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How Did an Evangelical Church Embracing LGBT Members Manage to Upset Just...
Most American churches seem to fall into one of two categories when it comes to LGBT rights: conservative churches that dig in their heels to defend their bigotry and welcoming ones that build...
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What the Marriage Equality Decision Looked Like in Puerto Rico
Same-sex marriage is now legal in all fifty states, which you all know because of the rainbow images all over your Facebook feed. But U.S. territories saw their laws change on Friday, too, and the...
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Even NASCAR is Saying No to the Confederate Flag
Even if you don’t enjoy watching cars race around in circles, you’ve got to be a little bit of a NASCAR fan this week.Brian France, NASCAR’s chairman, announced on Saturday that they would ban the...
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Turkish Gay Pride Parade Broken Up By Police
The Istanbul police’s violent response to the local gay pride parade last Sunday is a chilling reminder that the victory for marriage equality in the United States does not necessarily improve the...
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In Tanzania, Where Albino Children Are Targeted by Witch Doctors, One School...
In an overcrowded school in northern Tanzania, hundreds of albino children have found a safe haven from a culture that perceives them as demons or ghosts.Albinism is a genetic condition that affects...
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The Army Keeps Denying Heathens Official Recognition for No Good Reason
The United States Army has infringed on the rights of minority religious groups before, but this time, they risk being smitten by the hammer of Thor.For the past six years, Heathens (their word) in the...
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Serena Williams Breaks Jehovah’s Witness Rules Just By Playing Tennis
If you’re a Jehovah’s Witness, you’re not supposed to participate in competitive sports. An issue of the Watchtower made that clear a decade ago: “… if measuring ourselves against others — their feats...
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Pedophile-Protecting Former Archbishop Allegedly Cruised for Gay Sex in the ’80s
We’re used to the Catholic Church covering up sex scandals. So when an archdiocese says it’s “considering” the release of affidavits about a former archbishop’s sexual behavior, you have to wonder...
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Former CEO Accused of Sending $510,000 of Company Money to Psychics
Who do you call for health care advice if you’re a CEO who allegedly embezzled Medicaid funds? If you’re Erv Brinker (below), perhaps you call a psychic palm reader.Earlier this year, Brinker was fired...
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A Jury Will Soon Decide if Pro-Lifer’s Threat Against Abortion Provider Was...
The First Amendment doesn’t protect death threats — not even when you’re an anti-abortion activist who believes God is on your side. That’s the message that the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sent...
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America’s Next Top Model Throws Atheist Contestant Under the Bus
The most shocking news in this post might be that America’s Next Top Model is still on the air. Its 22nd season premiered last night on The CW, and it featured a contestant who describes religion as...
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Orthodox Jews Are Crowdfunding the Breeding of a Red Cow Because Religion
For millennia, Orthodox Jews have had no choice but to pray and wait for the perfect red heifer that will allow them to rebuild the Third Temple in Jerusalem.But with the deadline for the Messianic Age...
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UFC Fighter Chooses God Over Padding, Breaks Rib
It sounds like UFC Featherweight fighter José Aldo has taken too many hits to the head. After he withdrew from a fight last month with a rib injury, UFC President Dana White criticized his training...
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Indiana Woman Marries Jesus and Declares Herself a Virgin for Life
According to the Catholic Church, marriage is between one man and one woman — unless you’re marrying Jesus and declaring your eternal virginity. Last weekend, a woman in Indiana did just that, complete...
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Religious Crackpots Interpret Cool “Blood Moon” Eclipse as Sign of the...
Will the world end when an eclipse turns the moon blood red in parts of the world this month? Fringe groups of Messianic Jews and evangelical Christians aren’t sure, but they believe “something will...
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Alabama’s New Science Education Standards Are Surprisingly Awesome
Most of the time, we don’t think of Alabama as a state at the forefront of STEM education. Education Week gave Alabama’s public education system a D+ rating for 2015, ranking it 45th out of 50 states,...
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Chicago News Station Uses Nazi Imagery in Yom Kippur Segment
The Jewish High Holy Days are all about reflecting on past sins, and someone at WGN News (Chicago) has a big one to atone for. In a segment about Yom Kippur, which began Tuesday night at sundown, the...
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Well-Meaning Church Turns Yard into Homeless Campsite; Should the City Shut...
Usually, when Christians complain that the government is infringing on their religious liberty, they’re trying to do something awful like deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples or turn city council...
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America’s Oldest Jewish Congregation Sued After (Possibly) Firing Employee...
You’d probably expect the oldest Jewish congregation in America to be conservative, resistant to change, and (as a byproduct) intolerant. But Shearith Israel, which was founded in 1654 and was the only...
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