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By David Briggs Religion News Service CLEVELAND (RNS) A coalition of Ohio religious leaders is asking for the battleground swing state to be a “Political Sleaze-Free Zone” for the 2008 election. We Believe Ohio kicked off the campaign at rallies in Columbus and Cleveland on Nov. 8, asking candidates and political parties to promote what…

United Press International Michigan – A vocal Michigan State University student group has landed alongside Klan factions and neo-Nazis on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s active hate groups list. MSU’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative student organization, has sparked debate and campus protests by bringing in speakers deriding homosexuality, Islam and illegal…

Associated Press Atlanta – Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue stepped up to a podium outside the state Capitol on Tuesday and led a solemn crowd of several hundred people in a prayer for rain on his drought-stricken state. “We’ve come together here simply for one reason and one reason only: To very reverently and respectfully pray…

Associated Press Baltimore – Chicago Cardinal Francis George, a defender of Catholic orthodoxy with extensive experience in Rome, was elected Tuesday as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. George won overwhelmingly in a vote at the fall meeting of the nation’s bishops. He had served the last three years as the conference vice…
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