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2. GVSU Interfaith lecture encourages civility
  
  Explore Grand Valley Lanthorn Apr 11 2013 Interfaith , Proselytization
  
  ...ited to new library Sneak Peek event * GVSU prepares to fight cancer * Senators pass the torch to new Student Senate People ranting and raving about their belief systems is nothing new. Many students have probably heard ...
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3. Interfaith activist addresses GV community
  
  Explore Grand Valley Lanthorn Apr 4 2013 Proselytization
  
  ... Courtesy / Fred Stella Fred Stella Possibly Related * The clock tower goes blue in honor of autism * Student Senate passes university committee’s resolution * Student obligations crowd schedules as finals week approache...
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4. A state religion? What’s next, North Carolina, secession?
  
  Explore washingtonpost.com Apr 4 2013 Separation of Church & State
  
  ...g to worry. Since Republicans swept the North Carolina state government, from the statehouse to the House and Senate, the tilt right has been unmistakable. But the latest move out of Raleigh has even a lot of die-hard co...
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5. House Passes Bill To Allow FEMA Aid To Houses of Worship Damaged In Hurricane Sandy
  
  Explore Religion Clause Feb 14 2013
  
  ...tives passed HR 592, the Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act. The bill, which now goes to the Senate for consideration, adds houses of worship to the list of types of private non-profit facilities eligibl...
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6. Interfaith, Only If You Ignore The Rest
  
  Explore HAF Blog Jan 23 2013 Interfaith
  
  ...o serves as a representative of the Dharmic faiths. Still, it is stunning to believe that in a year where the Senate has its first Buddhist member, and Congress has its first Hindu member altogether, that the Presidentia...
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7. Tulsi Gabbard, the first 'practicing Hindu' in House of Representatives
  
  Explore articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jan 7 2013
  
  ...istory, including a record 101 female lawmakers, of whom 81 are in the House of Representatives and 20 in the Senate. Congress also has 43 African-American lawmakers, 31 Latinos, 12 Asian-Americans, and 7 openly gay or b...
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8. Ami Bera, Tulsi Gabbard create history in US Congress
  
  Explore Desi News Jan 4 2013
  
  ...Asian-American and Pacific Islanders, and seven gay and bisexual members are now new members of the House and Senate. (Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in) ...
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9. PM says marriage, divorce bills for Christians, Hindus on card
  
  Explore The Nation Dec 13 2012
  
  ...elopment of the country. He mentioned that the government had increased the number of seats for minorities in Senate besides fixing a quota in civil services. He said Pakistan’s role in protecting human rights had been r...
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10. Tulsi Gabbard, First Hindu Elected To Congress, Will Swear In On Bhagavad Gita, Sacred Hindu Text
  
  Explore huffingtonpost.com Nov 20 2012
  
  ...a, a sacred Hindu text. While no religious ceremony is legally required for those elected to Congress and the Senate, many choose to take oaths of office over Christian and Jewish texts, and Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison,...
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11. First Hindu elected to Congress
  
  Explore CNN Political Ticker Nov 13 2012
  
  ...ellow Hawaiian Mazie Hirono, the first Buddhist to be elected to the U.S. Senate. Twenty women will be in the U.S. Senate in January, including Wisconsin Democratic Representative Tammy Baldwin, the first openly-gay sena...
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12. Asian Americans vote overwhelmingly for Obama
  
  Explore The Borneo Post Online Nov 8 2012
  
  ... of the Hindu American Foundation. — AFP Mazie Hirono, who held the seat that Gabbard won, was elected to the Senate. She will be the first senator who is Buddhist and the first who was born in Japan. “Congress is slowly...
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13. Buddhist, Hindu Make History With Elections To Congress
  
  Explore huffingtonpost.com Nov 8 2012
  
  ...in Congress. Democrat Mazie Hirono beat former Gov. Linda Lingle (R), making Hirono the first Buddhist in the Senate. In Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District, Democrat Tulsi Gabbard defeated Republican opponent Kawika Cro...
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14. US: Election of Tulsi Gabbard to Congress a milestone for Hindu ...
  
  Explore IBNLive Nov 7 2012 Human Rights
  
  ...the forefront to bridge the bipartisan divide. With a Hindu and a Buddhist representation in the Congress and Senate we are excited that a dharmic approach, an inside out approach to life will get highlighted," Bhargava ...
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15. 1st Hindu in United States Congress Elected and Hails from Hawaii
  
  Explore Chakra News Nov 7 2012
  
  ... state’s second district in July. She replaces Mazie Hirono, a Buddhist, who subsequently won Hawaii’s vacant Senate seat. “Gabbard is an incredibly inspiring leader whose political rise is a testament to the greatest id...
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16. Politics | Government & Politics | Hawaii ...
  
  Explore Religion News Service Nov 1 2012
  
  ...e would welcome a Hindu into Congress. When self-proclaimed "Hindu statesman" Rajan Zed was asked to open the Senate with a prayer in 2007, the American Family Association called the prayer “gross idolatry” and urged mem...
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