President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas said that the US has not been clear on whether they will reject Palestine UN bid to become a state in September based on the pre-1967 lines. A report from the Jerusalem Post indicated that the PA has heard opposition from mediators, but not from the administration.…

“So long as there are differing interpretations of Christian Scripture,” writes Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, in the Washington Post‘s On Faith section, “there can be ‘Christian terrorism.’ He continues: Anders Behring Breivik justified his views and actions through a lens of what is in my mind…

Self-confessed Norweigan mass-murder suspect Anders Behring Breivik calls himself a “cultural Christian,” writes Mathew N. Schmalz in the Washington Post‘s “On Faith” section. Religious Christians, Breivik observes, have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, which Breivik does not claim to have, notes Schmalz, who is a professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross in…

Texas Congressman John Culberson from Houston went undercover at a Veterans Administration funeral — dark sunglasses and all — as KTRH NewsRadio 740 followed. He is one of several Texas lawmakers upset by accusations that Houston National Cemetery Director Arleen Ocasio won’t let veterans use “God” or “Jesus” during military services. The Republican says he’ll use…

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