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May 14th, 2012
06:21 PM ET
Source: Obama campaign hires faith outreach directorBy Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor Washington (CNN) - Just as it confronts fallout with some religious communities over President Barack Obama’s newly expressed support for same-sex marriage, the Obama re-election campaign is hiring a religious outreach director, an activist close to the campaign said Monday. Michael Wear, who currently serves as executive assistant to the executive director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, will join the Obama campaign in Chicago as Faith Vote Director, according to James Salt, a Catholic activist who is close to the Obama campaign and White House.  Family Research Council President Tony Perkins says the issue of same-sex marriage is not "a laughing matter."
May 14th, 2012
03:09 PM ET
Evangelical leader Tony Perkins knocks Rand Paul's 'gay' remarkBy Becky Perlow, CNN Washington (CNN) - You may disagree with it, but you shouldn’t make fun of it. That’s what conservative Family Research Council president Tony Perkins told CBS’s "Face the Nation" on Sunday about U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s arguably derogatory use of the term “gay.” “The president, you know, recently weighed in on marriage,” Paul, a Kentucky Republican, remarked to the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, a conservative group, on Friday. “And, you know, he said that his views were evolving on marriage. And call me cynical, but I wasn’t sure that his views on marriage could get any gayer.”
May 14th, 2012
10:43 AM ET
Televangelist's son preaches tolerance(CNN)–Jay Bakker, the son of fallen televangelist Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Messner, talks about the politics of gay marriage and tolerance with CNN's Don Lemon. Bakker is the co-pastor of his own church, Revolution Church in New York City. 
May 14th, 2012
05:55 AM ET
Dalai Lama silent on monk self-immolationsBy Richard Allen Greene LONDON (CNN) - The Dalai Lama refused to answer a question Monday about whether Tibetan monks should stop setting themselves on fire to protest China's occupation of Tibet. "No answer," he said, saying it was a sensitive political question and that he had retired from politics. He handed over political leadership of the Tibetan community to an elected prime minister last year. Self-immolation is becoming an increasingly common form of protest for Tibetans who want genuine autonomy from China and accuse Beijing of repression. More than 30 of them took place in the last year in China, Tibetan advocacy groups say. The Dalai Lama was speaking in London, where he is accepting the Templeton Prize, an award worth £1.1 million ($1.74 million) which honors "outstanding individuals who have devoted their talents to expanding our vision of human purpose and ultimate reality." The Dalai Lama will give $1.5 million to the aid organization Save the Children, he said. He is giving another $200,000 of the prize money to the Mind & Life Institute, and $75,000 to his own monastic community. FULL STORY
May 14th, 2012
04:31 AM ET
Belief Blog's Morning Speed Read for Monday, May 14By Laura Koran, CNN Here's the Belief Blog’s morning rundown of the top faith-angle stories from around the United States and around the world. Click the headlines for the full stories. From the Blog: CNN: Across country, black pastors weigh in on Obama's same-sex marriage support CNN: With or without Romney, D.C. a surprising Mormon stronghold |
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