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			<title><![CDATA[Jason Collins and Tim Tebow: Lessons in being true to yourself]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-ln-jason-collins-and-tim-tebow-staying-true-to-who-you-are-20130430,0,5556088.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-04-30 15:23:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[On Monday, two stories captivated the sports world: pro basketball player Jason Collins came out as gay, and the outspoken Christian quarterback Tim Tebow was cut from the New York Jets.  

One man belatedly discovered the value in being true to himself,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mark Burnett and Roma Downey put faith in 'The Bible' for History]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-et-st-the-bible-history-survivor-20130303,0,2124887.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-03-03 07:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Mark Burnett, one of the most prolific reality-show producers on television, is going from scorched earth to burning bush. 

The former military paratrooper who made his name in Hollywood with back-biting, take-no-prisoners programs such as "Survivor,"...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[25 years ago: Pete Maravich's tragic trip to Pasadena]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-01-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Pete Maravich came to town 25 years ago, Jan. 5, 1988. No newspaper, local or national, had an obituary prepared. No need, presumably. 

Everything seemed normal that morning in the gymnasium at the First Church of the Nazarene in Pasadena. Maravich had...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[For the record]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-a4-0110-correx-20130110,0,4568705.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-01-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Animal shelters: A column in the Jan. 5 Section A about the euthanizing of impounded animals said that 50,000 animals are euthanized yearly in Los Angeles city animal shelters. The correct figure is 20,000 euthanized; 50,000 is the number of animals...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Marco Rubio: A hip-hop fan unsure of Earth's age]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-pn-rubio-hip-hop-earth-age-20121119,0,6204112.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-11-19 14:53:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for a sign that the Republican Party might have some leaders who can appeal to younger voters? Mitt Romney cited the Beach Boys, Garth Brooks and the Eagles among his favorite musicians, but Sen. Marco Rubio raised some eyebrows Monday with hat...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chick-fil-A says its donations 'mischaracterized' for months]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-fi-mo-chickfila-donations-mischaracterized-20120920,0,6074215.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-09-20 15:35:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A day after a Chicago official said Chick-fil-A would stop giving money to anti-gay marriage groups, the fast-food chain issued a statement saying that &ldquo;for many months now&rdquo; its corporate donations have &ldquo;been mischaracterized.&rdquo;

In...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chick-fil-A promises to stop giving money to anti-gay groups]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-fi-mo-chickfila-gay-moreno-20120919,0,7589614.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-09-19 11:09:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Chick-fil-A has pledged to stop giving money to anti-gay groups and to back off political and social debates after an executive&rsquo;s comments this summer landed the fast-food chain smack in the middle of the gay marriage debate.

The Civil Rights...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Locals react to NBA player's decision to come out]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-30 04:54:04</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Shawna Kemppainen hasn't closely followed the NBA in decades, not since Magic Johnson posters decorated her walls. 

But Kemppainen was a basketball fan again Monday when she learned that NBA veteran Jason Collins had come out as the first openly gay...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[National Day of Prayer Thursday]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-28 19:32:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Somerset County National Day of Prayer program will be held Thursday on the steps of the Somerset County Courthouse.  

The program will begin at noon and conclude at 1 p.m. There will be a short time of praise and worship beginning at 11:50 a.m....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Illinois Catholic couple taking on Obama over contraception mandate]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/ct-met-health-mandate-religious-challenge-20130225,0,4925675.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-02-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[An Oak Brook health care company and its Roman Catholic owners who don't want to include birth control in their employees' benefits still have no choice, despite exceptions to the contraception mandate proposed by the Obama administration this month....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Focus on the Family leader speaks on same-sex marriage]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/os-supreme-court-debates-gay-marriage-20130326,0,1030294.post?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-03-26 06:34:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments over the legality of gay marriage, NPR's Rachel Martin interviewed Jim Daly, head of Focus on the Family about same-sex marriage and Scripture. 

Here are excerpts of what Daly had to say: 

You know, when we look...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[God is no Yeti: a rumination on religion]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-10 02:52:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Several times, reading the comments beneath an online article about religion, I've come upon remarks along the lines of: "Really? A magic being in the sky?" Terry Eagleton, in "Reason, Faith, and Revolution," refers to this pseudo-critique as the Yeti...]]></description>
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