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Healing from LGBTQ exclusion requires acknowledging past pain

The faith experiences of many Queer Christians have unfolded in churches that once described themselves as “welcoming,” “inclusive” or “loving” yet stopped short of full affirmation. Some of those congregations have since changed. They now perform same-gender loving weddings, ordain…

Evangelical and Catholic leaders differ over Trump’s Iran war

Pro-Trump evangelicals are applauding his war in Iran, saying it will change history. But the nation’s Catholic leaders question its justification and morality while criticizing the administration’s “sickening” videos that blend footage of destruction and casualties in Iran with scenes…

Support for LGBTQ rights steady for most Americans

For more than a decade, PRRI has been tracking American attitudes about nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ individuals, religiously based service refusals, and same-sex marriage. In our latest report, we find that while solid majorities of Americans continue to support nondiscrimination protections and…

Save democracy from the SAVE America Act

The president continues to keep pressure on his party to pass the SAVE America Act after a 51-48 vote on March 17 bringing it to the Senate floor for further discussion. This bill would disenfranchise millions of voters and suppress…

Oklahoma House passes ‘Cindy Clemishire Act’ and ‘Trey’s Law’

On March 17, the Oklahoma House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass House Bill 4227, a piece of sexual abuse legislation now being referred to as the “Cindy Clemishire Act.” Cindy Clemishire is an Oklahoma native who was sexually abused…

Republican leaders won’t denounce Islamophobia

Republican fearmongering about Muslims and Sharia Law is generating plenty of pushback from Democrats and civil rights groups across the country, but next to nothing from GOP leaders in Congress. Islamophobic rhetoric is on the rise as conservative members of…

Scouting America faces pressure from Hegseth

Scouting America — previously known as Boy Scouts of America — is tightening its relationship with the U.S. Department of Defense and eliminating its DEI Committee and its “Citizenship in Society” merit badge. The changes come in response to acknowledged…

Clergy sexual abuse survivors tell their stories in Georgia

In a unanimous and bipartisan vote on Thursday, March 19, the Georgia House Judiciary Committee advanced SB-542, the Clergy Sexual Abuse Accountability Bill, following testimony from survivors, advocates and experts who described the realities of clergy sexual abuse and gaps…

7 best practices for derailing vitalization in your church

No, I can’t take credit for these effective best practices. Yes, they are brilliant and highly effective, but I didn’t create them myself. Instead, people in churches pursuing vitalization brought these to my attention. Actually, there are more than seven…

One thing complementarian ministries share with Epstein Files

One of the most disturbing revelations of the Epstein Files is how similar the power dynamics of the men at Epstein’s Little Saint James Island were to the men in mainstream complementarian ministries. Of course, most pastors aren’t actively assaulting…

Tennessee joins the fray on Ten Commandments law

The Tennessee Senate passed a bill March 19 mandating public schools display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms. The vote followed the February passage of a similar bill by the state House of Representatives and ignored a March 13 letter…

AWAB calls Baylor to give LGBTQ voices the same platform as TPUSA

Baylor University should grant LGBTQ students the same fairness and openness it has readily shown in allowing Turning Point USA to host an event on campus in April, the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists said. “AWAB affirms the importance…

Islamophobia is the next bogeyman

The Black Church cannot remain America’s emergency moral infrastructure

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