Tony Cook

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Indiana lawmakers agree to amend ‘religious freedom’ law

By Tony Cook — April 2, 2015
INDIANAPOLIS — Senate President Pro Tem David Long said the change will "unequivocably state that Indiana's (religious freedom) law does not and will not be able to discriminate against anyone, anywhere at any time."

GUEST COMMENTARY: One Nation, Under God, Indivisible

By Tony Cook — September 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) As Americans marked the five-year anniversary of 9/11, they did so with varied and complex emotions _ anger paired with determination, pain of loss countered with joy in loved ones’ memories and even fear or hatred for those who attacked us. But as we look back on that dark […]

NEWS FEATURE: Religious Objects Recycled for Needy Churches

By Tony Cook — February 4, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service UNDATED _ Sister Elias Freeman is an unlikely scavenger. But scavenger she is, her habit billowing in the chill of a January breeze, glasses glinting in the light, as she cajoles bigger and richer churches to give up their old bits of holy things so that those bits can find […]
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