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President Obama’s speech at Tuscon memorial services
Posted on January 13, 2011 by Joseph F. Clark
The scripture he quotes at 2:14 is Psalm 46:4-5.
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Israeli woman could be imprisoned for praying aloud at Wailing Wall
Posted on January 11, 2011 by Joseph F. Clark
Via The Telegraph: An Israeli activist who defied orthodox Jewish custom by leading a group of women in open prayer at Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall has been told to expect years in prison for breaching the peace. Anat Hoffman has been awaiting her fate since being arrested in August amid a worsening debate about her campaign [...]
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Pew: Congressional religious makeup unrepresentative of populace
Posted on January 6, 2011 by Joseph F. Clark
Based on a poll of the 112th Congress: A few of the country’s smaller religious groups, including Episcopalians, Presbyterians and Jews, have greater numerical representation in Congress than in the general population. Some others, including Buddhists and Muslims, are represented in Congress in roughly equal proportion to their numbers in the adult U.S. population. And some [...]
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