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We talk often on State of Belief about theocrats, Christian supremacism, and the politicians who pander to these ideologies. The annual Values Voter Summit, sponsored by groups like the Family [...]

There is a well-earned distrust most LGBTQ Catholics feel for a Church that officially labeled them “intrinsically disordered.” In the face of systemic discrimination against LGBTQ persons [...]

This past Tuesday, Democratic presidential candidates took the debate stage once more, this time in Ohio. While commentary from experts inside the beltway is valuable, it is essential to hear from [...]

In perhaps the most blatant and concerning step yet towards Christian supremacism, the Trump administration’s Attorney General William Barr made an outrageous speech this week claiming Christians in [...]

Our country is at its most politically divided in decades, and it seems that this divide is only growing deeper. However, in the face of rising animosities, organizations such as OneAmerica are [...]

Some of President Trump’s most enthusiastic cheerleaders come from the far-right evangelical movement. Few know the inside workings of this powerful community as well as Frank Schaffer, who spent many [...]

This past Wednesday, on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, a Holocaust-denying white nationalist murdered two people outside of a synagogue. He meant to do far worse. This week, and every day [...]

All eyes will be on Iowa ahead of the first-in-the-nation February, 2020 presidential caucuses. Luckily, Interfaith Alliance has boots on the ground, thanks to the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa. Connie [...]

Often, adherents to faith traditions face misconceptions and over-generalizations. For instance, when we talk of “Baptists,” many think only of the politicized Southern Baptist Convention; when in [...]

Vice President Mike Pence said it himself: “I am a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican – in that order.” For someone who often advocates for the melding of his Christian faith and [...]