Tags: religious freedom
Conservatives Stoke Fear of Fifth Column

Sarah Posner.

Claim that alleged shooter took orders from the Muslim Brotherhood straight out of the Islamophobia playbook.

Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Is Muslim. So What?

Sarah Posner.

That doesn’t stop rumor, innuendo, and profiling.

Animal Sacrifice and Sexuality in Santería

Nick Street.

In the wake of a religious freedom victory, scholar Salvador Vidal-Ortiz discusses the concepts of “newborns,” “wives,” and the role of gays and lesbians in Santería.

Same-Sex Marriage: Good for Marriage, Good for the Pocketbook

Candace Chellew-Hodge.

Bishop Harry Jackson, pleading for the president to maintain the ban on same-sex marriage, calls it the number one domestic issue. But what about, say, the unemployment rate? Will the ban help those without jobs?

In Iowa Gay Marriage Ruling, Truth is the Winner

Peter Montgomery.

A new report shows that when Americans are assured that clergy aren't required to perform same-sex marriages an interesting thing happens.

Onward Christian Soldiers

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Army specialist Jeremy Hall, an atheist, discovered an intolerant fundamentalist culture in the armed services.

The Kremlin and the Church: Russia’s Holy Alliance

Konstantin Petrenko.

In the new Russia, where Putin attends Easter services in the capital’s main cathedral, it seems the era of religious repression is over—except if you are a Protestant.

Religious Freedom in Post-Castro Cuba

Lygia Navarro.

“The preschool teacher used to say to the kids, ‘Close your eyes, and ask God to give you a piece of candy,’[...] When the children opened their eyes, and saw there was nothing there, the teacher said, ‘See? God doesn’t exist.’”

Why are Nuns and Monks in the Streets? (Parts I & II)

José Cabezón.

The strongest Tibetan response to China since 1959 and the media is only getting part of the story...