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Faith in the 2012 Election Faith in the 2012 Election
Religion 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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Same-Sex Marriage Same-Sex Marriage
This collection gathers together key candidate statements on same-sex marriage from the primary and general election campaigns, illustrating how each candidate's...

AT THE CENTER

Daniel Brumberg on Transitology and the Obstacles Facing Muslim Democracies (Full Screen)
EVENTS (11)
Civil Rights in Muslim Democracies
January 28, 2013
The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution, and Democratization
May 26, 2011
Faith-Inspired Activism and Global Civil Society: The Experience of Pax Christi
May 23, 2010
PUBLICATIONS (7)
Global Catholicism and the Politics of Civil Society
July 1, 1996
"The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution, and Democratization" Conference Proceedings
June 1, 2012
Rethinking Religion and World Affairs
February 29, 2012
INTERVIEWS (86)
A Discussion with Marie Juul Petersen and Sara Lei Sparre, Islam and Civil Society in Jordan and Egypt
December 15, 2007
A Discussion with Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Founder, Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies in Cairo and the Arab Organization for Human Rights
December 12, 2007
A Discussion with Catherine Cosman, Senior Policy Analyst, US Commission on International Religious Freedom
May 22, 2011
LETTERS (25)
Dorothy Voorhees on the Decline of Religion in Politics in France
October 1, 2006
Lauren Calvello on Religious Expression in France
April 20, 2009
Melanie Pitkin on the Catholic Church and Recent Trends in Argentine Social Politics
December 1, 2009
POSTS (12)
Meetings Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development; Geneva, Switzerland, and in Cairo, Egypt: Back to Office Report
December 17, 2006
McCain Wins with Home Field Advantage
August 17, 2008
For Hillary and Dems, God Talk a Whisper
August 26, 2008

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Joe Biden on His Support for Same-Sex Marriage

Joseph Biden, Jr.
May 6, 2012
I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women marrying are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. And quite frankly, I don’t see much of a distinction beyond that.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-comfortable-with-same-sex-marriage/2012/05/06/gIQASQDf7T_story.html
Joseph Biden, Jr. Joseph Biden, Jr.
Joseph Biden is vice president of the United States. He took office in January 2009 after serving for thirty-six years as a U.S. senator from Delaware. When he was first elected in 1972, Biden became the sixth-youngest senator in U.S. history. In...