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Poll: Opposition to gay marriage declining | The public backlash over gay marriage has receded since a controversial decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Court in 2003 to legalize those marriages stirred strong opposition, says a poll released Wednesday (Associated Press)
Tenn. pastor found killed, family missing | A church minister was found shot to death in his parsonage, and authorities were searching for his missing wife and three young daughters Thursday (Associated Press)
Penalise educated stay-at-home womenPvdA | MP Sharon Dijksma, deputy chairperson of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA), believes the punitive measure is needed to stimulate more women to join the workforce (Expatica, Netherlands)
Martyr remembered | Archbishop lauds Cranmer, the reformist trapped by political winds of change (The Guardian, London)
Pride goeth before the fall | To preen oneself on having resisted temptations one has never felt is no different from taking credit for victories over enemies one has never faced (Paul Campos, The Rocky Mountain News, Denver)
Visitors flock to see Jesus in drywall | People steadily flowed into a Saraland church Tuesday to see a wall on which, members say, lies a miracle-inspiring image of a crucified Jesus Christ (Mobile Register, Ala.)
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