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Circuit court says Wheaton and Belmont Abbey lawsuits aren’t ready for a decision, but orders government to issue promised amendments to contraceptive mandate. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., only days after hearing Wheaton College and Belmont Abbey College’s cases against the federal healthcare contraceptive mandate, issued an order saying the cases weren’t…
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U.S. donations to charity rose to $298.42 billion last year, but were still $11 billion below a 2007 record as nonprofits battle through the sector's second-slowest recovery from recession in 40 years, a study released on Tuesday said. Giving by Americans increased 4 percent in 2011 compared with 2010, with individual donations accounting for nearly…
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The fallout from the controversy about whether a Florida synagogue should have invited Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to give a speech at a Sabbath service continues to simmer. But while partisans are taking predictable stands on the issue, it’s distressing to see the way some officials at supposedly non-partisan Jewish organizations…
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National Religious Broadcasters officials are watching in anticipation to see if the Internal Revenue Service will launch an investigation into whether or not watchdog group Media Matters violated its 501(c)(3) status when it accepted money from a special interest group to attack religious conservatives. In light of recent revelations that Media Matters accepted a $50,000…
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