Texas Department of Aging and Disabilities service wrote this an email to their employees across the state. It reads: "This is a reminder to all staff that prayer is considered a religious activity and therefore should not be included in unit/staff meetings at any time, not just the holidays."
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December 16th, 2010
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December 16th, 2010
Ireland's abortion laws face a landmark ruling today that could overturn the republic's sovereign right to protect unconditionally "the life of the unborn".
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December 16th, 2010
The European Court of Human Rights is to rule on whether Irish anti-abortion laws violate women's human rights.
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December 16th, 2010
Latent homosexual tendencies are not sinful, but rather temptations. The Catholic position is that homosexuality, like marital infidelity or gluttony, is not sinful until acted out. Is a recovering alcoholic guilty of the sin of drunkenness? No, but if he wallows in his drunkenness he is committing a sin.
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December 16th, 2010
An Austrian man has been fined for yodelling while mowing his lawn because it caused offence to his Muslim neighbours.
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December 15th, 2010
A new church has opened its doors in Ipswich, home to a growing congregation who previously met in a school.
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December 15th, 2010
Christians face growing marginalisation in Europe.
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December 15th, 2010
They have faced arrest, torture and death for their faith. But more than 40 years after the Cultural Revolution, Chinese Christians are getting bolder about sharing their faith in public.
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December 15th, 2010
The Director of Public Prosecutions has declined to bring charges against at least 20 people suspected of helping others to commit suicide, it was revealed yesterday.
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December 15th, 2010
Faith schools have increased their dominance in the primary league tables. Two thirds of the 50 best performing institutions were Church of England, Roman Catholic or Jewish.