Who would have expected that in a Republican primary campaign the single biggest complaint among candidates would be that the front-runner has taken capitalism too far? As if his success and achievement were evidence of something unethical and immoral? President Obama and other redistributionists must be rejoicing that their assumptions about rugged capitalism and the…
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Planned Parenthood Federation of America may have already replaced the $680,000 in funding it lost from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation for its breast-cancer prevention programs, the group said today. Riding a wave of Internet appeals, Planned Parenthood received pledges of $400,000 from 6,000 donors as of 2 p.m. yesterday, said Tait…
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Alaska Airlines is ending decades of giving passengers prayer cards with their meals, saying Wednesday the decision was made out of respect for all passengers. Airline spokeswoman Bobbie Egan said the airline heard from customers who preferred not to mix religion with transportation. The decision reflects respect for the diverse religious beliefs and cultural attitudes…
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With a nudge from their pastor, the 25,000 members of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church near Atlanta opened their hearts, and their wallets, to Ephren Taylor. And why not, given his glittering credentials? Mr Taylor billed himself as the youngest black chief executive of a publicly traded company in American history. He had appeared…
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Concerned about the tidal wave of fraud sweeping over Utah that has reached an estimated $2 billion in purported scams, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is stepping up to participate this year in an event that aims to erect a protective wall. After skipping the first Fraud College conference in 2010, the…
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Churches should invite members of all types and encourage them to be active participants during services, said a pastor who may open a new church in Austin. Andrew Fox, a pastor at the San Antonio Christian Family Church, held a forum Friday evening to gauge how students at UT view faith, religion and cultural issues.…
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Christians from several denominations have pledged to hold a ‘ring or prayer’ around protesters outside St Paul’s Cathedral, if bailiffs or police begin to forceably remove them. The City of London Corporation today (18 January) won a High Court bid to evict the campaigners from outside St Paul’s Cathedral. Their legal team plan to appeal…
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Lawmakers returning from a three-week winter break were greeted Tuesday by hundreds of protesters from the “Occupy” movement, who gathered outside the US Capitol building to decry the corrupting influence of money in politics. Protesters from the self-proclaimed Occupy Congress group — met by scores of uniformed police officers — were denied entry to congressional…
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In a case involving a teacher fired by an Evangelical Lutheran school in Michigan, President Obama’s Justice Department climbed way out on a limb in arguing that the teacher could sue for the loss of her job. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court took a sharp saw to that branch. It’s not every day that you…
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It’s Friday the 13th, and that means…. 1. For some folks, National Geographic has found, Friday the 13th means a tough day at the store. “It’s been estimated that [U.S] $800 or $900 million is lost in business on this day because people will not fly or do business they would normally do,” said Donald…
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