The Siwss referendum to ban minarets, which passed 57% to 42%, was triggered when almost 115,000 signed a people's initiative handed to parliament last year in favour of a ban – 100,000 is enough to force a referendum in Switzerland.

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In what is being seen as a landmark decision, the Church of Sweden has formally agreed to recognise same-sex marriages and conduct gay weddings and blessings, becoming the first major church to do so.

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Ok, let's start the countdown. How long before this turns into a racial thing? Oh, wait.....

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Michael Moore's Caritas*

Ever since Roger and Me (1989), I have loved the work of Michael Moore. No one else has chronicled the screwing of America by the rich and powerful as beautifully as the kid from Flint, Michigan.

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Political Crusade: Power Through The Promise Of Heavenly Salvation

'He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me' [Matt., 10:37].

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A NH court has ordered a homeschooled child into a government school in order to expose her to different perspectives and world views. Has the court gone too far?

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"One of Bush's former advisers, David Kuo, has said the President and Karl Rove would mock evangelicals as "nuts" as soon as they left the Oval Office. But the ordinary Republican base believe this stuff.

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian cleric seen as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's spiritual mentor said obeying the head of government was like obeying God, the moderate Etemad-e Melli newspaper said on Thursday.

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MELBOURNE Catholic Archbishop Denis Hart told a woman who had been sexually abused by a priest to "go to hell, @!$%#" in conduct labelled appalling by a Victorian magistrate.

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What God thinks about science.

First let's back up a bit. Skipping past the "Why are we here? Why are we born? Why do we die? And why we spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches... {Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy reference} What was the United States founded upon?

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The manager of a prominent Nashville hotel cancelled a contract with a conservative foundation to hold a conference this weekend on radical Islam, apparently after learning that the group would feature a keynote address by controversial Dutch parliamentarian and filmmaker, Geert  …

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Spanish police say they have detained 23 people across the country who are suspected of using voodoo curses to force Nigerian women into prostitution.

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This quiz was referenced by a piece by Roger Ebert discussing death. His disucssion suggested that he was in tune with Buddhism. One of the highest ranked on his results was Therevada Buddhism.

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Prayer Bill Roils Richmond Del. Charles W. Carrico Sr. (R-Grayson) says the state shouldn't require a chaplain to violate his faith. (By Steve Helber -- Associated Press)

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The U.S. Catholic Church's crusade against the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) has all the hallmarks of a well-oiled lobbying campaign.

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Witchdoctors in Tanzania are defying a government ban announced on Friday, intended to stop the killings of people with albinism for ritual medicine. A BBC correspondent has seen at least 10 witchdoctors are working openly.

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LAGOS (Reuters) - Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.

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Palestine?

Well now there is a current topic, I am sure you will all agree! Now perhaps someone out there might explain to me when did this "state" come into being? Does it even exist? I have search maps of the Middle East all the way back to the 6th century without finding such a place. …

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Returning to the brain computer analogy, Poeppel says that the moral rules we follow, the impulses that tell us when to push the button and divert the trolley and when not to, are set in a sort of default position when we're born, just like the default settings on your PC.

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That's right, it's time for yet another end-of-year countdown! Of course, this isn't a regular list of jackasses, oh, no. These are those specific jackasses who at some point in 2008 assaulted science, reason, and basic human decency.

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Who Did God Endorse For President 2008?

If the one you prayed for didn't get nominated for president (I'll tell you why later), try praying for vice president.

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But critics say the stores could create dangerous obstacles for women seeking legal, safe and widely used birth control methods.

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"(CNN) -- A man, incensed that a 6-year-old girl chose to walk through a path reserved for upper caste villagers, pushed her into burning embers, police in north India said Wednesday. She was seriously burned."

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I feel that we should all trust what GOD stands for rather than, what the groups of followers stand for. Religion is man's creation. GOD has no religion,no bias, no region, no language. GOD is one is the universal truth that must be digested. GOD helps us uniting and not dividing.

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A common view is that poverty is the fruit of colonialism and exploitation and the cure is to distribute the wealth from the haves to the have-nots.

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