused to recognize Sikhism as a religion and denied Sikhs the right to practice their faith reports La Stampa, the Turin-based Italian daily newspaper.
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Democrats back gay marriage: Who you gonna call?
At the moment, I am up in the mountains of North Carolina, which is one of those places where the occasional Democrat running for higher office will go out of his or her way to put the word “conservative” on the campaign yard signs so that they can try to hang on to the remnant of the good old days down here in the Bible Belt.
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Islamist horror via single anonymous source
A horrible story came out of Aguelhok, Mali, in recent days. It was reported by a variety of outlets, but I wanted to highlight the way the New York Times reported it. Headlined, “Islamists in North Mali Stone Couple to Death,” here’s how it begins:
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Why not interview all sides in Catholic dispute?
One of the great things about reporting is that you never quite know where a story is going. You interview a disgruntled employee and you’re totally convinced he’s got the goods on his evil employer. And then you do more research and realize the story is a tad more complicated — he’s trying to cover up his own incompetence or corruption. Or he’s merely trying to gain more power by throwing someone else under the bus.
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