New Health Rule Affront to Religious Groups: Ramesh Ponnuru Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of Health and Human Services, says that a new health-care regulation ?strikes the appropriate balance between respecting religious freedom and increasing access to important preventive services.? Religious Caucus Causes Protest in Las Vegas A special Saturday night caucus intended to accommodate Orthodox Jews became the scene of controversy and confrontation after caucusgoers were told they had to sign a legal declaration. Contraception mandate outrages religious groups The Obama administration's decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs ... Religious-declaration requirement at special Nevada caucus rankles Ron Paul supporters LAS VEGAS ? A special Saturday night Republican caucus here intended to accommodate Orthodox Jews who could not vote before sundown became the scene of controversy and Religious trash talk goes mainstream in Israeli-Palestinian conflict With the Israeli-Palestinian peace process suspended, religious fundamentalists on both sides of the conflict are gaining wider influence. Palestinian and Israeli analysts alike warn that the trend could further complicate prospects for a resolution by turning a nationalist clash over territory into more of an absolutist religious war.
