This spring, California assemblyman Evan Low introduced legislation that would have designated paid “conversion therapy” services as a fraudulent business practice. Until last week, Low’s measure seemed set to pass. It moved through both of California’s legislative chambers and governor Jerry Brown…
Deal unlikely in Mormon church sexual abuse case: Lawyers
Mormon church lawyers said this week it’s unlikely they will reach a settlement with a woman who accuses the faith of covering for a former missionary leader who she says raped her in the 1980s.
Banned from meeting in church, Rwandan worshipers gather at home
Grace Umutesi has secretly been conducting services in her house in the Bannyahe slum on the outskirts of the capital since officials shut down her church in July for failing to comply with building safety standards and other regulations.
New Book Details Harms of Evangelical ‘Purity’ Movement and the Obstacle to Change
When Linda Kay Klein was a teenager growing up in the Midwest, she dreamed of being cast as a virtuous woman or pious martyr in church plays.
Woman Accusing Mormon Leader Of Rape Speaks Out Against Him At Church Service
A woman who claims a former Mormon leader raped her in the 1980s staged a protest from the pulpit of the accused man’s Arizona church on Sunday.
Anne Graham Lotz: My Breast Cancer Is ‘Fuel for the Fire’
The popular evangelist and author received the news “three years to the day … at the very same time of day” as her husband Danny Lotz’s death by drowning in 2015.
Why work has failed us: Because it’s making it impossible to start a family
Julia Smith, a public defender in a major city in the northeast, has made every major life decision over the last few years based on the cost of childcare.
Aretha Franklin’s family says eulogy was offensive
The late Aretha Franklin’s family said Monday (Sept. 3) that it found an Atlanta pastor’s eulogy delivered at the Queen of Soul’s funeral last week to be offensive and distasteful.
More than half UK population has no religion, finds survey
The Church of England is facing a catastrophic fall in the proportion of young adults who describe themselves as Anglican as data shows an acceleration towards a secular society.