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New Federal Hate Crimes Law
Another gay rights issue that has divided people of faith is hate crime legislation. President Obama signed an expansion of the hate crime law that makes it a federal offense to attack people because of their sexual orientation. Some faith leaders welcomed the hate crime expansion, but others fear it would inhibit religious speech.
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Social media company experiments; Raising kids in interfaith families; Orthodox Epiphany
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We discuss the religion and ethics stories we expect to be covering in 2015.
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We review the top religion and ethics stories of the past year.
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Syrian refugees in Turkey; artists picture Mary the mother of Jesus; a Messiah sing-along.
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Churches and Conversations on Race; Human Rights in Colombia; Pilgrimages; Hanukkah
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Heroin and the Faith Community; Drugs of Last Resort
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Camden Priest; Inoculation Ethics
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Pope Francis Trip to Turkey; Recruiting Radical Muslims; Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica
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Muslim Initiatives Against Extremism; Church Relocation; Judaism and Feeding the Homeless
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Physician-Assisted Death; B Corp Business Ethics; Kent Nerburn
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Migrant Minors in Court; Buddhism & Nature; Church Rebuilds
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Tiny Houses for the Homeless; Joshua Bell; Sukkot