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Rockwall County courthouse in Texas unveils illegal Ten Commandments monument

Ché Ahn says drug users must choose between Christian rehab or Bible lessons in prison

The evangelical Christian hit “Testify to Love” just got a powerful pro-LGBTQ reboot

A secretive Christian sect is pressuring members to purge their pets

A board game forum rejected ads for “Possess Me, Satan” over fears of demonic oppression

Former "ex-gay" leader Alan Chambers charged with soliciting a minor

The GOP wanted to punish liberal arts degrees. They may destroy Christian colleges instead.

Mary Miller’s “In God We Trust” bill is Christian Nationalism in a nutshell

Christian megachurch founder Brian Houston shared adult content on social media. Again.

California judge bans Kars4Kids ads for hiding Orthodox Jewish agenda

USDA employees sue after Sec. Brooke Rollins promotes Christianity in official emails

White House to host taxpayer-funded Christian Nationalist rally in D.C.

MAGA pastor says Trump understands the Bible better than Pope Leo

A private Muslim event at a Texas water park was legal. Greg Abbott shut it down anyway.

Daystar’s Joni Lamb dies at 65, leaving behind scandal, cover-ups, and COVID lies

Hate-preacher Greg Locke admits lying about Joel Osteen and Kenneth Copeland

Southern Baptist membership hits another 50-year low as Americans keep walking away

Richard Dawkins was seduced by a glorified autocomplete engine

The dark legacy of Paul Pressler and the Southern Baptist Convention

A Christian phone network aims to purify the internet by blocking reality

Florida pastor resigns after adult son, a youth pastor, caught in child predator sting

Norway’s highest court upholds state funding for Jehovah’s Witnesses

Two more Democrats have joined the Congressional Freethought Caucus

Ex-Spokane mayor demands $10M from city after backlash over extremist prayer rally

The final report from Trump’s "Anti-Christian Bias" task force reveals... nothing

Pastor who wrote book on biblical marriage arrested for alleged bigamy

Megachurch pastor’s Senate tease sparks ethics complaint from Kansas Republicans

After baseless attacks on the SPLC, Pastor Joel Webbon says America needs “more racism”

Religious "switching" is an existential crisis for the Catholic Church

Indiana Lt. Gov. faces backlash after calling high school band kids “demonic”

Trump replaces Navy Secretary with man who claimed witches took over a California city

A Satanist just won a religious exemption for bathroom access in school

Mormon Church sues critic John Dehlin over "Mormon Stories" podcast

Texas can force Ten Commandments posters in public schools, appeals court rules

Supreme Court to decide if anti-LGBTQ Catholic schools in Colorado can receive public funding

Are young men really becoming more religious? The numbers aren't so clear.

After angering Christians all week, Trump will read from the Bible as a publicity stunt

70% of Americans say Trump isn’t religious. White evangelicals don’t care.

He won a major school prayer case. It took years to get a proper obituary.

Utah Democrat Nate Blouin faces ridiculous backlash over decade-old comments

In final meeting, Trump’s "Religious Liberty" chair calls church/state separation a “lie”

Eric Swalwell’s resignation caps an up-and-down history with secular humanism

A barista says she was fired for her Christian faith. The facts are far more nuanced.

Texas Board of Education moves ahead with plan to force kids to read the Bible in public schools

National puppetry group faces backlash for platforming anti-LGBTQ Christian puppetry group

Pastor faces manslaughter charge after man dies in baptism gone wrong

Cedarville professor who preached sexual morality charged with multiple sex crimes

School district cuts ties with group that secretly targeted kids for conversion to Christianity

Florida attorney general says state can ignore its own constitution to fund religion

Trump-appointed FEMA leader says he teleported to Waffle House

These Christian men want women barefoot, pregnant… and off the voter rolls

Mormon leaders double down on transgender exclusion in new handbook update

Federal judge shuts down Christian ministries’ bid to kill Johnson Amendment

Supreme Court hands victory to anti-LGBTQ “conversion therapy” advocates

Federal judge orders removal of Ten Commandments display outside Arkansas Capitol

Bulls cut Jaden Ivey after anti-Pride rant (but not because he’s Christian)

Texas’ new “Religious Liberty” committee is another Christian power grab

Franklin Graham told Trump he can still get into Heaven. That’s the problem.

Palestinian teen bullied by teacher over Pledge protest wins legal settlement

UK-based Bible Society admits claim of "Quiet Revival" of faith was based on bad data

"My faith is not in climate change”: Minnesota GOP lawmaker doubles down on denial

Ché Ahn says God told him to run for governor. California says he can't be on the ballot.

Catholic priests say charging them with sexual abuse violates their religious freedom

A strategic lawsuit in Oklahoma could block public money from funding religious schools

Jehovah’s Witnesses issue "clarification" on blood transfusion ban after decades of suffering

Christian Nationalist Mark Robinson finally admits sex shop stories were true

Another Duggar has been arrested for sexually abusing a child

Extremist pastor plots comeback campaign in deep-red Oklahoma district

Nebraska "prophet" says God needs him to have access to a private jet

Federal judge blocks Arkansas law forcing Ten Commandments displays in public schools

A Utah lawmaker didn’t try to codify the Mormon "Word of Wisdom." He was just making a point.

