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Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/28/2012 8:29 PM | Add Comment

After their first three kids, they sagely decided family planning was not soul-staining.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/23/2012 8:31 AM | Add Comment

Religious freedom is subject to necessary limitations in the interests of public health and safety.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/23/2012 8:00 AM | Add Comment

Just like the Vatican.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/20/2012 5:00 PM | Add Comment

“I’m not familiar, precisely, with exactly what I said, but I stand by what I said, whatever it was,” Mr. Romney said.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/20/2012 12:00 PM | Add Comment

Father Williams was the most visible American member of the Legionaries, a powerful and conservative Roman Catholic religious order that has been in turmoil since 2006

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/16/2012 5:00 PM | Add Comment

Even some of Mr. Obama’s friends in the religious community warned that he risked alienating followers, particularly African-Americans who have been more skeptical of the idea than other Democratic constituencies.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/14/2012 6:00 PM | Add Comment

“Knocking down the walls is what Jesus was after.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/14/2012 2:00 PM | Add Comment

The Liberty Champion, even offered pro and con commentary on its editorial page, arguing in the “con” column that, “Choosing Romney to speak continues a dangerous and unethical trend.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/13/2012 3:00 PM | Add Comment

Mr. Romney has been seeking to reassure evangelical Christian voters who may have doubts about his commitment to social conservatism.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/13/2012 5:30 AM | Add Comment

Everyone who cares about children should listen.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/12/2012 5:00 PM | Add Comment

Lobbying by the church recently succeeded in blocking reform in Pennsylvania.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/7/2012 2:00 PM | Add Comment

That’s because evangelicals and secular liberals (the most puzzled Democrats) think about life — and therefore politics — in such utterly different ways.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/7/2012 7:00 AM | Add Comment

All Paid with Tax - Exempt Money...

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/5/2012 10:00 AM | Add Comment

Father Smyth, who died in prison at age 70, was convicted in the 1990s and admitted to molesting and raping about 100 children in Ireland and the United States.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/4/2012 7:00 PM | Add Comment

“It’s not that the campaign cared whether Ric Grenell was gay,” one Republican adviser said. “They believed this was a nonissue. But they didn’t want to confront the religious right.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/3/2012 5:15 AM | Add Comment

"Even as Republicans try to wrestle women into chastity belts, the Vatican is trying to muzzle American nuns."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/29/2012 8:15 AM | Add Comment

In recent years, Ted Haggard, an evangelical leader who preached that homosexuality was a sin, resigned after a scandal involving a former male prostitute

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/29/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

In other words, instead of just talking about “social justice,” the nuns should be out on the barricades, agitating against abortion and gay marriage. And, again, they need to listen to the bishops.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/24/2012 12:30 PM | Add Comment

The sisters were also reprimanded for making public statements that “disagree with or challenge the bishops, who are the church’s authentic teachers of faith and morals.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/19/2012 1:00 PM | Add Comment

There is nothing illegal about distributing religious works in Germany ...

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/17/2012 3:00 PM | Add Comment

“I’m always the one drinking Diet Coke at happy hour,” Mr. Iqbal said.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/15/2012 1:00 PM | Add Comment

But some conservative Christian leaders, even as they say they will of course vote for the Republican candidate, remain guarded about Mr. Romney.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/12/2012 2:00 PM | Add Comment

Never in the Bible does Jesus himself offer an explicit prohibition of homosexuality.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/11/2012 7:05 AM | Add Comment

The Bible is considered a holy book in Islam.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/10/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

The relative rushed back to Lhasa but has not been heard from since and is presumed to be detained.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/8/2012 7:00 PM | Add Comment

The message of Jesus, after all, is not about exclusion, but inclusion.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/8/2012 11:30 AM | Add Comment

Alternatively, the lower case e evangelicals might find much to love in the Republican Party, but not feel comfortable with a political narrative that treats Muslims and Hispanics as second-class citizens.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/8/2012 9:00 AM | Add Comment

"Andrew handed me a big old cane brake rattler. It was an amazing feeling. I felt anointed."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/8/2012 8:30 AM | Add Comment

