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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.