Religion_Belief

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People take part in a Good Friday procession in Antigua, Guatemala, on Friday April 2, 2010. Holy Week commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

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Westboro Baptist Church member Gabriel Phelps-Roper, 10, and sister Grace Phelps-Roper, 13, protest at the funeral of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder in 2006. (Associated Press)

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The Rev. William Bulson (left) works with Cher Lor on a translation of the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer into Hmong. Mr. Bulson is a former pastor of Holy Apostles church in St. Paul, Minn., the only Hmong-majority congregation across the entire denomination. He describes the foundational text as "an embodiment of our life and our faith." (Associated Press)

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Conservative commentator Michelle Malkin

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**FILE** Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams addresses the General Synod of the Church of England, which passed a compromise resolution that recognizes the aim of the Anglican Church in America. (Associated Press)

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New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush lifts the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Saints' 31-17 win over the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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In this March 13, 2009 file photo Uwe Romeike and his wife Hannelore work with their children Daniel (13 yrs.), Lydia (10 yrs.), Josua (9 yrs.), Christian (7 yrs.) and Damaris (3 yrs.) at their home Friday, March 13, 2009 in Morristown, Tenn. The couple had moved into a modest duplex home while they sought political asylum because they say they were persecuted for their religious beliefs by home-schooling their young children in Germany. School attendance is compulsory there and educating children at home is not allowed. The German couple who fled to Tennessee so they could homeschool their children have been granted political asylum by a U.S. immigration judge on Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

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An Interior Ministry officer rings bells at an Orthodox church before a service in the village of Okolitsa, 30 kilometers ( 19 miles) east of capital Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. Belarusian Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas by the Julian calendar on Jan. 7.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

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Hebrew Day School students have a dress rehearsal for their Hanukkah play at their school in Silver Spring, Maryland, Wednesday, December 9, 2009. Hanukkah, also known as Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is held for eight nights, beginning on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, and may occur from late November to late December on the Gregorian calendar.(Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard sits in the offices of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which published cartoons that outraged many Muslims. (AP Photo)

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White House science adviser John Holdren. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** A Peace Corps volunteer works with local women in Liberia. About one-third of Peace Corps applicants are selected for service. (Peace Corps)

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The Chevy Cobalt is on the assembly line at the Lordstown Assembly Plant in Lordstown, Ohio. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Investigators examine a sweat lodge at the Angel Valley Retreat Center near Sedona, Ariz., where two people died in October 2009 after being overcome during a spiritual retreat. (AP Photo)

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Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosny says a Jewish “conspiracy” is to blame for him losing his bid for the post of UNESCO secretary general, for which he was long considered a favorite. (Associated Press)

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Lower the Cost of Textbooks is one of about 30 groups on Facebook protesting the skyrocketing costs of college texts. A new law requires publishers to release more information on pricing and to reduce selling materials as a package.

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** FILE ** Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voting members (from left) Orinda Hawkins-Brinkley, Diane Yeager, Marj Ellis and Steven Schnittke, along with others, pray during the church's General Assembly in Minneapolis in 2009, at which the denomination approved resolutions in support of gays.