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The Obama administration’s religion trap.

“I wanted to write a book that looked at what happened when you forced individuals and communities, as well as the environment, to kneel before the dictates of the marketplace. The best way to do this was to go to the nation’s sacrifice zones, those poorest pockets of the country that had been exploited first, to show what happens when you allow the marketplace to rule.”

Time to think critically about America’s religious regard for guns.

The plot of Twilight: a young woman—clumsy and plain—is deeply and unconditionally loved and protected by an all-powerful, omnipotent being whose love makes her special. For a moment, Twi-hards let themselves believe, however crazy it sounds, that they too could be irresistibly beautiful one day, loved by an ideal God-man who sees them, really sees them.

Says his prayer would be “dwarfed by those seeking to make their agenda the focal point.”

“I’d feel most comfortable assigning myself to the category of people who prefer not to be assigned to categories,” a fifty-something, Silicon Valley entrepreneur I’ll call Nathan* joked when I asked him how he’d describe his religious identification or affiliation. “But I suppose ‘none’ will do.”

Pastor tapped to deliver inauguration benediction gave anti-gay sermon in the 1990s.

Federal judge considers a lawsuit charging “Pink Swastika” author with inciting anti-LGBT persecution in violation of international law.

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