http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/ 15 A conversation on religion and politics with Jon Meacham and Sally Quinn en Copyright 2009 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:40:46 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.2-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss President Obama recently criticized a French law that prohibits Muslim girls and women from wearing body- and face-covering garments in public schools. "It is important for Western countries to avoid impeding Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit,"Obama said in Cairo, "for instance, by dictating what clothes a Muslim woman should wear." But French President Sarkozy this week gave his support to attempts to bar Muslim women from wearing veils such as the burqa. "The burqa is not a religious sign," Sarkozy said. "It is a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement. It will not be welcome on the territory of the French Republic." What's your view? Is this a private religious matter or a public/government one? Is the burqa welcome in America? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/06/the_burqa_in_america/all.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/06/the_burqa_in_america/all.html Personal Religion Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:40:46 -0500 Why do so many American politicians -- from Bill Clinton to Mark Sanford -- use religious language when they make public confessions of marital infidelity? Are they truly penitent or just pandering? How can we tell the difference? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/06/confessions_of_politicians/all.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/06/confessions_of_politicians/all.html Religion and Politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:09:30 -0500 Your reaction to the U.S. Senate unanimous resolution apologizing for slavery, the latest attempt by the federal government to take responsibility for 2-1/2 centuries of slavery. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/06/senates_apology_for_slavery/all.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/06/senates_apology_for_slavery/all.html Morality Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:21:40 -0500 Given the election-related turmoil in the Islamic Republic of Iran, can democracy ever take hold in a theocracy? How should the Obama administration respond to the disputed election and to Iran's ruling clerics? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/06/theocracy_and_democracy_in_ira/all.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/06/theocracy_and_democracy_in_ira/all.html Religion and Politics Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:38:30 -0500 New Hampshire became the sixth state to let gay couples wed. The new law was approved after revisions exempted members of the clergy from having to perform same-sex weddings and religious groups and their employees from having to participate in such ceremonies. Polls say regular churchgoers are more likely to support gay marriage with these 'religious liberty reassurances.' Is this a good solution to the divisive issue of gay marriage? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/06/clergy_exemptions_for_gay_marr/all.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/06/clergy_exemptions_for_gay_marr/all.html Morality Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:16:02 -0500 What's your reaction to Wednesday's shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Museum? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/06/holocaust_museum_shooting/all.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/06/holocaust_museum_shooting/all.html Religious Conflict Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:05:08 -0500 What's your reaction to Sunday's killing of late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in Kansas? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/06/george_tiller/all.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/06/george_tiller/all.html Morality Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:25:41 -0500 What's your reaction to President Obama's June 4 address to the Muslim world? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/05/obama_in_egypt/all.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/05/obama_in_egypt/all.html Religion and Leadership Fri, 29 May 2009 13:51:14 -0500 What should be done when parents rely on religion instead of medicine to heal sick children? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/05/faith_healing_or_child_abuse/all.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/05/faith_healing_or_child_abuse/all.html Morality Tue, 26 May 2009 03:53:36 -0500 Should the Catholic priesthood be restricted to single, celibate men? Do clergy restrictions based on gender, marital status or sexual orientation make sense these days? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/05/restrictions_on_priesthood_oth/all.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/05/restrictions_on_priesthood_oth/all.html Religion and Leadership Mon, 11 May 2009 14:28:47 -0500 What did you think of President Obama's commencement speech at Notre Dame? How will the Notre Dame controversy change the abortion debate in America? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/05/obama_at_notre_dame/all.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/05/obama_at_notre_dame/all.html Religion and Politics Sun, 10 May 2009 12:38:33 -0500 President Obama will sign a proclamation Thursday recognizing National Day of Prayer, but he won't follow President Bush's practice of hosting a related event at the White House. Should he do neither? Both? Should there be an official National Day of Prayer? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/05/national_day_of_prayer/all.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/05/national_day_of_prayer/all.html Religion and Politics Wed, 06 May 2009 05:27:17 -0500 The UN Convention Against Torture states that torture should be abolished because it violates "human dignity." From your perspective, what is wrong with torture? Should perpetrators be prosecuted? What does your faith tradition have to say about torture? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/04/the_problem_with_torture/all.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/04/the_problem_with_torture/all.html Morality Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:31:47 -0500 How would you respond to radical Muslim clerics in northwest Pakistan who are battling the Pakistani army and calling for expansion of Islamic law across the entire nation. Should any nation be governed by religious rules or authorities? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/04/should_religions_rule_nations/all.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/04/should_religions_rule_nations/all.html Religious Conflict Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:07:32 -0500 What's your reaction to President Obama's recent statements to the Muslim world that "the United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam" and that "we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation"? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/04/are_we_at_war_with_islam_are_w/all.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2009/04/are_we_at_war_with_islam_are_w/all.html Religious Conflict Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:03:27 -0500