Christian Right

Even though ERLC president Moore says he is confident Hobby Lobby will win their case, the panelists nevertheless agreed that Christians, and all people of faith, face creeping governmental “persecution.”

The abuse, manipulation, and exploitation of others is unacceptable in any context, and should be confronted and stopped. Yet conservative religious groups, lobbyists, and legislators have done little to curb the harmful elements of the sex trade.

The U.S. Catholic Bishops’ vote to maintain their politically aggressive Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty for another three years signals that despite the warnings of Pope Francis to tone down…

Last week HuffPo Religion’s executive editor Paul Raushenbush wrote about a ” stunning resurgence” of progressive Christianity. The right, he notes, had been the “default religious voice” of the final…

Some Christian Right activists have lost hope that a Christian Nation can be achieved in the United States through the formal political process—including a high-level GOP operative. They are calling for martyrs and thinking about religious war.

As has become a standard for these persecutors of sexual minorities, Antonios criticized and blamed Western influence, while hiding the fact that his entire presentation was based on U.S. conservatives’ talking points.

Despite declining membership and growing acceptance of same-sex marriage around the country, the Southern Baptist Convention is getting ready to double down on its anti-gay message. As an added bonus…

This week’s recap includes evidence of ongoing struggles over LGBT equality within Europe and between Europe and non-European countries, as well as the fraught intersections in many countries between…

The Rev. Rob Schenck, president of the Capitol Hill-based National Clergy Council, a religious right group whose mission is “to bring classical Christian moral instruction to bear on the conversation…

Years later, when the remembrance of so many other things had faded, the memory still remained crisp in her mind. She saw herself lying in the hospital bed, bleeding, writhing in agony. She remembered…