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Matt Birk, the Baltimore Ravens' center who retired after the team's Super Bowl win, didn't join the team this week at the White House. He said it was because of President Obama's support for Planned Parenthood. "I am Catholic, I am active in the pro-life movement, and I just felt like I couldn't deal with that," he said. (Associated Press)
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Gary L. Edwards of Falls Church is a member of Samaritan Ministries International, a "health care sharing ministry" in which Christian members use monthly shares to pay for each other's medical needs. Such ministries are one of nine exemptions built into the Affordable Care Act, which goes into effect next year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The Amish also are exempted from President Obama's health care law because of religious conscience objections. There are roughly 280,000 Amish people living in the U.S. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** A protester participating in the Occupy Wall Street protests faces a police officer while marching toward Wall Street, Oct. 14, 2011, in New York. (Associated Press)
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Roy Costner IV of Liberty High School recites the Lord's prayer during his valedictorian speech in South Carolina. (Image: YouTube)
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Rep. Tom Price, Georgia Republican, attends a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor in downtown Washington on June 5, 2013. (Christian Science Monitor)
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Protesters light flares and shout slogans during a protest at Taksim Square in Istanbul, on Tuesday. Thousands have joined anti-government rallies across since Friday, when police launched a pre-dawn raid against a sit-in protesting plans to uproot trees in the square. Since then, the demonstrations have spiraled into Turkey's biggest anti-government disturbances in years. (Associated Press)
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A Jewish school from New York after a group of 100 high school kids were kicked off a flight, June 2, 2013. (Associated Press)
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Those who were not invited to the upcoming Bilderberg Conference near London plan to stage the Bilderberg Fringe Festival just outside the intensely private event. (Bilderberg Fringe Festival)
