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  May 22, 2012

  Dolan: Obama Administration Doesn't Understand Our 'Horror' Over Mandate Exemption

  The narrow religious exemption for the Obama administration's birth control mandate is "strangling," and the administration fails to understand the "horror" Catholics feel over the exemption, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said Tuesday on "CBS This Morning."

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  May 22, 2012

  After 29 Years, Cornerstone Festival Comes to a Close

  A summer festival that has helped launched the careers of many Christian artists, including Sixpence None the Richer, Jars of Clay, Newsboys and One Bad Pig, is calling it quits after 29 years due to the poor economy and financial difficulties. This year will be its last.

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  May 21, 2012

  43 Catholic Agencies File Suit Over Birth Control Mandate

  Forty-three Catholic agencies filed suit in 12 separate federal courts Monday over the Department of Health and Human Services mandate requiring employers to cover contraception, sterilization and some abortifacient drugs in their health insurance policies.

• May 20, 2012

  David Axelrod: Romney's Mormonism Should Not Be a Campaign Issue

  David Axelrod, a top adviser for President Obama's reelection campaign, said Sunday that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's Mormon faith should not be made an issue in the election. He criticized Romney, though, for not repudiating strongly enough proposals to make Obama's relationship to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright an issue.

• May 17, 2012

  Study: Romney's Mormonism May Help More Than Hurt With Voters

  While many have speculated that presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may harm his chances to win some voters, few have suggested the opposite. Could Romney's LDS faith help him win more votes? A new study published this month by The Brookings Institution, a left-of-center think tank, suggests the answer may be yes.

• May 16, 2012

  Catholic University Stops Providing Student Health Insurance Over Birth Control Mandate

  Franciscan University of Steubenville, a small Catholic university in eastern Ohio, has decided to no longer offer health insurance to its students rather than comply with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) birth control mandate.

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  May 16, 2012

  Wealthy Democrats: Stop 'Anti-Business Behavior'

  Some wealthy Democrats and Obama supporters have voiced concerns recently with perceived attacks by fellow Democrats on business and presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's business record.

• May 15, 2012

  Poll: Romney Edges Obama With Women Voters

  If there really is a "war on women," Republicans appear to be winning the battle for the female vote. A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney barely ahead of President Barack Obama among female registered voters.

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  May 15, 2012

  Gallup: Slight Majority Say Homosexuality Morally Acceptable

  A new Gallup poll shows that a slight majority, 54 percent, of Americans believe that homosexuality is acceptable. Forty-two percent say that homosexuality is morally wrong.

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  May 15, 2012

  Interview: Jonathan Haidt on Social Conservatives, New Atheists and Civility in Politics

  In his new book, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Religion and Politics, Jonathan Haidt, a social psychology professor at University of Virginia, argues that our intuitions come before our reasoning and our reasoning is usually a post-hoc justification for those intuitions. As a result, humans do a horrible job at understanding those with whom they disagree.