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Email prompts Mormon church to reaffirm that it’s neutral on Mitt Romney
WASHINGTON (RNS) Mormon leaders say the church is not attempting to sway members to support Mitt Romney after an email surfaced suggesting to Mormon leaders in Nevada to register the faithful to vote and named a contact person who appears to support Romney. By Thomas Burr.
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Conservative Christian leaders focus on Romney’s policies, not faith
(RNS) More than two dozen Christian conservatives are trying to put theological debates about Mitt Romney's Mormonism to rest by focusing on the GOP's new national platform. By Adelle M. Banks.
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Text of Cardinal Dolan’s blessing to the Democratic convention
(RNS) Here is the text of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan's closing benediction at the 2012 Democratic National Convention on Thursday night.
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God is back in the party platform, but religion remains a divisive issue for Democrats
(RNS) God was out and now God is in. And Jerusalem wasn’t the capital of Israel and now it is. By Lauren Markoe.
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Black pastors move to counter new voter ID laws
(RNS) African-American clergy are joining forces with civil rights groups to push for increased voter registration ahead of the November election, spurred on by new voter laws they say restrict opportunities for minorities to enter the voting booth. By Adelle M. Banks.
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Sister Simone Campbell, ‘Nun from the Bus,’ calls GOP budget ‘immoral’
(RNS) Sister Simone Campbell, who became a celebrity of sorts this summer when she led the “Nuns on the Bus” tour for social justice, challenged the GOP in a rousing speech to the Democratic convention that called the Romney-Ryan budget plan “immoral.” By David Gibson.
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Sister Simone Campbell, ‘Nun from the Bus,’ rips Republicans at Democratic convention
(RNS) Paul Ryan has been taking a lot of heat over the factual accuracy of claims he made in his prime time address at the Republican convention last week, but Wednesday night at the Democratic confab the GOP vice-presidential candidate – and practicing Catholic – was schooled by a popular nun on the moral shortcomings of his budget proposals.
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Under pressure, Democrats restore `God’ to party platform
(RNS) The GOP blasted the Democrats for initially removing references to "God" from their national party platform, and for failing to endorse Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. By Lauren Markoe.
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Muslim delegates at Democratic convention quadrupled since 2004
(RNS) The number of Muslim delegates attending the Democratic National Convention has more than quadrupled since 2004, according to a Muslim advocacy group. By Omar Sacirbey.
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Democrats add support for gay marriage to convention platform
CHARLOTTE (RNS) On the night the Democrats became the first major U.S. political party to endorse gay marriage, some convention delegates remembered how it used to be — back in high school, back in the closet, back in the days when, as one said, "you're scared because it's not OK to be who you are." By Rick Hampson.
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