Last week saw yet another rabbinic decree stating that homosexual behavior of any kind is against Jewish law. The opinion, by Rabbi Aharon Feldman, is by far the most up-to-date anti-gay statement from any religious authority.
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Last week saw yet another rabbinic decree stating that homosexual behavior of any kind is against Jewish law. The opinion, by Rabbi Aharon Feldman, is by far the most up-to-date anti-gay statement from any religious authority.
Read the original article at Religion Dispatches - Stories 2012-12-03 »
Last week saw yet another rabbinic decree stating that homosexual behavior of any kind is against Jewish law. The opinion, by Rabbi Aharon Feldman, is by far the most up-to-date anti-gay statement from any religious authority.
Read the original article at Religion Dispatches - Stories 2012-12-03 »
(Reuters) – Tayyip Erdogan has described his third term as Turkish prime minister as that of a "master", borrowing from the celebrated Ottoman architect Sinan…
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(Reuters) – Tayyip Erdogan has described his third term as Turkish prime minister as that of a "master", borrowing from the celebrated Ottoman architect Sinan…
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By Dan Merica, CNN Washington (CNN) – Timothy Kurek’s motivation to spend a year pretending to be gay can be boiled down to a simple conviction: it takes drastic change to alter deeply held religious beliefs. The experiment began after a lesbian friend opened up to Kurek about being excommunicated by her family. All Kurek, [...]
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With the arrival of December, Christmas music is pretty much inescapable. Whether it’s "Jingle Bells" playing at the grocery store or "Here Comes Santa Claus"…
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A Massachusetts church is considering selling its first edition copy of the first book published in North America, but the debate over the rare book’s…
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Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) told a radio host God has "forgiven" him for his scandalous past, including having an affair with a patient and later…
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All Black great Jonah Lomu has become a Mormon – but don’t expect to see him don a suit and ride a bike going door-to-door spreading the gospel.Lomu, 37, who is fighting rejection of a transplanted kidney, was baptised into the…
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All black great Jonah Lomu has become a Mormon – but don’t expect to see him don a suit and ride a bike going door-to-door spreading the gospel.Lomu, 37, who is fighting rejection of a transplanted kidney, was baptised into the…
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NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa quietly visited a Newark mosque Friday that had been listed in a secret report by the…
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Advent (from the Latin adventus meaning "coming") is a liturgical season observed in many Western Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation…
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Judith Shaw’s boyfriend and father of her daughter sat her down some years ago and gave her the news that would change her life: "He…
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(RNS) For the first time, the University of Louisville’s prestigious Grawemeyer Award in Religion, a $100,000 cash prize, will go to a female Muslim scholar….
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