"God Says No" author James Hannaham talks about religious repression, life in the closet -- and sex in the bathroom
By Sarah Hepola Jul 1, 2009
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The theocratic repression in Iran is a reminder that there can be no freedom without secular government
By Michael Lind
June 23, 2009
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The president has promised to increase religion's influence on policymaking. He should honor the late Ann Dunham by strengthening the wall between church and state instead.
By Frances Kissling
May 10, 2009
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In this witty book, Terry Eagleton argues that Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and their ilk are shockingly ill-informed about the Christian faith.
By Andrew O'Hehir
April 28, 2009
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Every Sunday I sit in the pew, full of doubt, next to my conservative Christian wife.
By Cary Tennis
April 21, 2009
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From his undisclosed location, our undercover conservative columnist answers one of your most pressing questions: Do right-wingers really think that legalizing gay marriage will destroy our social fabric?
By Glenallen Walken
April 20, 2009
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At last, conservative Christians find the long-sought connection between same-sex weddings and mass murder.
By Abigail Kramer
April 14, 2009
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Symptoms of the conservative crack-up were on full display after President Obama's trip abroad. Bill Kristol, take a bow.
By Juan Cole
April 13, 2009
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Why do people worship religious relics, and why is the number of trainee exorcists rising? Two new books suggest that our desire to believe in magical forces remains irresistible.
By Laura Miller
March 27, 2009
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In the middle of Daytona's annual season of sin, I went undercover with a group of evangelical Christians trying to convert drunk partygoers. God help me.
By Kevin Roose
March 18, 2009
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The downturn is giving us new excuses for moral flagellation. But saving money won't save your soul.
By Judith Levine
February 25, 2009
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Everyone, from President Obama to the GOP, wants a piece of Honest Abe on his bicentennial. Here's where Abraham Lincoln really stood on the issues.
By Michael Lind
February 12, 2009
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Barack Obama knows liberals are upset he picked the conservative evangelical preacher to pray at the inauguration. And he doesn't care.
By Mike Madden
December 19, 2008
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I'm a Unitarian Universalist and she's a fundamentalist: Can this kinship be saved?
By Cary Tennis
November 10, 2008
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The Church of Latter-day Saints has pumped millions into Proposition 8 to ban gay marriage. But for one devout family, the politics are personal.
By Jeanne Carstensen
October 31, 2008
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A Christian news organization reports about the danger that illegal immigrants might get mortgage relief from the Paulson plan
By Andrew Leonard
October 3, 2008
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Sarah Palin's Pentecostal supporters in Alaska hail her debate performance and her rise to the national stage as the work of God.
By Deirdre English and Gail Sheehy
October 3, 2008
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The HBO host and comedian talks about "Religulous," his onslaught against the religious idiocy that threatens to deliver America to Sarah Palin and her fellow "space god" worshipers.
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 2, 2008
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How to handle the fury brought on by this election? Register voters, hit the streets, pray. Stop talking about her. Talk about Obama.
By Anne Lamott
September 16, 2008
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I wanted to be the bride but I don't like being the wife. Now I face the toughest decision of my life.
By Cary Tennis
August 15, 2008
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Piercing a Communion wafer with a nail and throwing it in the garbage, as one crusading biologist recently did, does science no favors.
By Karl Giberson
July 31, 2008
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Why the press gives McCain a pass for consorting with batshit holy men, but condemns Obama to talk-show hell for the same sin.
By Gary Kamiya
May 20, 2008
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My friend is considering teaching "young earth" creationism in his school, and I think I'm going to vomit.
By Cary Tennis
May 15, 2008
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How can I live a good life, now that I've come out to my wife? What if I succumb to temptation?
By Cary Tennis
May 12, 2008
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Black religion expert Jonathan Walton on black liberation theology's roots in slavery, MLK Jr.'s "God damn America moment" and what Jeremiah Wright has in common with Gennifer Flowers.
By Sarah Posner
May 3, 2008
Gay men go to hell
Wanted: Freedom from religion
It's time for Obama to listen to his mama
Those ignorant atheists
I'm an African-American agnostic in a sea of Baptist believers
The Wingnut explains why conservatives fear gay marriage
The gay marriage apocalypse is coming!
The great right-wing freak-out
Eat your saints, purge your demons
What would Jesus do on spring break?
The case against thrift
How would Lincoln vote today?
How the hell did Rick Warren get inauguration tickets?
A big gay Mormon wedding 
What would Jesus do, about the bailout?
The Word from Wasilla
Bill Maher vs. the "talking snake"
A call to arms
What's wrong with science as religion
Psycho Christians and the media
Wright's theology not "new or radical"
War Room
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald