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		<title>Abortion controversies: New developments prompt new debates</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abortion rights and health care are rarely far from the headlines, but they are especially hot topics given the furor over the decision -- later rescinded -- by the Susan G. Komen foundation to end most of its grants to Planned Parenthood.]]></description>
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		<title>Sports and scandal: Religious comparisons and complaints</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Clergy sex abuse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sports, at the professional and amateur levels, are enormously popular, and yet athletics are also linked to scandal and controversy in today’s headlines. In the case of allegations of child abuse, the crisis in sports recalls the problem in organized religions, and also highlights the nexus between religion and sports.]]></description>
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		<title>Death penalty update: Political debates, public opinion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The legitimacy of the death penalty has emerged as a hot topic in the national conversation. Oregon’s governor declared a moratorium on executions, the execution of convicted murderer Troy Davis in September sparked controversy, and in October the Supreme Court heard a case whose outcome could affect the use of the death penalty. ]]></description>
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		<title>The nature of evil: Reflections on an age-old question</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Theologians have pondered the nature of evil for centuries, but for Americans, the attacks of Sept. 11 brought the issue home as few other atrocities in recent times have.]]></description>
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		<title>Human trafficking and the sex trade: Faith groups mobilize</title>
		<link>http://www.religionlink.com/tip_110615.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State Department will release its annual report on human trafficking by the end of June, spotlighting the global trade in enforced labor and the selling or prostitution of people – as many as 27 million, mostly women and children – without their consent or benefit. The issue is increasingly mobilizing religious groups. ]]></description>
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		<title>Clergy sex abuse update: Bishops meet, review policies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Clergy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nation's Roman Catholic bishops met in June in Seattle to revise policies approved nearly a decade ago in response to the clergy sexual-abuse crisis. Many argue that recent developments show the bishops have even more work to do.]]></description>
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		<title>Room for worship: Zoning disputes involve more than mosques</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans to build or expand mosques have sparked controversy across the country in the past year, and news coverage has often focused on these disputes and cast them as symptomatic of a wider friction between Muslims and other Americans. But zoning issues are dogging efforts by all religious groups to build houses of worship. ]]></description>
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		<title>Scientology in the dock: News spotlights star-studded religion</title>
		<link>http://www.religionlink.com/topic_110322.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientology always has a high profile owing to its many celebrity adherents, but recent headlines have not always been good news for the church. A lengthy New Yorker article profiled the defection of director and screenwriter Paul Haggis, for example, and revealed that the FBI is investigating Scientology on human trafficking allegations.]]></description>
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		<title>The abortion debate heats up: ReligionLink&#8217;s resources and experts</title>
		<link>http://www.religionlink.com/tip_110119.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Abortion & birth control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The anniversary of the Jan. 22, 1973, Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion always sparks discussions about this hot-button issue, and the annual March for Life in Washington is one focus of attention. But the Republican takeover of the House has also raised hopes -- and concerns -- that new legislation could limit abortion rights. ]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2010 roundup: Politics and religion</title>
		<link>http://www.religionlink.com/topic_101103.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 midterm congressional elections promised to reshape the political landscape, and they did just that, as Republicans swept to victory in the House while cutting deeply into the Democratic majority in the Senate. But the vote also recast the terrain on moral and social issues important to believers of all political persuasions.

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