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Jim McGreevey’s redemption is the real deal
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NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) When I covered him as a reporter in the statehouse in Trenton, I thought Gov. Jim McGreevey was one of the most di...
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ANALYSIS: Supreme Court searches for way around gay marriage
WASHINGTON (RNS) In nearly two hours of arguments on Wednesday (March 27), the Supreme Court heard many of the expected cases for and against recognizing gay marriage: that refusing to do so is blatant discrimination, that gay marriage is a social experiment that the court should no...
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ANALYSIS: On gay marriage, Supreme Court ponders not ‘if’ but ‘how’
WASHINGTON (RNS) Isn't it remarkable, attorney Ted Olson said after arguing for same-sex marriage before the Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 26), that the other side wasn't really arguing against it?
"No one really offered a defense," he said of his opponents' bid to uphold Pro...
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Imprisoned Iranian-American pastor gets push from State Dept.
WASHINGTON (RNS) Secretary of State John Kerry is calling for the release of an Iranian-American minister from a Tehran prison, a welcome step for advocates who had accused the State Department of being "AWOL" on the case.
"I am deeply concerned about the fate of U.S citizen Sa...
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Louisiana monks score second win in bid to sell caskets
(RNS) A group of woodworking Louisiana monks is celebrating after a federal appeals court ruled they can sell simple handmade caskets -- and local funeral directors can't stop them.
In a Wednesday (March 20) opinion, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Benedictine m...
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Judge rejects bid to withdraw guilty plea in mosque arson
TOLEDO, Ohio (RNS) A federal judge on Thursday (March 21) denied an Indiana man's request to withdraw his guilty plea in an arson blaze last September at a Toledo-area mosque.
Judge Jack Zouhary of U.S. District Court in Toledo said Randolph Linn, 52, of St. Joe, Ind., was full...
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Interfaith clergy deliver loaves and fish to budget debate
(RNS) Surrounded by baskets of fish and bread, with the Capitol at their backs, clergy attacked the Republican budget plan that came before the House Wednesday (March 20).
The event's theme-"It doesn't take a miracle"-drew from the biblical story of the feeding of the five thousan...
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Ohio’s Rob Portman is first GOP senator to support gay marriage
WASHINGTON (RNS) Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman on Thursday (March 14) announced he has reversed his longtime opposition to same-sex marriage after reconsidering the issue because his 21-year-old son, Will, is gay.
Portman said his son, a junior at Yale University, told his w...
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Activists scold U.S. over prison imprisoned in Iran
WASHINGTON (RNS) Religious freedom activists scolded the U.S. State Department for not appearing at a hearing Friday (March 15) on Iran's treatment of religious minorities, and called for greater government action to secure the release of people imprisoned there for their faith.
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Pope Francis and the long shadow of Argentina’s “Dirty War”
WASHINGTON (RNS) In 1974, when the Rev. Jorge Bergoglio was the top Jesuit in his native Argentina, a former nightclub dancer named Isabel Peron came to head the nation -- an accidental and weak president.
Her husband, President Juan Peron, had suffered a lethal heart attack in...
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