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After angering Christians all week, Trump will read from the Bible as a publicity stunt The “America Reads the Bible” stunt reveals everything wrong with Christian Nationalism

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70% of Americans say Trump isn’t religious. White evangelicals don’t care. From “born again” claims to Bible photo-ops, the performance continues despite overwhelming skepticism

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He won a major school prayer case. It took years to get a proper obituary. Ishmael Jaffree’s Supreme Court victory shaped church-state law, yet his death went largely unnoticed

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Utah Democrat Nate Blouin faces ridiculous backlash over decade-old comments His opponents want him to drop out of the race for Congress. But there’s little evidence those remarks reflect who he is today.

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In final meeting, Trump’s "Religious Liberty" chair calls church/state separation a “lie” The Religious Liberty Commission pushed anti-separation propaganda and plotted to gut the Johnson Amendment

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Eric Swalwell’s resignation caps an up-and-down history with secular humanism The progressive star’s career began with an attack on church/state separation and ended in part due to pressure from a godless colleague

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A barista says she was fired for her Christian faith. The facts are far more nuanced. Paige Rogers’ own admissions undercut her Christian persecution narrative

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Texas Board of Education moves ahead with plan to force kids to read the Bible in public schools A new state-sanctioned reading list smuggles Christian doctrine into classrooms under the guise of a literary canon

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National puppetry group faces backlash for platforming anti-LGBTQ Christian puppetry group Puppeteers of America admits it failed to vet a group whose policies clash with its values

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Pastor faces manslaughter charge after man dies in baptism gone wrong A live-streamed ritual meant to save a man's soul exposed stunning negligence and a fatal lack of oversight

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Cedarville professor who preached sexual morality charged with multiple sex crimes John Kent Tarwater preached purity in his writing while allegedly violating it in the worst way

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School district cuts ties with group that secretly targeted kids for conversion to Christianity The Vallejo City Unified School District severed its contract with Boomer Bennett after learning his anti-bullying events masked a secret religious agenda

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Florida attorney general says state can ignore its own constitution to fund religion James Uthmeier claims a clear ban on taxpayer-funded religion is “unconstitutional” and pledges not to enforce it

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These Christian men want women barefoot, pregnant… and off the voter rolls Influential pastors and right-wing figures are openly arguing women shouldn’t vote

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Mormon leaders double down on transgender exclusion in new handbook update The policy revision prioritizes “biological sex at birth” while tightening limits on who can participate in religious rituals

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Federal judge shuts down Christian ministries’ bid to kill Johnson Amendment Despite a friendly IRS and Trump-appointed judge, the attempt to legalize tax-free political endorsements from the pulpit collapsed in court

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Supreme Court hands victory to anti-LGBTQ “conversion therapy” advocates Discredited “conversion therapy” just gained new legal footing under "free speech" claims

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Federal judge orders removal of Ten Commandments display outside Arkansas Capitol After a legal battle that began over a decade ago, a judge has finally ordered the Christian monument to come down

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Bulls cut Jaden Ivey after anti-Pride rant (but not because he’s Christian) The NBA team didn’t punish Ivey for his faith. They dumped a struggling player who became a locker-room liability

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Texas’ new “Religious Liberty” committee is another Christian power grab Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick handpicked lawmakers who want conservative Christianity embedded in public life

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Franklin Graham told Trump he can still get into Heaven. That’s the problem. The evangelist's letter, shared by Trump, highlights how faith can excuse even the worst behavior

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Palestinian teen bullied by teacher over Pledge protest wins legal settlement Danielle Khalaf was humiliated by her teacher after she refused to stand for the Pledge. She sued. The result is a huge victory.

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UK-based Bible Society admits claim of "Quiet Revival" of faith was based on bad data The group concedes the polling that fueled headlines about a Christian comeback was flawed

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"My faith is not in climate change”: Minnesota GOP lawmaker doubles down on denial Minnesota Rep. Mary Franson dismissed scientists’ warnings because her Christian faith taught her the crisis is irrelevant

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Ché Ahn says God told him to run for governor. California says he can't be on the ballot. The New Apostolic Reformation leader's campaign faces collapse after failing to file required tax returns. He's now suing for ballot access.

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Catholic priests say charging them with sexual abuse violates their religious freedom Two Minnesota cases expose how clergy power dynamics—and victim-blaming tactics—are colliding with secular law

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A strategic lawsuit in Oklahoma could block public money from funding religious schools The lawsuit says the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board's sloppy rejection of a Jewish charter school gives religious zealots a legal opening

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Jehovah’s Witnesses issue "clarification" on blood transfusion ban after decades of suffering A long-standing life-or-death doctrine has been softened... without apology or accountability

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Christian Nationalist Mark Robinson finally admits sex shop stories were true The defeated North Carolina GOP candidate says he had to lie to help Trump win, a stunning admission after years of denial

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Extremist pastor plots comeback campaign in deep-red Oklahoma district Once a failed Senate candidate, Jackson Lahmeyer hopes to benefit from a party captured by Christian Nationalism

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