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Is the pressure to be perfect Christians undermining the church?

Demetria L. Lucas
OPINION - If Christians want to maintain relevance among the younger set, it would be helpful if those with holier-than-thou attitudes stopped alienating other flawed members of the flock...
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Singer Fantasia Barrino

Fantasia on Instagram: 'Gay marriage is legal, but yet I'm judged'

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EBONY - Even some Christians found fault with Fantasia’s post, saying her wording implies that same-sex marriage should be judged more harshly than adultery...
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally at Doolittle Park on October 24, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Obama is on a 48-hour campaign tour of battleground states, including Colorado, Florida and Iowa. (Photo by John Gurzinski/Getty Images)

Anti-Obama mailer: 'We are no longer a Christian nation'

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - The pamphlet, paid for by the advocacy group Citizen Link, does not claim to support Mitt Romney, but it is aimed at the strongly Christian residents of Iowa...
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Faith and fasting with diabetes

Constance Brown-Riggs
OPINION - Many religious faiths recommend spiritual strengthening through periods of prayer and fasting. While fasting is a commendable spiritual practice, it’s one that could come with major health risk when you have diabetes...
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7. Church – According to a 2011 National Black Catholic Survey, black Catholics, though small in number, are more engaged in their parishes than their white counterparts, with 59 percent reporting regularly attending services, compared with 35 percent of whites.

When social issues and faith collide

Delano Squires
OPINION - President Obama's support for same-sex marriage rights has been a hotly debated topic recently, especially within the black Christian community...
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A black choir sings in church in Harlem.

Pastor advises black women to stay single

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - What really distinguishes 'Call Tyrone' from other black dating books by men is Johnson's suggestion that the single life might be a gift from God.
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Rush Limbaugh (2009 photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Limbaugh criticized Obama for cracking down on Kony

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - It has been discovered that Rush Limbaugh defended the internationally vilified Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony on his radio show...
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