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In their fight to pass legislation allowing military chaplains to offer sectarian prayers at public services, conservative congressional leaders have lost an erstwhile ally: the Orthodox Union. The O.U., an organization that represents about 1,000 congregations and often joins Christian conservatives in their fight to lower the wall separating church and state, has weighed in…
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News Groups Fight Bills Aimed at Wooing Evangelicals
WASHINGTON — As congressional Republicans press a series of legislative initiatives aimed at mobilizing religious conservative voters, Jewish organizations are fighting two of the measures that they say would further erode the wall separating church and state. The first measure being opposed by Jewish organizations would ease the limitations on sectarian prayers by military chaplains….
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News Groups Push For Sanctions, Fear U.S. Will Falter on Iran
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WASHINGTON — Two American scholars who earlier this year authored a paper charging that the “Israel Lobby” had seized control of America’s Middle East policy have reopened their attacks, this time claiming that Jerusalem’s allies pressured the Bush admini stration into supporting Israel during its recent war in Lebanon against Hezbollah. At an August 28…
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News Bush, War Veterans Dive Into San Diego Cross Fight
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