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Meanwhile, conservative Mormon activists organize to overturn marriage equality.

Michael Sean Winters welcomes back the Society of St. Pius X.

Given the spotty history of L. Ron Hubbard’s life and the church’s well-documented vindictiveness toward critics, there’s a great deal of criticism to be found on Scientology. But two new books examine the history of the church without sensationalism or facile mockery.

Church-state separation advocates get “overwhelming silence.”

Letters, and more letters, over Ryan’s budget and Catholic social justice teaching.

The latest bloggingheads, plus.

King’s fundamentally religious message of the requirements of justice have been confused, or perhaps deliberately distorted, by those who want to claim his support for their cause.

Not everyone on the religious right believes that Lila Rose is acting out God’s will, let alone laying down her life. After all, Lila Rose lies in order to get the footage she seeks.

As Egyptian protests rock the casbah, the U.S. responds with cautious words and a noncommittal position. What are the risks if the Egyptian people don’t feel that America is supportive of their struggle?

I used to be angry, now I am apoplectic. I also used to be fraulein and now I am a frau. I used to be a mademoiselle and now I am madame, a señorita and now a señora. In other words, I am a mature woman whose human rights are vanishing before her very eyes. For a long time, I have become habituated to freedom, confusing myself, apparently, with a human being—or even a man. I don’t like it when Congress treats me like a girl by hacking away at abortion rights and talking about eliminating funds for family planning.