Just as the 1960s spurred a revival of traditional religion, the last few decades have led directly to an unprecedented turning away from organized religion, especially among younger Americans.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/8/2012 7:00 AM | Add Comment

In fact, U.S. presidents and policymakers have been most effective when they have argued that religious liberty is a fundamental -- indeed, foundational -- human right to be protected and promoted around the world,

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/8/2012 5:00 AM | Add Comment

Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential front-runner, has embraced a House budget plan that is little more than “thinly veiled social Darwinism,” the president said, a “Trojan horse” disguised as deficit reduction

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/4/2012 2:01 PM | Add Comment

“To insist that the government respect the separation of the church and state is not to discriminate against religion,” Judge Stearns wrote. “Indeed, it promotes a respect for religion by refusing to single out any creed for official favor at the expense

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/4/2012 6:15 AM | Add Comment

The Brotherhood, which leads Parliament, had pledged not to seek the presidency for fear of provoking a backlash from the Egyptian military and the West.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/2/2012 12:15 PM | Add Comment

Msgr. William Lynn, the supervisor of Philadelphia priests for 12 years, is defending himself from criminal conspiracy charges by alleging that culpability for the scandal extended to the head of the archdiocese

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 4/2/2012 7:30 AM | Add Comment

Graphic: A demographic breakdown of the world of religion

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/29/2012 4:31 PM | Add Comment

Still, with church attendance in Cuba flagging even as the Vatican mediates for the release of political prisoners and supports economic reform, Benedict focused much of his visit on the spiritual and pastoral.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/29/2012 2:00 PM | Add Comment

Benedict said, “Today it is evident that Marxist ideology, in the way it was conceived, no longer corresponds to reality.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/27/2012 2:00 PM | Add Comment

The report alleged that Monsignor Lynn had acted with the leader of the archdiocese at the time — Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua, who died in January — to shield the archdiocese from scandal and financial liability.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/27/2012 12:30 PM | Add Comment

“With folks who do practice their religion more ardently,” he said, “I tend to do well.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/27/2012 11:00 AM | Add Comment

“No, I won’t bring back the Ten Commandments,” he said. “Not again.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/25/2012 4:00 PM | Add Comment

Pope Benedict says he stands for the protection of Mexico's children, while his visit is clouded by fresh allegations that Vatican closed eyes to abuse. Michaela Cabrera reports. ( Transcript )

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/25/2012 12:30 PM | Add Comment

Nonetheless, despite a handwritten request from a 75-year-old victim of Father Maciel for a meeting with the pope, the Vatican has suggested that the pope will not meet any victims.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/24/2012 3:30 PM | Add Comment

In 1960, when John F. Kennedy became the next Catholic to seek the presidency, such prominent evangelical ministers as the Revs. Billy Graham and Norman Vincent Peale privately strategized over how to defeat him.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/24/2012 3:00 PM | Add Comment

Guanajuato, where Benedict will ride in the pope-mobile and conduct a huge outdoor, remains Mexico's most Catholic state, with almost 94 percent following the faith.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/23/2012 3:45 PM | Add Comment

And more Americans than ever, 54 percent, believe churches should keep out of politics. That's up from 43 percent in 1996, according to the Pew Research Center.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/23/2012 2:45 PM | Add Comment

At the same time, the church has struggled to attract more worshipers and faces criticism that it has grown too cozy with Cuba’s tight circle of decision makers.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/23/2012 8:00 AM | Add Comment

Meanwhile, Mr. Romney's Bain Capital Sells Communist the technology to Opress China's Minorities and Political Dissidents...

