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		<title>Does abstinence-only sex education work? The debate heats up</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do sex education programs that emphasize abstinence really work? The issue is on the boil thanks to rising teen pregnancy rates and the high profile of Sarah Palin&#8217;s daughter Bristol, herself an unwed teenage mother. Now a pair of new studies reveals a complex answer to a flashpoint debate in the culture wars. 
In one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith and film: &#8216;Holywood&#8217; goes to the Oscars</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s Academy Awards ceremony on March 7 features a bumper crop of films, many that are built around spiritual, and sometimes overtly religious, themes. Are 2009&#8217;s movies really more spiritually focused than films of recent years? Has Hollywood found religion? Or are producers just recognizing that religion sells?
Whatever the reason, there is a widespread [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The faith-based initiative 2.0: Obama&#8217;s new approach</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Church & state]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of work, President Barack Obama&#8217;s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships has sent him a list of proposals on revamping the White House&#8217;s faith-based program. The proposals will also set priorities for the office and will renew debate &#8212; and media coverage &#8212; of this controversial initiative.
Polls show that the faith-based concept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buddhism in the news: Tiger Woods to the Dalai Lama</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday&#8217;s statement by golfer Tiger Woods about his marital infidelities included a recommitment to the Buddhist religion he was raised in. Woods&#8217; statement followed Thursday&#8217;s meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Barack Obama, giving Buddhism a high-profile week and providing journalists a chance to write about this growing religion.
The name Buddha comes from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lent in a time of sacrifice: Resources on giving</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The penitential season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, and runs until Easter. The season is traditionally viewed as a time of personal spiritual reflection for Christians. In recent years that lens has broadened to include a focus on helping others. Is that outward charity affected by the widespread economic pain of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond &#8216;Octomom&#8217;: Emerging issues in assisted reproduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ethics of fertility treatments are struggling to keep up with rapid-fire advances in biotechnology. The case of Nadya Suleman, the &#8220;Octomom&#8221; who gave birth to octuplets in January 2009 through reproductive technology, is just an extreme example of the ethical dilemmas that parents, medical professionals and religious leaders are facing.
In addition to the ethical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gods and games: From the Super Bowl to the Winter Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sports & games]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After organized worship, athletic competition is perhaps the oldest communal impulse known to mankind, and today sports and religion mirror each other as never before, experts say. Nowhere will that be more evident than on Super Bowl Sunday on Feb. 7 and during the Winter Olympics that run from Feb. 12-28.
Some 130 million American adults [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care CPR: Religious groups push for reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As President Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union address on Jan. 27, 2010, religious groups that support health care reform were pressing the White House and Congress to continue to try to pass a comprehensive overhaul. Prospects for that dimmed considerably with the Republican victory in Massachusetts&#8217; Senate election Jan. 19.


Scott Brown&#8217;s victory in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Splitting the baby: Religion and child custody</title>
		<link>http://www.religionlink.com/tip_100126.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Religious differences are increasingly complicating child custody cases and are fueling a growing number of news stories. A generation ago, mothers almost always were granted custody and deemed responsible for most aspects of a child&#8217;s upbringing. Today these responsibilities are split more evenly between parents, and religion increasingly is a flash point.

Experts say the reasons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The abortion debate heats up: RL&#8217;s resources and experts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 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 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion always sparks discussions about this hot-button issue, and the annual March for Life on the National Mall in Washington is one focus of much media attention. But this year there are a number of developments driving the abortion debate in new directions.
The pending health-care [...]]]></description>
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