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Cohabitation is lasting longer, becoming more common
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(RNS) Unmarried couples who live together are staying together longer than in the past -- and more of them are having children, according to n...
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HBO documents unlikely saviors of 50 Holocaust children
(RNS) Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus lived a comfortable life in 1930s Philadelphia, where he made a good living as a lawyer, and she kept a stylish house.
They were secular Jews who sent their children to a Quaker school, and unlikely candidates for the mission they assigned themse...
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COMMENTARY: The trouble with labels
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(RNS) Labels can be helpful when, for instance, applied to cans of soup or barrels of toxic waste. But they are...
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Lego says its Jabba the Hutt set isn’t anti-Muslim
(RNS) Lego is defending its "Star Wars"-based Jabba the Hutt toy set after a Turkish cultural group said it promulgates negative stereotypes of Muslims.
Earlier this year, the Turkish Cultural Community of Austria criticized the Danish toy company, saying the Jabba's Palace set...
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COMMENTARY: R-E-S-P-E-C-T for our gay and lesbian friends
(RNS) While Supreme Court justices engaged in contorted questioning, the verdict as rendered by wiser tests -- known as "sniff" and "common sense" -- was already in.
Gay marriage is a fact of life. Gay men and women have been forming partnerships for longer than anyone can reme...
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Dark-skinned Satan has a long history
(RNS) When some people recently started questioning whether the Satan character on "The Bible" miniseries resembled President Obama, others posed a broader question: Why does Satan need to be dark-skinned at all?
Religious experts and historians say the controversy points to a...
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Bhutan seeks to curb sexual diseases among Buddhist monks
NEW DELHI (RNS) Health officials in the tiny Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan are making condoms available at all monastic schools in a bid to stem the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV among young monks who are supposed to be celibate.
"We are making condoms freely ava...
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FDR Labor Secretary Frances Perkins wins ‘Lent Madness’ tournament
WASHINGTON (RNS) The NCAA's March Madness is down to the Sweet Sixteen, but Lent Madness has already skipped through the Saintly Sixteen, the Elate Eight, and the Faithful Four to crown an unlikely champion with a golden halo.
Frances Perkins, a champion of the working poor and...
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Boston College, ACLU clash over condom giveaway
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(RNS) An effort by Boston College administrators to shut down a student-run program to distribute condoms and provide information on safe sex...
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Irish abortion debate reflects growing church-state tensions
DUBLIN, Ireland (RNS) Ruth Bowie was in the throes of grief when she found out she would never know her unborn child. At the 12-week mark, a pregnancy scan showed the baby had anencephaly, a fatal condition in which a portion of the brain and skull never form.
Bowie, 34, a pedi...
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