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1. Is It Acceptable for Christian Business Owners to Refuse Service to Gay People?

In no U.S. religious group does a majority think it's acceptable for businesspeople to invoke their religious beliefs to refuse service to gays. This finding from a 2016 Public Religion Research Institute ...

Created on 22 June 2017

2. Franklin Graham: Persecution of Christians Is 'Genocide

Franklin Graham, son of the famed evangelical preacher Billy Graham, urged fellow Christians to struggle against a "Christian genocide" that he says has killed in greater numbers than most believers can ...

Created on 11 May 2017

3. If God Chose Trump, Did God Choose Obama?

Democracy may be based on the principle of "one person, one vote," but some people who supported Donald Trump believe the Master of the universe cast the master ballot. "God raised up, I believe, Donald ...

Created on 18 January 2017

4. Open Doors: Trump Must Aid Persecuted Christians or His Presidency Will Fail

President-elect Donald Trump must help persecuted religious groups around the world or his administration will fail, said the leader of a nonprofit at the release of its annual list of the most dangerous ...

Created on 11 January 2017

5. Historic Calvary Baptist Church Hires Lesbian Couple as Pastors

Calvary Baptist Church, a progressive Baptist landmark in the heart of downtown Washington, has named a gay couple as co-pastors. Sally Sarratt and Maria Swearingen were presented to the congregation during ...

Created on 10 January 2017

6. United Nations Flat Out Ignores Jewish Ties to the Temple Mount

Jewish groups are deploring passage of a U.N. agency resolution that highlights Muslim ties but ignores Jewish connections to the Temple Mount. The resolution of the United Nations' cultural arm passed ...

Created on 14 October 2016

7. Mormons Invade Philadelphia to 'Leave the World Behind

The world's newest Mormon temple, in the heart of Philadelphia, aims to embrace and shut out the city at the same time. Open to the public for a month before only Mormons may enter, the temple is an homage ...

Created on 05 August 2016

8. Will Obama Appoint a Hindu to Replace Scalia?

Hindus around the world are wondering whether Sri Srinivasan — the name atop many a list of potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees — will be the first Hindu to serve on the high court. The India-born Srinivasan ...

Created on 16 February 2016

9. Orthodox Rabbis: Christianity Is Neither an Accident Nor an Error

A statement by a group of Orthodox rabbis calls Christianity part of a divine plan in which God would have Jews and Christians work together to redeem the world. Although signed so far by 28 rabbis mostly ...

Created on 09 December 2015

10. Wait, Were Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor Really Jewish?

Marilyn Monroe prized her menorah and Elizabeth Taylor's Hebrew name was Elisheba Rachel. Wait, America's most iconic blond bombshell and the star of "National Velvet" were Jewish? Seriously Jewish. Both ...

Created on 30 November 2015

11. Is America Really Losing Its Religion or Are We Just Seeing the Great Falling Away?

 Americans as a whole are growing less religious, but those who still consider themselves to belong to a religion are, on average, just as committed to their faiths as they were in the past — in certain ...

Created on 03 November 2015

12. You Won't Believe What This Professor Discovered in the Pages of This 17th-Century Noteboo

For about a month after he returned from England last year, a Montclair State University professor did not realize what a treasure he had found in a rare books library at Cambridge University. While abroad, Jeffrey ...

Created on 15 October 2015

13. What is the Sukkot—and What Does it Mean?

Sukkot, also known as the Festival of Booths, began this year at sundown Sunday (Sept. 27). What is this holiday that makes Jews eat their meals al fresco? Let us explain ... Q. Why are my Jewish neighbors ...

Created on 29 September 2015

14. 5 Faith Facts About Scott Walker Every Christian Voter Should Know

Scott Walker, best known for picking a fight with Wisconsin's unions that led to protesters' occupation of the state capitol, credits prayer and his church for delivering him and his family through trying ...

Created on 13 July 2015

15. 5 Surprising Facts About Marco Rubio's Fait

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, who launched his presidential campaign Monday (April 13), often talks about faith and wrote about his religious convictions in his 2012 book, An American Son: A Memoir. Here ...

Created on 08 June 2015

16. 5 Faith Facts About Hillary Clinton's Presidential Contende

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a self-identified socialist who's perhaps the most left-leaning member of Congress, is expected to announce this week that he will seek the Democratic nomination for president. ...

Created on 30 April 2015

17. Charles Stanley Won't Accept Award Because Jews Accuse Him of Homophobi

Amid a heated debate over his vocal opposition to homosexuality and same-sex marriage, Atlanta pastor Charles Stanley will decline an award he planned to accept from the Jewish National Fund in Atlanta ...

Created on 23 April 2015

18. 5 Surprising Facts About Marco Rubio's Fait

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, who launched his presidential campaign Monday (April 13), often talks about faith and wrote about his religious convictions in his 2012 book, An American Son: A Memoir. Here ...

Created on 13 April 2015

19. Anti-Semitism in US Spikes After Nearly a Decade of Decline

Anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. spiked 21 percent last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League, unsettling many American Jews who had thought that hatred of Jews and Judaism was on the decline, ...

Created on 01 April 2015

20. This Denomination May Pull Out of Indiana Over Bill That Lets Christians Refuse Gay Customers

Though the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has made Indianapolis its headquarters for nearly a century, the denomination is considering pulling its next biennial convention out of Indiana over a ...

Created on 27 March 2015