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As NAACP President Ben Jealous told the Times last week, “it’s become clear that, just as Bayard Rustin admonished us all, that we would either stand together or die apart.” “ Who admonished us?” readers must have asked. Bayard Rustin’s role as advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and as organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech) should have assured his place in American social and political history. But Rustin has long been denied his proper place—largely because he was an openly gay man.

Fundamentalism tries to erase how Jesus was a dangerous rebel.

Prime Minister’s defense of pro-gay Christian conscience goes viral; new project encourages other Christians to make videos

Things are changing when Democrats are willing to vote against DOMA even in the midst of pending elections.

Tea Party religion.

After a young woman was raped and murdered in India, a handful of religious and political leaders spoke out in opposition to self-defense.

A day in Queens, among ordinary Americans.

The loss of a brilliant religion scholar.

In order to attract a different demographic of supporters, the anti-abortion movement has adopted the theory that reproductive freedom is actually a plot to rid America of its black and brown citizens.

The religious right’s new favorite charismatic apostle stirs fears of eugenics and launches a plan to honor King’s legacy by denying people health care.