Obama And Gay Marriage: Golden Rule Dominates American Religion
By David Gibson Religion News Service (RNS) As pundits and politicians struggle to divine the political fallout from President Obama's sudden endorsement of same-sex marriage,...
Nonbelievers Flex Their Political Muscles
By Kimberly Winston Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) One of the biggest growth areas in political activism around religion is coming from an unlikely source:...
Shifts Seen In Support For Death Penalty Around The Country
By Kevin Johnson USA Today WASHINGTON (RNS) The campaign to abolish the death penalty has been freshly invigorated this month in a series of actions...
Catholic Bishops Say Ryan Budget Fails Moral Test
By David Gibson Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) A week after House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan claimed his Catholic faith inspired the Republicans' cost-cutting...
Catholic Bishops Say Ryan Budget Fails Moral Test
By David Gibson Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) A week after House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan claimed his Catholic faith inspired the Republicans' cost-cutting...
Ohio Congressman On A Mission To Bring Meditation To The Masses
By Daniel Burke Religion News Service (RNS) By age 35, Congressman Tim Ryan had been one of Ohio's youngest state senators, served two terms in...
Mitt Romney On The Cusp Of Making Major Mormon History
By Thomas Burr and Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune WASHINGTON (RNS) With Rick Santorum's exit from the White House race, Mitt Romney stands...
Jewish Support For Obama Strong Despite Israel Stance
By Lauren Markoe Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Despite Democratic worries that President Obama could lose Jewish support over his Middle East policies, a new...
Mitt Romney Was A Mormon Bishop
By Peggy Fletcher Stack Salt Lake Tribune (RNS) The Mitt Romney whom many Americans see today is often depicted as wealthy, wooden and out of...
Anti-Shariah Movement Loses Steam In State Legislatures
By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) At this point in 2011, 22 state legislatures had either passed or were considering bills to prohibit judges...
Priestly Constituent Blasts GOP Budget Proposal
By Annalisa Musarra Religion News Service (RNS) Faith leaders and poverty experts Wednesday (March 21) called the new House GOP budget proposal "immoral" and "irresponsible."...
Evangelicals Voting In Record Numbers In GOP Primaries
By David Gibson Religion News Service (RNS) Making up half of Republican primary voters, evangelicals appear to be turning out to support Rick Santorum's resurgent...
