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Although convicted felon Henry J. Lyons lost the election for president of the largest religious body of African Americans in the nation, what does it say about NBC that he was even eligible to run where women are not?

The religious right will back county clerks that refuse to perform wedding ceremonies after June 17…

The Center for American Progress follows the money in a groundbreaking new report.

It’s important for journalists to be able to parse the distinctions among those who call themselves Christian, tedious as it may be.

A peek into the status of the legal challenge to the ban on gay marriage in California, and an update on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

If I were CEO of Trinity Wall Street, I’d be alarmed at the idea of the “unspecified use” apparently demanded by the OWS protesters. But, of course, Trinity Wall Street does not have a CEO, it has ministers.

The fact is that we are already committed to war in Afghanistan; we are already in. And while many of us may want to get out, the question is how?

Some saw ghosts and traces of MJ while others advised fans to quit worshiping the “pervert,” totally missing the point that people need exceptional figures, particularly in the midst of a depression.

On any given day, Christianity is invoked to justify pacifism, violent uprising, both opposition and support for government health care, even support and opposition to genres of music. Do we have to reevaluate our conceptions of ‘what Christians believe’ in the same way we’ve had to do it for Hindus, Native Americans, and others?

Over time, some politicians deceive themselves into believing that their desires are in sync with Jesus’ call for their lives: “Thy will be done” becomes “God bless my will.”