Going to hear a pastor preach on a Sunday afternoon is considered an act of piety. But when that pastor is Bell and he’s speaking in the heart of the Bible Belt, it’s subversive. Read also: Rob Bell: Through hell…
How the religious liberty executive order licenses discrimination
Sessions has already taken steps to oppose workplace protections against discrimination for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Now he will begin extending protections for those seeking a license to discriminate. Read also: White House aims for Thursday signing of religious…
More Americans than ever say polygamy is morally acceptable
The practice of polygamy, or having more than one spouse at the same time, is illegal in all 50 states. But the percentage of Americans who say the practice is morally acceptable reached an all-time high this year, according to a recent…
Study: Clergywomen close gender pay gap to 7 cents on the dollar
Women ministers are making dramatic strides in achieving equal pay with male clergy. Read also: Gender gap in clergy pay is ‘shameful,’ say some Baptist women Gender wage gap: A justice issue for the Church
Why Christians are abandoning the orphanage
A new focus on the family is changing how Christians care for abandoned and neglected children.
Brownback nomination further evidence that ‘religious freedom’ is code for ‘conservative Christian supremacy’
Wednesday was a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day for LGBT Americans and those who believe we deserve basic respect and civil rights. After the president’s hastily tweeted ban on transgender Americans serving openly in the military, the Justice Department’s unusual interjection in a federal employment lawsuit…
This is why disabled people were so devastated by the Christian silence on health care
As justice conversations are gaining steam, we talk a lot about race, immigration, religious liberty, misogyny and even LGBT discrimination. But disability? We don’t usually consider that a justice issue. We the disabled are even marginalized by those who consider…
Two pastors in Myanmar may face eight years in prison
Two Baptist pastors in Myanmar who have been imprisoned since Christmas Eve face up to eight years in prison for helping a journalist who photographed evidence of the Myanmar military’s bombing of a Catholic church.
5 faith facts about Sam Brownback, nominee for international religious freedom ambassador
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a Methodist-turned-Catholic politician, describes religious freedom as “the choice of what you do with your own soul.”
Most white evangelicals don’t believe Muslims belong in U.S.
Two-thirds believe Islam is not part of mainstream U.S. society and contend it encourages violence more than other faiths, while 72 percent see a natural conflict between Islam and democracy, according to Pew.
Trump’s evangelical advisors reportedly discussed transgender ban at White House meeting
Evangelical Christian leaders who informally advise the president discussed reversing the year-old policy two weeks ago at the White House, according to David Brody of Christian Broadcasting Network News.
Trump transgender ban a nod to Christian conservatives
His agenda stalled and his party divided, President Donald Trump veered into the nation’s simmering culture wars by announcing plans to ban transgender people from serving in the military.