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The ACLU is suing a North Carolina high school that suspended a student for having a nose ring. “Ariana Lacono, 14, says she and her mother belong to the Church of Body Modification.” Her lawsuit contends, “She should be able to attend public school without being forced to renounce her family’s religious…

The refusal of people to make distinctions is leaving room for religions that really are not religions at all. The British Government recently decided that some “self-proclaimed Druids—a ‘bunch of eccentrics’ who like to dress up in robes and prance around Stonehenge, chanting at the sun—belong to a…

One of the fastest growing religions in the United States is Wicca. In a recent survey, “nearly 2.8 million people now identify with dozens of new religious movements, calling themselves Wiccan, pagan, or “Spiritualist,’ which the survey does not define.” “Wicca, a contemporary form of paganism that…

FALSE GODS Any affection for this world is misplaced One hundred decoys were placed on the Izu peninsula of Japan to attract endangered albatrosses and encourage them to breed. For more than two years, a 5-year-old albatross named Deko tried to woo a wooden decoy by building fancy nests and fighting…

Religion today in the USA is a salad bar where people heap on upbeat beliefs they like and often leave the veggies - like strict doctrines - behind."There are so many ways of seeing God," public policy expert says, that "the highest authority is now the lowest common denominator." Such are key findings…