The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has created a new set of rules that allows women who work for \"closely held\" for-profit corporations to obtain abortion-inducing contraceptives – even if their employer refuses to pay for them because of a religious objection.
Homosexuality is \"out of the closet,\" but conservative columnist Ed Morrissey writes in a new editorial that religion has been shoved in. Morrissey, host of his own show at Hot Air, said in the commentary that \"secular heretics\" – bakers, florists and photographers who refused to provide ...
A Baptist pastor in a small Texas town is trying to dissuade his congregation from protesting the construction of a Muslim cemetery, mosque and Islamic training center next to the town. Bart Barber, pastor of First Baptist Farmersville, sent the message to his congregation after controversy erupted ...
Abortion as a birth control practice would go away if Christians would do the same – that\'s the conclusion of the latest liberal attack on Christianity by psychologist Valerie Tarico. A writer for Huffington Post and other left-leaning publications, Tarico claims in a new commentary at Raw Story – ...
The atheist Freedom from Religion Foundation is slamming Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback for issuing a \"superfluous and pointless executive order\" assuring clergy in the state that the government will take no action against ministers or churches who refuse to participate in same-sex weddings. The group ...
In a new video interview with HuffPost Live\'s Mark Lamont Hill, Jimmy Carter says he believes Jesus is just fine with gay marriage. And the former president is, too.
Israel\'s foreign ministry is bristling at a new resolution from the United Nation\'s Education & Science Organization (UNESCO) which attributes Arab names to Jewish sites, ignores ancient Jewish claims to Jerusalem, and downplays Christian ties to the city. The resolution refers to the Wailing ...
A Southern Baptist Church in Longview, Texas, has placed one of its paid musicians on indefinite leave after he officiated a same-sex wedding ceremony, the Longview News-Journal has reported. The musician claims he knew his actions could cause a rift with the church, but argued he was doing the ...
The Satanic Temple is looking for a new home for its nine-foot-tall statue of its god, known by many names – the Devil, Beelzebub, the Beast and \"the god of this age\" among them. The \"temple,\" which claims its mission is to preserve the separation of church of state, likes to poke a proverbial ...
Twenty-five Syrian soldiers have been executed by ISIS militants in the ancient Roman amphitheater at Palmyra. While executions are nothing new with ISIS, it is the age of the executioners that has sent shock waves through the international community. All were children and teenagers, dressed in ...