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Evangelicals say it’s time for frank talk about sex
WASHINGTON (RNS) Eighty percent of single evangelical 20-somethings have had sex, and almost a third of evangelicals’ unplanned pregnancies end in abortion. Now, evangelical leaders are starting to say talking about abstinence and opposing abortion aren't enough. By Adelle M. Banks.
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Gay BYU students say ‘It Gets Better’ on Mormon campus
PROVO, Utah (RNS) Officials at Mormon-owned Brigham Young University say a group of two dozen students who posted a video about being gay will not face trouble as long as they abide by the school's no-sex honor code. By Rosemary Winters.
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Women wear hijabs in support of slain Iraqi woman
(RNS) Jean Younis is a Christian but she's donning a headscarf to stand in solidarity with Shaima Alawadi, the Iraqi immigrant and mother of five who died March 24 three days after being beaten in her home in El Cajon, Calif. By Omar Sacirbey
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Priest who denied Communion to lesbian put on leave
(RNS) A Catholic priest who denied Communion to a lesbian at her mother's funeral has been removed from his church assignment and will be investigated for "intimidating behavior toward parish staff," the Archdiocese of Washington said. By Adelle M. Banks.
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Pope Benedict XVI denounces cultural shift toward gay marriage in U.S.
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI on Friday (March 9) denounced the "powerful political and cultural currents" that are working to "alter the legal definition of marriage" in the United States. By Alessandro Speciale.
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Breakaway bishop who denounced gay bishop found murdered in Brazil
(RNS) A conservative Brazilian bishop who broke away from his church over the consecration of an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire was found murdered with his wife in the northeastern town of Olinda, according to the diocese.
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Friday’s Religion Roundup: Kosher Catholics; Gotham v. Gomorrah; Israeli organs
All birth control, all the time: Catholic bishops say it all boils down to a ham sandwich, experts say critics don't know what they're talking about on birth control and abortion, and a student at BYU gets passed a note that says her outfit is what the Catholics would call a near occassion to sin.
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Book shatters stereotypes on Muslim women, sex and love
(RNS) "Love Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women" is a new collection of stories about sex, lust, dating, marriage, and divorce by 25 women of diverse religious interpretations, ethnicities, and sexual orientations. By Omar Sacirbey.
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Appeals court strikes down California ban on same-sex marriage
LOS ANGELES (RNS) The appeals court's decision upheld a 2010 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker, saying that "although the Constitution permits communities to enact most laws they believe to be desirable, it requires that there be at least a legitimate reason for the passage of a law that treats different classes of people differently." By David Finnigan.
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Wash. moves closer to legalizing gay marriage
SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) Opponents of same-sex marriage promised a fight at the ballot box after Washington lawmakers took steps to make the state the seventh to legalize gay weddings. By Tracy Simmons.
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