Topic: United States
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The national Episcopal Church's acceptance of homosexuality has plunged it into "crisis," the South Carolina Episcopal diocese said on Wednesday, and the conservative diocese suggested that it could break from the national church."The question is not whether ...
DENVER (Reuters) - "The Book of Mormon" debuted this year as a Broadway hit that won nine Tonys, and the 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination features not one, but two candidates of the Mormon faith.Now the Church of Jesus Christ ...
President Barack Obama praised the "unshakeable" bonds between Israel and the United States Tuesday in remarks marking the start of the Jewish high holy days.Obama paid homage to US-Israeli ties in a videotaped statement honoring the sacred Jewish holidays -- book-ended by ...
Beijing-backed religious groups hit out at the US after it reaffirmed China's status as a country "of particular concern" on religious freedom, accusing Washington of trying to harm the nation's image.The US State Department this week released its International Religious Freedom report ...
DENVER (Reuters) - Lawyers for the state of Oklahoma urged a federal appeals court on Monday to reinstate a voter-passed state constitutional amendment barring Oklahoma judges from recognizing Islamic and international law.Defenders of Oklahoma's "Save Our State Amendment," approved by 70 percent ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans are sharply divided on issues from race to religion, often along generational and partisan lines, a survey concluded on Tuesday.The survey of nearly 2,500 Americans by a pair of Washington think tanks found sharp divisions on a host ...
Baghdad's Jewish community numbered just eight people in late 2009, having fallen from 20 in 2003 due to deaths from old age and sectarian violence, and emigration, a leaked US diplomatic cable says.A woman who spoke with a US embassy staff member ...
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday marked the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan by renewing his support for the "Arab Spring" movement against repressive regimes."This year, many have observed the month while courageously persevering in their efforts to ...
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The lawyer for two Americans convicted of spying in Iran said on Sunday he had lodged an appeal against their eight-year sentences and still hoped they might be pardoned.Masoud Shafiee has not been able to see Shane Bauer and ...
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - When Shareef Ghaly is hammering nails into window frames under a scorching sun in the midst of a historic Texas heat wave, he's doing it for his career.And Harvard linebacker Zakareya Aossey practices in the heat with no ...
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