South Australia political party dumps Christian candidate over anti-gay, anti-feminist rants

Alabama House passes bill forcing public schools to begin day with student-led prayer

Indiana judge says state's abortion ban violates religious freedom of those seeking abortions

Texas backs down after accusing agency of religious discrimination in driver handbook

GOP congressman says Muslims "don’t belong in American society” while his party shrugs

Georgia is finally on the verge of criminalizing sexual exploitation by clergy members

The myth of evangelical persecution gets a new platform in the Washington Post

Rhode Island uncovers decades of clergy abuse—and a Church that still won’t fully cooperate

Despite 4,000+ errors, Texas won’t abandon its Bible-heavy "Bluebonnet" curriculum

Texas Republicans passed a bill creating prayer time at school. 99% of districts rejected it.

Before you share that story about how troops were told the Iran War is for "Armageddon," read this

Texas megachurch pastor John Hagee is selling Trump's Iran conflict as God's plan

A Nashville woman was prepped for sterilization surgery. Then the Catholic hospital blocked it.

Megachurch pastor forced to repent for recording consensual sex with his wife

Kentucky Supreme Court crushes charter school scheme to drain public education funding

"Pro-life" Tennessee GOP pushes amendment to murder women who have abortions

Christian Nationalism has captured the Republican Party

Kansas House passes bill making clergy mandated reporters... but Confession loophole remains

Ten Commandments posters must go up in schools before Louisiana families can sue, says federal court

A Tennessee bill would force Bible lessons and prayer in public schools

Trust in clergy members hits record low, Gallup finds

Ex-pastor at Greg Laurie's megachurch: I'm too broke to fight all these sexual abuse lawsuits

Instead of being honest, Southern Baptists are whitewashing the bigoted legacy of Wiley Drake

The anti–Project Blitz: How the KPOP Act fights Christian Nationalism in public schools

Two more Democrats join the Congressional Freethought Caucus

Oklahoma rejects proposed religious charter school. Supporters already plan to sue.

GOP lawmaker asks God to cleanse government of non-believers at Christian Nationalist event

Trump's "Religious Liberty Commission" just got sued for its pro-Christian bias

Oklahoma finally scraps Bible-heavy, conspiracy-laced Social Studies standards

The "He Gets Us" campaign has a PR problem no Super Bowl ad can solve

South Carolina's bill to force the Ten Commandments in school is doomed to fail

Judge refuses to toss The Satanic Temple's lawsuit, putting Boston's flag policy on trial

Court rules against anti-trans Christian teacher who demanded right to misgender students

New Hampshire Republicans want to change their constitution so it favors Christianity

Republicans are panicking because James Talarico wants people to act more like Jesus

From camper to director: How Camp Quest changed my life

Indiana’s Lt. Gov. falsely claims every Founding Father would be labeled a "far-right Christian Nationalist"

The Texas Board of Education plans to force kids to read the Bible in public schools

Church/state groups file motion to help block proposed Christian charter school in Tennessee

The "Greater Than" campaign claims loving gay parents are the real threat to kids

Arizona GOP pushes bill to allow school board prayers, despite obvious constitutional violations

In Oregon, a local official's "State of the County" address turned into a Christian revival

The scandal rocking Bethel Church and the world of charismatic Christians

A pastor who rejects “established science” decided polio & measles vaccines should be optional

An Oklahoma lawmaker wants Creationism taught in science classes. His bill is doomed.

After Bible-thumping backfires, Maryland county won't open meetings with the Lord’s Prayer

Catholicism is collapsing in Latin America, and young people are leading the charge

The anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church was a justified rebuke of the pastor's cruelty

Texas courthouse unveils illegal Ten Commandments monument, inviting legal challenge

A Catholic racist refused the Eucharist from an Indian woman, then bragged about it online

Greg Locke used a real shooting to sell a fake Christian persecution story about himself

A proposed Oklahoma mosque appeared to meet all the zoning requirements. Bigotry still won out.

Scott Adams’ deathbed conversion to Christianity shouldn’t be taken seriously

Ohio’s "Success Sequence" bill turns poverty into a personal failure

Texas attorney general sues state for non-existent religious discrimination

Court upholds $400,000 fine against lawyer who warned Catholic school about predator on staff

Evangelical preacher claims God backed Trump’s invasion of Venezuela

New Jersey finally stops Christians from blocking access to a public beach on Sunday mornings

Judge says school must shield kindergartner from all things LGBTQ at Christian dad's demand

A single Chick-fil-A store congratulated a gay couple, and conservatives lost their damn minds

Indiana Republicans are reviving a decades-old fight over a Ten Commandments monument

People who visited Ark Encounter may have been exposed to measles

Zohran Mamdani's Qur’an oath was perfectly legal. Christian Nationalists can't handle that.