End the cruelty of gay conversion therapy
Gay conversion therapy is an intensely harmful practice which has been known to have led to despair, depression and even suicide in the past. The effect of gay conversion therapy…
Ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ children advances in Virginia legislature
By Devan Cole, CNN Updated 1:55 PM ET, Wed February 5, 2020 Beto O’Rourke: Conversion therapy is tantamount to torture 01:28 Washington (CNN)A bill that would ban conversion therapy for…
What You Need to Know about the Coronavirus
MARCH 5, 2020 BY GENE VEITH The world is panicking over the coronavirus. China, South Korea, and now Italy are practically shutting down–closing factories and businesses, cancelling sporting events and…
The Religious Instruction of the Negroes. In the United States:
Funding from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition supported the electronic publication of this title. Text scanned (OCR) by Richard MusselwhiteImages scanned by Richard MusselwhiteText encoded by Jill…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls Out Conservative Christians For Bigotry, Discrimination
FEBRUARY 28, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Speaking Truth To Power: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams conservative Christians for using “religious freedom” as a cover for “bigotry and discrimination.” Speaking at a…
Father Found Guilty, Mom Takes Plea Deal After Starving Daughter For ‘Religious Reasons’
FEBRUARY 25, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Faith Healing Kills: Conservative Christian parents in Michigan who refused to get their dying daughter medical attention because of “religious reasons” now face 25…
FFRF sues to protect students forced to pray in Puerto Rico primary school
February 27, 2020 The Freedom From Religion Foundation today, Feb. 27, filed a federal lawsuit against Puerto Rico’s Education Secretary and a principal on behalf of a family subjected to…
Tennessee Republican Tries (Again) to Make the Bible the “Official State Book”
BY HEMANT MEHTA FEBRUARY 9, 2020 In 2015, Tennessee State Rep. Jerry Sexton filed a bill to make the Holy Bible the official state book. It didn’t work. While the…
9 Reasons I Probably Couldn’t Be Friends With Jesus
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 BY COURTNEY HEARD Yesterday morning I got this note in my inbox: Hello Godless, I saw you speak of your non-profit work on Instagram. I just thought…
Atheist Gives U. of Texas $1 Million Endowment to Study Non-Religious Americans
BY HEMANT MEHTA FEBRUARY 9, 2020 An 80-year-old retired professor has given the University of Texas a $1 million endowment to study Secular Americans. Brian Bolton gave the money to…
Megachurch Mess
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 BY JAMES A. HAUGHT By James A. Haught Billionaire media mogul Oprah Winfrey helped create a four-season television series – “Greenleaf” – about a black megachurch where…
The Percentage of Religious “Nones” May Have Finally Hit Its Peak
BY HEMANT MEHTA FEBRUARY 10, 2020 For more than a decade now, we’ve been seeing stories about how younger people were becoming increasingly non-religious. Each new generation seemed to include…
Evangelists Sometimes Didn’t Understand Jesus
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 BY FELLOW DYING INMATE Evangelists were elites representing two percent of the total population who could read and write—because their context was far removed from the Galilee,…
Trinity in the Spotlight: The Son of God, Begotten, Not Made.
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 BY JONATHAN MS PEARCE At the heart of the Nicene Creed are these words: “And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of…
Why Are You Still Going to a Church that Does Bad Worship?
FEBRUARY 9, 2020 BY JONATHAN AIGNER I think it’s a legitimate question. I should probably included a disclaimer here. If you’re not already concerned with bad worship in the church,…
Fox News Internal Report: Their Own Guests Spread “Disinformation”
FEBRUARY 7, 2020 BY JONATHAN MS PEARCE This report is delicious for people like myself, who have long maintained that FOX News spread disinformation and lies, that their ideological bias…
Christian Blogger on Hitting Kids: “You Must Make Sure It Hurts to be Effective”
BY BETH STONEBURNER FEBRUARY 7, 2020 Christian blogger and professional mommy-shamer Lori Alexander has never met a conservative Christian talking point she didn’t like (or write about). This week, the…
Atheist Transphobe Graham Linehan Helps Create Conversion Therapist Database
BY VAL WILDE FEBRUARY 7, 2020 In most cases, LGBTQ conversion therapy and religion go hand in hand. But that’s not always true. Infamous Twitter personality Graham Linehan is here…
Virginia Passes the South’s First Law to Protect LGBTQ Folks from Discrimination
BY VAL WILDE FEBRUARY 8, 2020 It turns out Virginia really is for lovers. Now that the state legislature has passed the Virginia Values Act, the motto applies even to…
These Christian Women Made a Relationship Checklist That Spells Disaster
BY VAL WILDE FEBRUARY 9, 2020 The homepage for Christian women’s website Girl Defined — all pastel and floral and sweetly feminine — promises to help visitors with “getting back…