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Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT Kirk Cameron monkeys with Darwin By Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/24/kirk_cameron/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/24/kirk_cameron/index.html?source=rss The sitcom star and super-Christian is giving away a new version of "On the Origin of Species," and it's got Nazis I'm an atheist surrounded by Catholics By Cary Tennis Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/17/atheism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/17/atheism/index.html?source=rss I try to go along but it's hard concealing my beliefs Britain's next top Christian model By Judy Berman Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/28/christian_modeling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/28/christian_modeling/index.html?source=rss Should beauty of the "inner soul and spirit" have a place on the runway? Exploiting the healthcare debate to restrict abortion By Frances Kissling Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/14/abortion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/14/abortion/index.html?source=rss Some religious leaders are pushing Obama for more limits on federal abortion funding What's wrong with the new pro-lifers By Frances Kissling Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/20/abortion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/20/abortion/index.html?source=rss The progressive anti-abortion movement still doesn't truly value the life and identity of the mother Gay men go to hell By Sarah Hepola Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/07/01/god_says_no/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/07/01/god_says_no/index.html?source=rss "God Says No" author James Hannaham talks about religious repression, life in the closet -- and sex in the bathroom Wanted: Freedom from religion By Michael Lind Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/23/religion_iran/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/23/religion_iran/index.html?source=rss The theocratic repression in Iran is a reminder that there can be no freedom without secular government It's time for Obama to listen to his mama By Frances Kissling Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/10/faith_based/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/10/faith_based/index.html?source=rss 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. Those ignorant atheists By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/04/28/terry_eagleton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/04/28/terry_eagleton/index.html?source=rss In this witty book, Terry Eagleton argues that Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and their ilk are shockingly ill-informed about the Christian faith. I'm an African-American agnostic in a sea of Baptist believers By Cary Tennis Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/21/agnostic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/21/agnostic/index.html?source=rss Every Sunday I sit in the pew, full of doubt, next to my conservative Christian wife. The Wingnut explains why conservatives fear gay marriage By Glenallen Walken Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/20/gay_marriage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/20/gay_marriage/index.html?source=rss 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? The gay marriage apocalypse is coming! By Abigail Kramer Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/04/14/abigail_christians/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/04/14/abigail_christians/index.html?source=rss At last, conservative Christians find the long-sought connection between same-sex weddings and mass murder. The great right-wing freak-out By Juan Cole Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/13/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/13/obama/index.html?source=rss Symptoms of the conservative crack-up were on full display after President Obama's trip abroad. Bill Kristol, take a bow. Eat your saints, purge your demons By Laura Miller Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/03/27/relics_exorcists/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/03/27/relics_exorcists/index.html?source=rss 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. What would Jesus do on spring break? By Kevin Roose Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2009/03/18/unlikely_disciple/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2009/03/18/unlikely_disciple/index.html?source=rss 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. The case against thrift By Judith Levine Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/25/thrift_levine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/25/thrift_levine/index.html?source=rss The downturn is giving us new excuses for moral flagellation. But saving money won't save your soul. How would Lincoln vote today? By Michael Lind Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/02/12/lincoln_bicentennial/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/02/12/lincoln_bicentennial/index.html?source=rss 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. How the hell did Rick Warren get inauguration tickets? By Mike Madden Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/19/rick_warren/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/19/rick_warren/index.html?source=rss Barack Obama knows liberals are upset he picked the conservative evangelical preacher to pray at the inauguration. And he doesn't care. I'm fighting a religious war with my mother-in-law By Cary Tennis Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/10/religious_mil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/10/religious_mil/index.html?source=rss I'm a Unitarian Universalist and she's a fundamentalist: Can this kinship be saved? A big gay Mormon wedding By Jeanne Carstensen Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/31/proposition_8_mormons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/31/proposition_8_mormons/index.html?source=rss 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. What would Jesus do, about the bailout? By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/03/illegal_immigrant_foreclosure/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/03/illegal_immigrant_foreclosure/index.html?source=rss A Christian news organization reports about the danger that illegal immigrants might get mortgage relief from the Paulson plan The Word from Wasilla By Deirdre English and Gail Sheehy Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/03/debate_wasilla/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/03/debate_wasilla/index.html?source=rss Sarah Palin's Pentecostal supporters in Alaska hail her debate performance and her rise to the national stage as the work of God. Bill Maher vs. the "talking snake" By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/10/02/maher/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/10/02/maher/index.html?source=rss 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. A call to arms By Anne Lamott Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/09/16/anne_lamott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/09/16/anne_lamott/index.html?source=rss How to handle the fury brought on by this election? Register voters, hit the streets, pray. Stop talking about her. Talk about Obama. My marriage was a mistake By Cary Tennis Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/15/divorce_and_freedom/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/15/divorce_and_freedom/index.html?source=rss I wanted to be the bride but I don't like being the wife. Now I face the toughest decision of my life.