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by Donald Heinz:
Today the president announced his views on gay marriage. A group of Lutheran pastors have their own reasons for doing so along with many Catholics.
5/9/2012
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by David Graeber:
Here an anthropologist associated with the Occupy Movement discusses a very broad viewpoint on 'the economy' with implications for understanding Israel and Jesus.
5/1/2012
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by Pete Kotz:
Republicans are about to nominate a presidential candidate who made millions destroying jobs and companies, preying upon the weak, demanding taxpayer money, and then bragging this is 'success'.
4/30/2012
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by Casey Schoeneberger:
In a very strong statement 90 Catholic leaders & scholars say the Ryan budget is 'morally indefensible and betrays Catholic principles of solidarity, just taxation and a commitment to the common good'
4/26/2012
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by Peter Montgomery:
Local priests and laity are now actively beginning to oppose what their bishops are doing. Let's hope such efforts continue in all parts of the U.S.
4/16/2012
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by Dave Johnson:
A speech by Gene Sperling on government support for manufacturing is analyzed here. This is what should be discussed in the campaign to deal with deficits and unemployment.
4/16/2012
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by David Sylvester:
The killings would stop if Christians did on Monday what they say they believe on Sunday. We can't avoid the devastation of sharing Holy Saturday with Jesus.
4/7/2012
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by William Lazonick:
Corporations no longer serve society, they serve themselves, and are now destroying livlihoods of the people and our democracy. Here are real facts and concrete proposals to reckon with.
4/2/2012
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by Bryan N. Massingale:
Two Catholic scholars assail the latest Ryan budget for its lack of concern for the most vulnerable and its coddling of the wealthiest few. Republicans are rejecting social justice traditions.
3/27/2012
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by Robert B. Reich:
It's not the moral breakdown of ordinary folks that is the problem, it's a breakdown of public morality of financial and corporate leaders. A comment on the death of James Q. Wilson & broken windows.
3/14/2012
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by Ed Knudson:
The mainline media have screened out the mainline Protestants, the tradition of Barack Obama. So the public sphere is skewed toward conservative religion.
3/13/2012
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by Nomi Prins:
An interview with Morris Berman who tells a truth about the country most cannot disagree with but is hard to bear. Capitalism has already destroyed democracy.
3/9/2012
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More than thirty congregations decide to work together to deal with the economic recession. This should happen in cities across the nation.
3/7/2012
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by Ron Young:
Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders urge all presidential candidates not to use any rhetoric that could make prospects for peace more problematic.
3/3/2012
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by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite:
Sandy Fluke is called a 'slut' by Rush Limbaugh, the intellectual leader of the GOP, revealing an old religious idea about women.
3/2/2012
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by Sara Robinson:
Here is a delightful piece of truth which Ayn Rand conservatives (and religious right leaders) will hate to read. Red States are welfare states!!!
2/29/2012
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by Rowan Williams:
Here is a thoughtful reflection on human dignity and mutual recognition by the Archbishop of Canterbury, with implications for sexual minorities and end-of-life issues.
2/29/2012
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Papal bulls going back to Pope Nicholas V in 1452 and legal claims under the doctrine are rejected, opposed to gospel of Jesus.
2/27/2012
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A number of religious groups, including the National Council of Churches, published this statement on religious freedom.
2/27/2012
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by Ed Knudson:
Daniel Maguire strongly critiques the bishops. They want public money for their institutions. Maybe the idea of a Catholic hospital is over.
2/25/2012
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Syria, now engulfed in violence, is the land whence St. Paul spread the good news of love, peace and justice to the world.
2/22/2012
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by Heather Parton:
Catholic bishops and religious right have gone berzerk in their attacks on birth control and demands for invasive medical procedures.
2/21/2012
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by Rebecca Solnit:
State violence attacks the mad, passionate love of the Occupy movement as it heads into the Spring.
2/21/2012
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by Stephen S. Schneck:
The idea of a Catholic bloc is patently ridiculous. Most Catholics want to think for themselves about moral issues. Latinos may be a majority soon.
2/21/2012
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by Ed Knudson:
The Reverend Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, appears before a House committee set up to attack Obama on false grounds of religious freedom. No women allowed.
2/20/2012
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by Alex Seitz-Wald:
A Roman Catholic presidential candidate has decided 45 million Protestants are under the sway of Satan. We Protestants should realize that we are seriously attacked today by the religious right.
2/18/2012
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by Gordon Merseth:
The writer reflects on what it means to take seriously both 'liberty' and 'justice' in the Pledge of Allegiance penned by Christian Socialist Francis Bellamy.
2/17/2012
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by Jodi Jacobson:
The bishops' arguments about religious freedom are phony, here are facts on birth control, how it helps women, what Republicans in congress are doing right now.
2/17/2012
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