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/23/2012 7:15 AM | Add Comment

"Romney also feels he must hide an essential part of who he is: a pillar of the Mormon Church."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/18/2012 8:39 AM | Add Comment

But after the most glorious night’s sleep in the peace of Kashmir Cottage — a guesthouse owned and run by the brother and sister-in-law of His Holiness the Dalai Lama — I’m more than good to go.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/15/2012 3:00 PM | Add Comment

But while the events — breakfast and lunch fund-raisers at the Waldorf-Astoria and an evening gala in Connecticut — raised about $3 million, Mr. Romney faced lingering questions about his candidacy.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/15/2012 1:30 PM | Add Comment

More than 70 percent of voters in the two states said it was important that a candidate shared their religious beliefs. Mr. Santorum won with the votes of those who said it was most important that their candidate be a true conservative

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/15/2012 5:17 AM | Add Comment

He said bishops were also rethinking their approach of paying large settlements to groups of victims. “The church has been too quick to write a check, and I think they’ve realized it would be a lot less expensive in the long run if we fought them one by o

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/13/2012 6:00 PM | Add Comment

To the Brotherhood, he tells them, Islam requires democracy, free markets and tolerance of religious minorities.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/12/2012 10:56 AM | Add Comment

“Our kids are just as American as their kids,” an academy official said. “We just wanted to play ball.” At least two other Islamic schools declined to respond to the questionnaire.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/12/2012 7:08 AM | Add Comment

The U.S. is the top destination for Christian and Buddhist immigrants

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/9/2012 1:00 PM | Add Comment

AMEN TO THAT: “I really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol,” Mr. Robertson said in an interview on Wednesday.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/9/2012 11:00 AM | Add Comment

While the so-called religious issue is necessarily and properly the chief topic here tonight, I want to emphasize from the outset that I believe that we have far more critical issues in the 1960 campaign

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/3/2012 6:00 PM | Add Comment

“Sex is a means. Evolution is a means. And the aim is a secular world. It’s a, in my opinion, a hedonistic, self-focused world that is, in my opinion, anti-American.” - Mr. Santorum

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/3/2012 7:54 AM | Add Comment

Republican argued that the administration was forcing religious institutions to violate tenets of their faith by providing access to contraceptives.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 3/1/2012 7:07 PM | Add Comment

When God finally gets tired of waiting it out and decides to end things, the back-and-forth between dragons and serpents and sea monsters and Jesus is less like a scouring of the stables than like a Giants-Patriots Super Bowl.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/28/2012 9:49 AM | Add Comment

“That makes me throw up,” Santorum said, adding later, “I don’t believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/27/2012 6:35 AM | Add Comment

“He said, ‘Whoever did this should be punished, and they should avoid its repetition. Insulting holy books and religion is not acceptable at all.’ ”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/24/2012 7:15 AM | Add Comment

“The Father of Lies has his sights on what you would think the Father of Lies would have his sights on: a good, decent, powerful, influential country — the United States of America." - Presidential Candidate Risk Santorum

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/22/2012 7:27 AM | Add Comment

Nuns in America are a dying breed, and the church’s antediluvian male hierarchy gets more worked up about allowing Catholic women contraceptives than investigating sexual abuse of children by priests.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/19/2012 7:01 AM | Add Comment

In debates that played out across the Arab world, though often ignored by the West, the questions of reconciling democracy and Islam raged from the 1990s on.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/18/2012 6:17 AM | Add Comment

What’s wrong with the rhythm method anyway? That’s how I got here.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/15/2012 6:45 AM | Add Comment

The Bible never mentions artificial birth control, although it was certainly practiced in some cultures, even in pre-biblical times.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/12/2012 8:56 AM | Add Comment

However, the bishops are now facing a potential rift with some of their allies who welcomed the compromise yesterday —

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/12/2012 8:15 AM | Add Comment

"Imposing your values on somebody else is definitely an area where Santorum is expert."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/11/2012 8:26 AM | Add Comment

In other words, Reagan wanted to be on the same team as the bishops.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/10/2012 6:31 AM | Add Comment

The church is not a democracy and majority opinion really doesn’t matter. Catholic dogma holds that artificial contraception is against the law of God

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/9/2012 7:08 AM | Add Comment

Mr. Friess, 71, said that he liked Mr. Santorum for his faith, but that he also believed he was the best candidate to compete with President Obama

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/9/2012 6:56 AM | Add Comment

“They’re going to come after us now,” Mr. Santorum warned.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/9/2012 6:54 AM | Add Comment

“Do not charge your brother interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.” “Foreigners” can be charged interest, however.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/2/2012 7:10 PM | Add Comment

