Parody Marriage Bill is a Joke
Last year, Chris Sevier tried to sue state officials in Mississippi and several other states to force them to recognize his marriage to a computer, apparently in a deeply misguided attempt to criticize marriage equality.... Read More
Leaving Religion Is an Equal Opportunity Endeavor
For years we’ve heard about how American Christians are leaving their religion. Numerous studies have shown the growing numbers of people who have left Christianity for another faith or for no faith at all, a... Read More
Surveying the Demise of White American Christianity
The 2016 election laid bare the underbelly of Christianity with over 81 percent of white evangelicals casting their vote for Donald J. Trump. In the person of Trump one finds the coming together of American... Read More
Phoning It In for the Family? Researchers suggest it may better to make a slow and subtle break from the religion of your parents
A study published in the June edition of the Journal of Family Issues looked at the effect a child’s break from his or her parents’ religion can have on multigenerational relationships within the family. Syracuse... Read More
The Southern Baptist Convention Leaps Forward Into the 1960s
Write up a list of evil things in this world, from one to however many evils you can think of (off the top of my head I was able to come up with at least... Read More
Belonging in America: Helping Young Muslim “In-Betweeners”
Upon returning to campus following a brief Thanksgiving break, Ohio State University students were subjected to an attack, the fourteenth terrorist or terrorism-related attack this year in the United States. While the only fatality was... Read More
Atheist Pastor Deemed Unsuitable for Ministry
As reported by the Washington Post and other international media outlets, Gretta Vosper's tenure as an ordained United Church of Canada minister appears to be coming to an end. Vosper, minister for the Toronto-based West... Read More