Wyoming State Senator Invokes Jesus Dying to Defend Death Penalty
There's so much wrong with her argument.
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Dutch Church's Month-Long, 24/7 Service Is Saving a Family of Refugees From Deportation
The church faced a dilemma: "choosing between respect for the government and protecting the rights of a child."
Christian Group Clarifies That Trump Is Not Jesus
A perplexing billboard made their views on the matter unclear.
Meet the Iraqi Christians Trapped in Immigration Limbo
Chaldean-Assyrians aren't safe in their home country. But reuniting with family in a new one feels impossible.
Catholic Church Changes Doctrine To Oppose Death Penalty
The church's catechism now calls capital punishment "inadmissible" and says it's "an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person."
Jimmy Carter: Jesus Would Approve of Gay Marriage, and So Do I
The former president has "no problem" with gay weddings, though he adds that churches shouldn't be forced to perform them.
Anti-Sex Work Crusaders Now Coming for Legal Prostitution in Nevada
"Of course the voices of actual sex workers are nowhere to be found," says brothel worker and PhD student Christina Parreira.
Egyptian Dissident Cynthia Farahat: The Middle East Is Hungry for Free Markets and Free Speech
She started the first secular, pro-market party in Egypt. Then the government sent the secret police after her.
Are Free Minds and Free Markets Compatible With Christianity?
A baker's dozen Christian libertarians weigh in
Christian Cake Bakers and Gay Coffee Shop Owners: Why Freedom of Association Is for Everybody
Businesses shouldn't have to serve those who offend them.
Roy Moore Should Get a Female Muslim Uber to Drive Him to Saudi Arabia
His version of Christianity is the spiritual twin of Sharia
California Christians Should Go to Jail Rather Than Post State-Mandated Abortion Signs, Says Focus on the Family Founder James Dobson
"If California attempts to enforce this law, then do not comply."
Is Global Warming a Sign of the End Times?
A new Yale poll finds 14 percent of Americans think so
Good *Without* God? "Reason Rally" Draws Thousands of Atheists to DC
Penn Jillette, Bill Nye, and other non-believers gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to show their rising numbers and political strength
3 of the Most F*cked Up Ways the Feds are Controlling Sex Work
From telling hotel workers to look for used condoms to shuttering escort sites to nation-wide stings, cops are going after prostitutes with new energy.
Cruz, Rubio Tie God to Governing
Let's not treat Christian faith as a requirement for being a good president.
Chasing Trump Means Going for Religious, Anti-Gay Primary Voters
Cruz and Rubio rise as they focus on social conservatives.
The Corporate Christian Conspiracy?
A historian tries to blame "Christian libertarians" for the idea that America is a Christian nation.
Reason's Stephanie Slade to Speak About the First Amendment
The second annual Christians for Liberty conference is August 7-8 in Austin.
A Swingers Club Is Rebranded a Church To Evade Local Busybodies
"It will have the same rules that many churches observe" except adultery is OK.
A Swingers Club Is Rebranded a Church To Evade Local Busybodies
"It will have the same rules that many churches observe" except adultery is OK.
Fewer Christians in the United States: Fourth Great Awakening Over
Just as I predicted seven years ago
If ISIS Isn't Islamic, Were Crusaders Christian?
A summit on violent extremism at the White House aims to tackle radical Islamism in part by quibbling over definitions.
France Offering Asylum to Christians Driven from Iraq
They've been told to convert, pay fines, or face death.
Hope for the Dead
When the government takes away our free will, the government steals a gift from God; it violates the natural law; it prevents us from having and utilizing the means to the truth.
Fred Phelps Is Dead. Gay America Lives On.
Let's stop being obsessed about his increasingly irrelevant church
Supreme Court Rejects Asylum Bid for German Home-Schoolers
Wanted to come to America because Germany doesn't allow it
Rand Paul Is Right: Social Conservatives Should Embrace Libertarianism
The growing state, after all—not the atheist—is religion's biggest rival.
When Faith and Politics Don't Mix
From hunting and liquor laws to public education and marriage.
Social Conservatives Make Fundraising Plans
Operatives and donors from the Christian right recently met in Virginia
