Eighty-five percent of Americans claim some form of religious affiliation. The public display of religious symbols, though, is always controversial, whether we’re talking about the Ten Commandments in a courthouse or nativity scenes in a park. In the ongoing debate about religious imagery’s proper place, where do we draw the line between private faith and public religious expression?
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Conversely, those who wanted to break down the laws and symbols that distinguish Jews from non-Jews historically fought against this practice. ...
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Ithaca Journal - 11 Hours Ago
During the campaign, the church was subjected to considerable public scrutiny and debate. Authorities believe the fire was deliberately set. ...
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San Diego Union Tribune - 12 Hours Ago
Whether the cross is part of a memorial or purely a religious symbol is one of several points both sides disagree about. Even the height of the cross is in ...
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BurlingtonFreePress.com - 12 Hours Ago
Gerson and the written school policy distinguish between religious symbols -- a statue of the Buddha or a Christian cross -- and religious signs such as a ...
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Arizona Republic - 15 Hours Ago
Temples are considered houses of the Lord, and many of the Mormon faithful like to live in the shadows of their most sacred religious buildings. ...
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Jewish Press - January 07, 2009
There was no such thing as kashrus symbols or cholov Yisroel or glatt kosher. If you wanted to buy something, you would just read the ingredients on the ...
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Washington Report on Middle East Affairs - January 06, 2009
Some Israeli Jews maintain that living in occupied Palestine is a religious obligation—that they are a chosen people, and abide by all that identifies the ...
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PR Newswire (press release) - January 06, 2009
The refurbished Mahalia Jackson Theater will serve as a symbol of the rejuvenation of the city's cultural assets. The week will begin with a very special ...
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Cumberland Times-News, MD - 8 minutes ago
A leading secular state is France, where in 2004, religious symbols were banned in public schools. President Nicolas Sarkozy criticizes this type of ...
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WALB-TV, GA - 13 minutes ago
No one questions the cross, it's religious meaning or importance when properly used. City Manager Al Lott said it best: "This is not an issue of symbols ...
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New Statesman - January 06, 2009
As the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem put it, the dozens of Palestinians killed had been studying “first-aid, handling of public disturbances, ...
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Rockford Register Star - January 05, 2009
During the campaign, the church was subjected to considerable public scrutiny and debate. Authorities believe the fire was deliberately set. ...
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MinnPost.com - January 05, 2009
The day's lesson was on the world's religions and it began with the teacher reviewing religious symbols. "Now, we all know the cross is the symbol of ...
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San Francisco Chronicle - January 04, 2009
Any plans for including religious symbols, even as part of a multifaceted mosaic, were nixed. Even so, Bourne said she just wanted the room to convey that ...
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Herald Times Reporter - January 03, 2009
... or endorsing the establishment of religion by public displays of religious symbols that give the appearance of government sponsorship of religion. ...
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Salt Lake Tribune - January 02, 2009
In that tradition, the Epiphany service includes a blessing of water as a symbol of renewal and regeneration. Individual members can take some of the ...
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The National - January 01, 2009
Earlier in the day, a series of air strikes in Gaza City levelled additional symbols of Hamas’s rule over the costal enclave. ...
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Daily News Egypt - January 01, 2009
... religions in public settings. It is assumed that since religion is a private matter for everyone, personal religious symbols are just that — personal. ...
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Shreveport Times - December 31, 2008
Robertson said the Kings Highway Christian Church symbol is the chalice with the St. Andrew's cross. In the stained-glass window at the top of the east ...
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EDGE Boston - December 29, 2008
Along the way, the article pointed out, the church got some negative press due to a colony of religious polygamists in Texas, members of a cult whose ...
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