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Meanwhile, creationist bills introduced in five other states.

The San Francisco Campaign against circumcision has allied itself with “Intact America.” Its activists have dubbed themselves “intactavists.” In San Francisco’s annual Gay Pride Parade a group representing BANG, the Bay Area iNtactivst Group, makes their point in a vivid manner: they don puffy penis costumes and carry a poster of an indignant-looking infant asking, “You want to cut off what?”

Making abortion illegal vs. making it unnecessary.

Apologizing for “harming” someone is a far cry from repenting of the offense that caused the harm.

How long is it going to take for it to sink in with religious leaders that it will soon be time to choose sides?

New Public Religion Research Institute survey also shows Fox News viewers more likely to be engaged in, approve of Peter King hearings.

Why are religion scholars relying on corporate-speak to talk about Mormonism?

“It was what I found in the archives that inspired me to write the book—Craddock’s unpublished book manuscripts on everything from ancient sex worship to contemporary marriage reform. And then there was her journal of mystical experiences—a diary so baffling and intense in its combination of spiritualism and sexuality as to demand attention.”

Has there ever been a major pop group more concerned with exploring personal anxieties, aspirations, and narratives through music defined so fundamentally by religious themes? The turmoil and paranoia of the last decade—wars, attacks, economic crashes, myriad color-coded fears—run through Arcade Fire’s three full-length records. The newest effort induces a look back to previous decades, when suburbia seemed to offer placidity and refuge from the wilderness downtown.

Jim Daly wants to talk about reducing abortions, but also wants to take away Planned Parenthood’s family planning funding.