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Tennessee declares Aitken Bible one of its "official state books"

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North Dakota GOP endorses Christian theocrat to run the state's public schools

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Christian Men's Conference descends into chaos over sword-swallowing acrobat

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Louisiana High Court: Priests have a "right" not to be sued over decades-old abuse

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Wisconsin public school district seeks new leader with "conservative, christian values"

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Arizona GOP lawmaker lashes out at "god-haters" who criticized abortion ban prayer

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The Vatican, a threat to human dignity, calls gender-affirming surgery a threat to human dignity

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New Testament scholar Richard Hays now says God's cool with gay people

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Christian school's pastor cancels Autism Awareness Week, calling it "demonic"

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Christian woman admits she was fired from Starbucks for being an anti-LGBTQ bigot

New York prisoners, led by atheist, sue state in order to see solar eclipse

This pastor's wedding night "joke" epitomizes Christian sexism

Richard Dawkins says Christianity is "fundamentally decent," but Islam "is not"

Mark Burns, preacher who lied about his military service, launches "Christian Military Academy"

Prominent Christians falsely claim Biden chose Easter to honor trans people

Christians erect (another) $240,000 cross in Mississippi

More Americans are ditching religion, citing anti-LGBTQ bigotry and clergy sex abuse

After ruining a school district, Christians in Colorado want to "take over" a city council

Trump is now selling a Bible that a Christian publisher walked away from in 2021

Church attendance is dropping all across America. It's long overdue.

A Michigan commissioner wants to prevent Satanists from giving an invocation

Charlie Kirk echoes thoughtless claim that you can't "be a Christian and vote Democrat"

Satanists sue Tennessee district for trying to thwart After School Satan Club

Researchers say Christian leaders will embezzle an estimated $86 billion in 2024

FOX & Friends promotes Catholic app Hallow with on-air (paid) prayer segment

Evangelicals are using a data-harvesting app to target new potential converts

Despite threat of Christian Nationalism, 80% of Americans say religion is "losing influence"

WI Supreme Court: Catholic-aligned charities don't get an automatic religious tax break

Preacher John MacArthur faces backlash after saying MLK was "not a Christian at all"

Indian state criminalizes "magical healing" in move widely seen as anti-Christian

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