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A group of conservative Christian ministers gathered in protest in front of the Justice Department yesterday in a truly misguided attempt to provoke arrests under the recently passed hate crimes [...]

Check out Welton on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann discussing the Catholic Church and health care reform. Plus, don’t miss Welton’s latest piece in the Washington [...]

Pro-choice advocate Frances Kissling has an insightful op-ed in today’s New York Times in which she discusses how the growing anti-choice wing of the Democrat party helped usher through [...]

The recent passage of an anti-choice amendment as part of the House health care bill has many asking whether Catholic bishops have been appointed an honorary seat in Congress.  The amendment [...]

The website Beliefnet reports on how conservative Christian voters are celebrating the results of Tuesday’s election.  The big win in the eyes of the Religious Right is of course the defeat [...]

The New York Times offers an in-depth analysis of  how the marriage equality movement will recoop after the crushing defeat in Maine.  Voters in the state overturned a bill legalizing same [...]

The Los Angeles Times reports today on the controversy over health insurance for “spiritual healing.”  As the Times points out, two powerful Senators – Hatch and Kerry – [...]

Journalist Sam Freedman has an insightful piece in his column On Religion for the New York Times about the growing acceptance of Paganism.  Pagans around the world celebrated the holiday of [...]

Humanist chaplain Greg Epstein is a guest on this week’s State of Belief and his work is also featured in the current Washington Post On Faith section. The title of his book, Good Without [...]

Blog post courtesy of Arielle Gingold Interfaith Alliance’s Public Policy Manager If Mel Brooks were to rewrite the satirical song “Spring Time for Hitler” from his Broadway [...]