Christian Democrats not forced to be in government - Gross
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PRAGUE/PARIS- The Christian Democrats are not forced to be in the government if they do not want, Prime Minister Stanislav Gross said during his visit to France today.
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The state should "back off" and allow charities or parents to run schools, the Liberal Democrat leader will say.
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BERLIN - Germanyâs governing Social Democrats avoided major losses in local elections Sunday in the countryâs most populous state, while the conservative opposition lost votes but stayed well ahead in a traditional stronghold for Chancellor Gerhard
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Germany's governing Social Democrats emerged from local elections in the country's most populous state Sunday trailing well behind the conservative opposition in projections, but party leaders were relieved they avoided major new losses.
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BERLIN, Dec 4  Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has written to German conservative leader Angela Merkel rejecting her proposal for a ''privileged partnership''between the EU and Turkey, the ...
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Dr. Chuck Baldwin, vice-presidential candidate on the Constitution Party ticket in the 2004 U.S. election, wrote a &ldquo;Food For Thought From The Chuck Wagon&rdquo; entitled I Am A Conservative Christian, And The Religious Right Scares Me, Too. Chuck Baldwin starts off demonstrating his Christian roots, e.g.I am currently in my thirtieth year as the Senior Pastor of the Crossroad Baptist Church (Independent) in Pensacola, Florida.Then he explains his opposition to the "Religious Right."Sadly, the Religious Right is now a movement without a cause, except the cause of advancing the Republican Party.[...] I used to believe that liberals were paranoid for being fearful of conservative Christians gaining political power. Now, I share their trepidation.
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The ruling Social Democrats in the Czech Republic have gained in opinion polls since the accession of Prime Minister Stanislav Gross.
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She doesn't cede religious turf to conservatives but dismays some liberals.
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Israeli political parties that oppose Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza withdrawal plan have no place in a future government coalition, one Cabinet minister said.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government will not force civic officials to perform gay marriages if doing so is against their religious beliefs, Justice Minister Irwin Cotler said Tuesday.
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Senate Democrats are "not going to cut and run" from a battle over President Bush's judicial nominations, the party's leader vowed Tuesday, adding that some Democrats regret not having blocked even more appointments.
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Germany's governing Social Democrats avoided major losses in local elections Sunday in the country's most populous state, while the conservative opposition lost votes but stayed well ahead in a traditional ...
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Â·  Anglicans decide they are not breaching doctrineÂ·   Vote could worsen split in worldwide communion
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Democrats turned to an evangelical Christian to give their weekly radio address on Saturday, citing a desire to avoid partisanship after last month's elections that gave them control of Congress.
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The Moral Majority leader brought fundamentalist Christians into politics, but he created a force he couldn't control
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Christian conservatives, traditionally a reliable Republican constituency, aren't necessarily a GOP gimme this time around. There is an undercurrent of concern that some evangelicals, unhappy that the GOP-led Congress and President Bush haven't paid more attention to gay marriage and other "values" issues, may stay home on Election Day or even vote Democratic.
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Blaming Margaret H. Marshall is not going to fix what is wrong with the Democratic Party. Marshall&#39;s decision on same-sex marriage did not cost the Democrats the White House last week.