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Josef Kuhn
Josef Kuhn writes for Religion News Service.
Religious freedom panel wins 11th-hour reprieve
With a last-minute vote in mid-December, Congress saved an
independent religious freedom watchdog commission that was about to
shut down....
Clinton hosts summit on religious intolerance
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Jefferson's Bible gets a second look
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WASHINGTON (RNS) How would you feel about taking a razor blade to a Bible?
Thomas Jefferson, apparently, didn't have any qualms about it....
Bin Laden's death rated top religion news story
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Angry churches pull money from big banks
(RNS) A small but growing number of religious communities across the country are removing their money from Wall Street banks to protest what they see as unfair mortgage foreclosures and unwillingne...
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Clergy, politicians find out how far food stamps go
Religious leaders and members of Congress were getting a firsthand
taste of what it's like to eat on $4.50 a day as part of the Food Stamp...
Faith groups target `Super Committee' on poverty
WASHINGTON (RNS) As the deadline for a federal deficit-reduction plan looms, religious communities are holding prayer vigils, phoning politicians and organizing letter campaigns in a bid to protect...
What would Jesus laugh at? A lot, says Colbert’s `chaplain’
WASHINGTON (RNS) Three priests -- a Dominican, a Franciscan and a Jesuit -- walk into a bar.
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Under pressure, D.C. shelter ends church-service requirement
WASHINGTON (RNS) Prompted by civil liberties groups, a
taxpayer-supported homeless shelter in the nation's capital will no
longer require its clients to attend religious services....