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Faith in the 2012 ElectionReligion emerged as an important issue in the 2012 presidential campaign. The personal religious identity of President Barack Obama and the Republican candidate, Governor...
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Commentary on the Election
This collection gathers together key statements from politicians, campaign officials, journalists, and others as they analyze and react to the role of religion in the 2012...
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Report of the Georgetown Symposium on Religious Freedom and Religious Extremism: Lessons from the Arab Spring
September 1, 2012
September 1, 2012
INTERVIEWS (84)
A Discussion with Ambassador Ochieng Adala, Executive Director of Africa Peace Forum in Nairobi, Kenya
July 14, 2010
July 14, 2010
A Discussion with Robert A. Seiple, First US Ambassador for International Religious Freedom
October 29, 2009
October 29, 2009
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Erin Mersino, Lead Counsel in HHS Contraception Mandate Lawsuit, Cites "Imminent Danger" When Filing an Emergency Motion to Halt Its Implementation
July 26, 2012
We have asked Judge Cleland to set a court hearing on our motion for the earliest possible time to prevent immediate injury to our clients’ right of conscience. Without the court’s intervention, the HHS mandate effectively penalizes their free exercise of religion. Our lawsuit is specifically about the religious freedom of our clients. [...Private businesses that oppose contraception] have no safe harbor and no exemption within the law. [We have therefore filed the emergency motion] to alert the court there is an imminent danger.