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 As many faith traditions across the globe celebrate important Holy Days this weekend, it provides an opportunity for introspection and diving deeper into our personal relationships with [...]

In a new book entitled In Freedom We Trust: An Atheist Guide to Religious Liberty, father-son team Edward and Michael Buckner make a compelling case for maintaining the fundamental secular nature [...]

We slouched into the New Year with a resolution to the so-called “fiscal cliff” situation that satisfied no one. With issues ranging from gun control to the debt ceiling, [...]

The well-organized and well-funded campaign to inflame fear of and hostility toward Muslims and Islam has been well-documented. But that doesn’t make having to see Pamela Geller, et. [...]

Here’s what’s coming up on the next State of Belief Radio: a provocative new ad campaign meant to achieve nothing less than “Taking back Islam from Muslim & anti-Muslim extremists [...]

At least last year, Hannukah and Christmas overlapped. Not so this year, with the Festival of Lights ending before the full force of the Christmas season even arrived. The way its celebrated in [...]

Here’s what’s coming up on the next State of Belief Radio: Why are the likes of Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich joining the outrageous Westboro Baptist Church in blaming the Newtown [...]

The Rev. Cody Sanders writes widely on the ongoing tragedy of LGBTQ suicide in this country. Most recently, he authored a compelling article in Religion Dispatches Magazine, “Queer Suicide [...]

State of the Louisiana Classroom This week, Governor Bobby Jindal signed a sweeping school voucher bill that shifts massive tax dollars to private schools – many of which are under construction, [...]

In 2005, a 16-year-old boy in Memphis, Tennessee came out to his parents as gay. When he learned his parents were going to send him to a conservative Christian “reparative therapy” center called [...]