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Church & State: Where Politics, Government and Religion Intersect

A look at the faith-based agenda of the social conservative political movement as it has evolved in the last 30 years, from religion in schools to homosexuality in the military to government funding for faith-based and community initiatives.
The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
With his Armies of Compassion poised and ready to assist citizens in need, President George W. Bush launched the White House's controversial Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Here are the latest efforts to provide service organizations the funding they need to help others -- regardless of their religious or secular affiliations.
"Beyond Gay Marriage" -- The Weekly Standard
Stanley Kurtz, who writes for The Weekly Standard, takes a look at the issue of gay marriage and its potential future in this 2003 issue.
School Prayer: A Community at War
This website provides an intriguing look at how "religous freedom" can have two different definitions when it comes to prayer in schools.
The U.S. Military

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