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In some states, it is illegal to turn down a same-sex couple when you're placing children for adoption. That's discrimination. But in the Catholic church, the sacrament of marriage is defined officially as the union of a man and a woman. So a Catholic adoption agency is torn between its faith doctrine and what it sees as a faith obligation to help orphans.

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Many who later lost faith in Fidel Castro can remember how they once admired the man who needed just a dozen men to launch the Cuban revolution.

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State Department lawyers need to have the evidence to back up the charge before they make it. Here's Nebraska Republican Jeff Fortenberry questioning…

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Hispanics are the fastest-growing evangelical group in the country right now, an important constituency. But Trump's views, especially his views on i…

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Many immigrant groups have faced hostility. The Irish did in their time. Jews did. Italians did - and now, Muslim immigrants.

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The First Amendment to the Constitution says government can't establish a religion, but neither can it limit the exercise of religion. And that's the…

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The country has already become multicultural. Given immigration trends, it will only grow more diverse, and these new Americans want to share in thei…

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Fidel Castro is one of the most inspiring leaders of the 20th century.

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Muslim immigrants like himself encounter prejudice here [in U.S.] but also find political and religious freedom.

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There's a culture war in this country. Americans in recent years, as you know, have become more secular. They don't go to church as often. Bible read…

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