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Catholics, Evangelicals Pledge to Ignore Gay Rights and Abortion Laws

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by John Tomasic, New Journalist Fellow

November 24, 2009 - 11:14am (Print)

Human rights advocates stated that a pledge signed last Friday by religious leaders that they won’t abide by laws supporting gay marriage or abortion "perpetuates the fallacy that equality and religious liberty are incompatible and that civil rights are another burden on religious people."
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Catholic Pastors Directed to Distribute Anti-Health Reform Materials at Mass

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by John Tomasic, New Journalist Fellow

November 3, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)

This past weekend the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops instructed pastors at parishes across the country to distribute material urging Catholics to oppose the health reform bills they say allow public funding for abortion.
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Anti-Choice Extremists Hold Contest for Burning Congressional Leaders in Effigy

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by John Tomasic, New Journalist Fellow

October 29, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)

"We're not violent" anti-choice extremists are holding a contest that includes asking supporters to burn Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in effigy.

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Can Colorado Sen. Schultheis Be Musgraved?

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by John Tomasic, New Journalist Fellow

August 12, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Republican Senate Candidate Tom McDowell wants to move the dial in Colorado Springs away from a social politics that puts abortion, gay rights and illegal immigration front and center.
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