Six in 10 voters said it was important that a candidate shared their religious beliefs, and nearly half of them backed Mr. Gingrich, who has converted to Catholicism

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/22/2012 7:23 AM | Add Comment

The tally, with the two groups of Islamists together winning about 70 percent of the seats, indicates the deep cultural conservatism

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/22/2012 7:04 AM | Add Comment

“He’s trying not to run afoul of a very socially conservative constituency,” he said.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/21/2012 9:08 AM | Add Comment

"He said he planned to vote for Newt Gingrich on Saturday and expressed misgivings about Mr. Romney’s faith and the Mormon church’s view of God."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/19/2012 7:11 AM | Add Comment

"Israelis are turning inward and discovering that an issue they had neglected — the place of the ultra-Orthodox Jews — has erupted into a crisis."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/15/2012 7:09 AM | Add Comment

"In the Republican presidential primary there (South Carolina) four years ago, exit polls found that 60 percent of voters said they considered themselves 'born again' or evangelical Christians."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/15/2012 6:53 AM | Add Comment

“The concern among evangelicals is that the Mormon Church will use his position around the world as a calling card for legitimizing their church and proselytizing people.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/15/2012 6:50 AM | Add Comment

Evangelical leaders are haunted by their failure in 2008 to band quickly around Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister and former governor of Arkansas

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/13/2012 6:50 AM | Add Comment

Goldman Sachs’ controversial $2 billion Islamic bond programme faced a fresh challenge on Wednesday

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/12/2012 11:23 PM | Add Comment

The bombing, which a city official said was similar to attacks a year ago on nuclear scientists in Iran, came as the United States sought to persuade a skeptical China to help efforts to toughen sanctions against Iran.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/11/2012 5:09 AM | Add Comment

"Last year, some evangelical leaders called Mormonism a cult."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/8/2012 9:02 AM | Add Comment

Among the conveners of next week’s gathering are luminaries of the evangelical movement, including James C. Dobson, the head of Focus on the Family

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/7/2012 8:12 AM | Add Comment

Mr. Santorum was confronting some stark realities that his underdog campaign cannot ignore. His campaign lacks the resources to fight a drawn-out battle for the nomination.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/2/2012 6:01 AM | Add Comment

“It’s true that the church doesn’t have a First Amendment right to have a government contract,” he said, “but it does have a First Amendment right not to be excluded from a contract based on its religious beliefs.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 12/28/2011 7:35 PM | Add Comment

“This is not a guy who has any interest in compromising.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 12/24/2011 9:52 AM | Add Comment

Religious Bigotry?

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 12/12/2011 7:45 PM | Add Comment

But he told his teammates, “Believe in me.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 12/12/2011 6:41 AM | Add Comment

His candor seems to be working even with social conservatives

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 12/12/2011 6:35 AM | Add Comment

“Would we take the crosses and Stars of David out of Arlington Cemetery?”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 11/25/2011 8:15 AM | Add Comment

Asked whom they would most like to see nominated as the Republican candidate, 26 percent of evangelicals said Herman Cain, 19 percent said Newt Gingrich and 17 percent said Mr. Romney.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 11/23/2011 2:02 PM | Add Comment

"The Wall Street bank, they said, should protect consumers, rein in executive pay, increase its transparency and remember the poor."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 11/13/2011 6:24 AM | Add Comment

The pastoral mood in the hills of Tennessee offered a stark contrast to the storm raging around the country over the Pearls’ teachings on child discipline...

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 11/7/2011 6:52 AM | Add Comment

Reverend Knowles added that he was stepping down to allow new leadership to find a solution between authorities and the protesters.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 10/31/2011 6:08 PM | Add Comment

“It’s clear the Vatican stands with the Occupy Wall Street protesters and others struggling to return ethics and good governance to a financial sector grown out of control after 30 years of deregulation.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 10/24/2011 6:27 PM | Add Comment

The most striking difference from the last several debates was the performance of Mr. Perry, the governor of Texas, whose candidacy has floundered after a series of unsteady debate appearances.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 10/19/2011 6:02 AM | Add Comment

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