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California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage violates the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Tuesday.

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Catholic leaders upped the ante Monday, threatening to challenge the Obama administration over a provision of the new health care law that would require all employers, including religious institutions, to pay for birth control.

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Two weeks into a church-wide 21-day session of prayer and fasting, Fred Luter came to the conclusion that God wanted him to allow his nomination for the Southern Baptist Convention's presidency.

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President Barack Obama says one of the toughest parts about being president is that his wife has been dragged into the "political realm."

hcsp.jpgTwo groups are scheduled to protest the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. on Thursday morning. GetEQUAL, a homosexual activist group and Occupy DC will organize outside of the Washington Hilton Hotel to stand against The Fellowship Foundation, also known as "The Family" and "the rich and famous."

President Barack Obama shared personal stories about his faith and prayer life at the 59th National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, in Washington, D.C.

'Soul Train' Founder, Don Cornelius, Commits Suicide at 75

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Don Cornelius, creator of the long-running TV dance show "Soul Train," is dead at 75 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Los Angeles police tell the Associated Press.

Are Black Churches Making Black Communities Better?

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Church used to be the cornstone of all activity, what is it now?

Mitt Romney the Heavy Favorite to Win Florida Primary

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Mitt Romney finished his last day of campaigning ahead of the Florida primary feeling like he is going to win, leaving Newt Gingrich to try to chip away at what's become a wide lead in the state for the former Massachusetts governor.

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The Southern Baptist Convention's top public-policy expert says that Christians who still support President Obama are not using their heads.

More Than 100 Injured in Peru Earthquake

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For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. - Mark 13:8

Peruvian authorities say 112 people have been treated for injuries after a magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck the country's central coast. They say none of the injuries are life-threatening.

Obama Is Riding High as GOP Candidates Battle Each Other

hcsp.jpgFor once, Barack Obama is behaving like a president with the wind at his back, rather than one taking the full force of a political gale in the face.

US President Barack Obama at the Democratic Issues Conference in Cambridge, Maryland on January 27. For once, Barack Obama is behaving like a president with the wind at his back, rather than one taking the full force of a political gale in the face. (AFP Photo/Jewel Samad)
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Both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama face an uphill battle convincing voters that they share faith values that are similar to a largely Judeo-Christian America, according to a newly released book exploring the link between religion and the presidential election.

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I've never met Texas pastor T.D. Jakes. Not long ago, we both spoke at the same event--we served as the co-keynote speakers for the Evangelical Press Association meeting in his hometown of Dallas, but did not meet--and that was about as close as my association has been. He is certainly well known and influential... and in the "evangelical press" again this week.

How Important Is the Evangelical Vote?

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WORLD associate publisher Warren Cole Smith appeared in a segment on the evangelical vote that appeared on PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly. Warren addressed the concern that some evangelicals have about GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney's Mormonism.

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Lead pastor and author Bryan Crawford Loritts is asking the Reformed community to "repent" of their harsh criticism and one-sided attacks on Bishop T. D. Jakes in regards to his beliefs about the Godhead.

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Newt Gingrich abandoned his role as Mitt Romney's chief antagonist in Thursday night's presidential debate, going easy on the national GOP front-runner as a third candidate joined the fray in force.

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Pointing toward an evening debate, Mitt Romney jokingly urged supporters Tuesday to "just storm in" and support him even if they lacked tickets. Newt Gingrich warmed up with a particularly strong attack on Romney.

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President Barack Obama used his last State of the Union speech before the November election to paint himself as the champion of the middle class, by demanding higher taxes for millionaires and tight reins on Wall Street.

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Rev. O'Neal Dozier, the conservative pastor of Pompano Beach's Worldwide Christian Center, told the Palm Beach Post Sunday that Mitt Romney cannot win the presidency because Americans won't vote for a Mormon president.

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Newt Gingrich, the winner in the Palmetto State's GOP primary, may have benefited from South Carolinians' uneasiness with Mitt Romney's Mormon faith.


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