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Supreme Court to hear case on prayer at government meetings

The Supreme Court agreed Monday (May 20) to consider whether prayers can be offered at government meetings — a practice that’s been common in Congress and throughout the states for more than two centuries.
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Franklin Graham calls IRS probe of ministry finances ‘un-American’

| May 17, 2013

Evangelist Franklin Graham blasted the Internal Revenue Service probe of conservative nonprofit groups as “un-American,” saying both the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the relief group Samaritan’s Purse were audited by the IRS.
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Anti-Shariah movement changes tactics and gains success

| May 16, 2013

After losing steam in recent years, the anti-Shariah movement has scored a string of victories by, ironically, leaving the words “Shariah” and “Islam” out of bills that restrict state courts from considering foreign law.
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Will North Carolina vote in anti-Sharia legislation?

| May 16, 2013

The latest version of House Bill 695, which prohibits the use of foreign law (such as Islamic Sharia law) in court cases is now headed to the North Carolina House for a vote. See an interactive timeline of the seven states with anti-foreign law legislation here. 
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BRIEF: Port City Sunday school class to focus on gun violence in America

| May 16, 2013

As part of a series of June adult Sunday School offerings, Winter Park Presbyterian Church will offer a five-week study focused on gun violence in America, and will explore how  the church can discern its role in this issue.
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Students’ right to pray and organize bills headed to N.C. Senate for a vote

| May 9, 2013

The Senate will soon vote on two bills related to both students' right to organize and govern religious organizations at colleges and universities statewide and students' right to pray in nondisruptive ways at school. 
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‘Nuns on the Bus’ will hit the road for immigration reform

| May 2, 2013

“The ‘Nuns on the Bus’ is going on the road again!” Sister Simone Campbell, head of the social justice lobby Network, told an enthusiastic gathering of faith leaders and charity activists at a Manhattan awards ceremony Wednesday (May 1). “This time we’re going out for common-sense immigration reform,” she said to rousing applause.
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NC NAACP leader and ministers released after state capitol pray-in protest arrests

| May 1, 2013

The 17 protestors were accused of trespassing among other charges while part of a pray-in protest against the voter ID bill that passed the N.C. House last week and goes on to the Senate. They were released early Tuesday morning (April 30).
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ANALYSIS: Have the bishops found their ‘attractive, articulate, intelligent’ spokeswoman?

| Apr 30, 2013

(RNS) A former adviser to Sarah Palin and an attorney with a long record of advocating conservative causes, will become the first spokeswoman for the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the USCCB announced Monday (April 29).
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BRIEF: N.C. governor sets this week as “Week of Prayer for North Carolina”

| Apr 30, 2013

A resolution passed unanimously by the N.C. House and Senate - House Joint Resolution 599 - also calls North Carolina to prayer.
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N.C. sex trafficker registration bill becomes law

| Apr 25, 2013

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed Senate Bill 122 into law Wednesday evening. The law, promoted by law enforcement and faith groups in the state, requires pimps convicted of prostituting minors to be registered as sex offenders after they serve their prison sentences.
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