Public Prayer Verdict Shows Its True Colors
This May, the Supreme Court’s Town of Greece vs. Galloway ruling allowed sectarian invocations at…
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Fear Not, The IRS Isn’t Colluding With Angry Atheists
Here’s a headline crafted to strike fear in the hearts of Christian conservatives, already primed…
Read MoreObama Caves on (Another) Contraception Exemption
On Friday the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it would capitulate to…
Read MoreNever Mind the Libertarians, Here’s the ‘Pragmatist Moment’
By the third paragraph of Robert Draper’s recent New York Times Magazine cover story, “Has the ‘Libertarian Moment’…
Read MoreCatholic Bishops Throw Cold Water on Ice Bucket Challenge
Bishops in two Catholic dioceses are discouraging parishioners from participating in the popular “ice bucket…
Read MoreWhere Are “Religious Liberty” Advocates After Police Raid of Ferguson Church?
The Interfaith Alliance, a church-state separation and religious liberty advocate, today sent a letter to…
Read MoreGoogle Data Reveal Poor Have An Interest Above “Dark” Religion
The estimable David Leonhardt made a media thing happen over the past few days with…
Read MoreWhy Isn’t Ferguson the Start of a New Civil Rights Movement?
The news out of Ferguson has been dominated by discussions of police brutality and the…
Read MoreUgandan Anti-Gay Fallout: New Laws, New Violence, New Underground Railroad
This week’s global LGBT recap again highlights vast differences in legal status for LGBT people,…
Read MoreControversial Feminist Theologian Speaks at Nuns’ Final Assembly Without Vatican Oversight
The Outstanding Leadership Award at the LCWR’s last annual assembly without the direct supervision of Vatican overseer Archbishop…
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