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Experts challenge Santorum’s remarks linking college to faith loss
(RNS) Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum's claim that U.S. colleges drive young adult Christians out of church, was disputed by Protestant and Catholic experts. By Cathy Lynn Grossman.
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Rick Santorum defends views on Obama’s theology
WASHINGTON (RNS) Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum, leading the GOP field in national polls, is defending his views questioning prenatal testing and President Obama's "theology." By Susan Page.
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COMMENTARY: Customer service 101
(RNS) Too many providers -- churches, retailers, even politicians -- come across as having a low opinion of their constituents. Voters know this recession better than their politicians, and believers seem to take their faith more seriously than the institutions that seek to enroll them as members. By Tom Ehrich.
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Thursday’s Religion Roundup: Hawaiian Topic
The so-called "Hawaii option" is the White House's preferred way out of the contraception mandate mess. But some Catholics want blood, and the bishops want the entire mandate trashed. Rick Santorum's Hanukkah card quotes Jesus -- really.
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Tuesday’s Religion Roundup: Transformers
Rick Santorum may be up...again. Thanks to evangelicals. Rabbi Boteach may run for Congress. Rick Warren is slimming. Prop 8 is hanging fire. More women priests in the C of E than men. But as bishops? Usury is still a sin, and The Onion is still satire.
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Thursday’s Religion News Roundup: Trump, Newt, Romney & Obama at Prayer Breakfast
Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, so we will have more Newt and Trump, and the "very poor" will have Mitt. Obama has the National Prayer Breakfast, the 99 percent have their own prayer breakfast, and George Beverly Shea is 103.
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Mainline Protestants up for grabs heading into November
WASHINGTON (RNS) In a matchup between Obama and GOP front-runner Mitt Romney, mainline Protestant voters are nearly evenly divided, with 41 percent supporting Obama and 43 percent for Romney. The same holds true between Obama and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich -- each is the choice of 41 percent of white mainline Protestants. By Lauren Markoe.
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The end of ‘compassionate conservatism’?
(RNS) Just three years after George W. Bush left the White House, compassionate conservatives are an endangered species. Is this just a case of the Republican Party wanting to distance itself from the Bush years -- or is compassionate conservatism gone for good? By Amy Sullivan.
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Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims blast Rick Santorum on ‘equality’ comment
(RNS) Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus are accusing Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum of bigotry and ignorance after said that "equality" is solely a Judeo-Christian concept. By Omar Sacirbey.
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Americans intrigued but wary still of Mormon beliefs
(RNS) Suddenly, America's abuzz about Mormonism's "gold plates and magic underwear," says Terryl Givens, a professor of religion at the University of Richmond. Mormon ways are little-known, yet many Americans are suspicious of them. Why? Cathy Lynn Grossman reports.
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