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Lauren Markoe

Lauren Markoe covered government and features as a daily newspaper reporter for 15 years before joining the Religion News Service staff as a national correspondent in 2011. She previously was Washington correspondent for The State (Columbia, S.C.)

Obama pleads for tolerance in first visit to US mosque

In times of rising Islamophobia, President Obama made a plea for religious tolerance during his first presidential visit to an American mosque.

Pew study: More Americans reject religion, but believers firm in faith

Americans as a whole are growing less religious, but those who still consider themselves to belong to a religion are, on average, just as committed to their faiths as they were in the past — in certain respects even more so.

Many Conservative rabbis open to officiating at intermarriage

A controversial new survey of Conservative rabbis shows that nearly 4 in 10 (38 percent) would officiate at the marriage of a Jew and non-Jew if the Conservative movement lifted its prohibition on these unions.

Muslims prepare for weekend of anti-Islam protests

Muslim leaders and anti-bigotry activists are girding for a weekend of protests — some billed as “open-carry events” — by groups known for their anti-Muslim views.

Ted Cruz enlists evangelicals with campaign against Planned Parenthood

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is waging a campaign to defund Planned Parenthood, an effort involving pastors, sermons and fasting that the Texas senator insists isn’t political.

5 faith facts about Scott Walker: Son of a preacher man

Scott Walker, best known for picking a fight with Wisconsin’s unions that led to protesters’ occupation of the state Capitol, credits prayer and his church for delivering him and his family through trying times.

Righteous or repugnant? Religious responses to the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision

Some hailed the Supreme Court’s decision as righteous and holy. Others deplored it as an affront to God.

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