Religion
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When values clash in a relationship
CommentWhen do differeng values become a dealbreaker in a relationship?
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Swedish Lutheran church hosts 'techno Mass'
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Instead of praying silently and singing gentle hymns, the congregation inside the Church of All Saints in Stockholm raves to techno sounds in ultraviolet lighting at Friday's "techno Mass."
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Mayor Gray's Interfaith Council has a Scientologist on it
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The mayor announced today the appointment of 26 religious leaders to his Interfaith Council, which will, in the words of a press release, "advise him and his staff on religious affairs..." One of those advisers is a Scientologist. Guess how many Buddhists, Mormons, Hindus, and Jehovah's Witnesses there are?
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Frederick county board adding prayer to meetings
CommentFrederick County Commissioners voted Thursday to add prayer to their public meetings.
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D.C. baptist church goes solar
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The Florida Avenue Baptist Church in Northwest is now the first African-American church in the District to install solar panels. The church’s pastor says environmental awareness connects to the Christian faith.
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End of the world still approaching, billboard creator says
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A Christian fundamentalist is still urging people not to make plans for May 22 just yet.
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The femininity of pants: Your sex and gender morning roundup
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Pants v. skirts in the eyes of God; Bradley manning inspires Quantico protest; the Walk for Choice rides again.
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Highly respectful anti-gay person launches book tour in D.C.
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Michael Brown's "A Queer Thing Happened to America" challenges the gay community, publishers who did not like the book.
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40 Days for Life kicks off abortion clinic prayer circuit this week
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Where to catch some prayers outside your local reproductive health clinic.
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Black churches 'apologize' to LGBTs in Maryland
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"The most dangerous place for a gay and lesbian person is the black church."
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Gay marriage in Maryland and the 'religious discrimination' argument
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Discussing the fight over religious exemptions in gay marriage bills.
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Phelps family dishes at groovy American University counter-protest
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It's all marshmallows and blackout poetry until somebody throws an egg.
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Breathless Westboro Baptist Church picket coverage ahoy
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AU pickets back. Wall-to-wall coverage of the thing Amanda Hess has told you to ignore. Eggs have been thrown.
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Why bother protesting the Westboro Baptist Church?
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The Westboro Baptist Church hits AU. Should it hit back?
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Westboro Baptist Church protest of American University: A map!
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People with offensive signs will appear here this Friday.
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Reverend Alethea Smith-Withers: Being conscious of the Divine
I have consistently tried not to be the first in life. I was the first black student in my high school in Long Island. We were the first black family in our town. I was the first woman in the pulpit at 19th Street Baptist Church. Now, I am the first woman to found an American Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. that is recognized by the American Baptist and D.C. Baptist conventions. For the sake of history, the firsts are important, but it can be a difficult and painful process.
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Westboro Baptist Church to picket American University for 45 minutes
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Westboro Baptist Church pickets American University for unclear reason.
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D.C.'s single-parent households and the lord Almighty
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Is D.C.'s godlessness to blame for our large number of single-parent households?
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