On May 14, Minnesota became the 12th state to sign gay marriage into law as Governor Mark Dayton signed its marriage equality bill and said "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness should certainly include the right to marry the person you love."

Two days before, the

Christianity is under attack! The sense of Christian victimhood has been ramping up in recent months. While conservative Christian intimidation by the rising acceptance of gay marriage has been more in the spotlight, a recent case of Ten Commandments plaques in an Oklahoma public school system...

In most communities around the world, religious diversity is a fact -- Hindus live next to Muslims, Mormons next atheists, Jews with Christians. One of the great tests of the 21st century is how we leverage this diversity into an asset that leads to more vitality and unity rather than...

Sister Simone Campbell is the Executive Director of NETWORK, a national Catholic social justice lobby. In 2010 she wrote a letter in support of President Obama's health care reform bill that was credited with helping the bill to pass. She and other members of NETWORK also initiated the...

Jason Collins rocked the sports world today with these simple words:

I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay.

Collins made his announcement in a piece in Sports Illustrated that covered his long process of coming out and the supportive influence of family members and...

'We should kill them all.'

That was what an acquaintance of mine suggested to me this morning as a response to the bombing in Boston that has killed three and wounded horribly so many more.

His big hands were balled up, jaw tight, eyes direct. He was so angry...

Rick Warren's youngest son Matthew killed himself on Friday night. In a letter to his congregation Pastor Warren wrote:

"In spite of America's best doctors, meds, counselors, and prayers for healing, the torture of mental illness never subsided. Today, after a fun evening together with Kay and me,...

In the frenetic hour between the moment when the white smoke first appeared and the new pope finally debuted on the balcony, the name 'Bergoglio' never came up.

When the now familiar face of the Cardinal from Buenos Aires appeared I found myself shouting at the screen: "who is...

The Vatican on Saturday strongly condemned media coverage of a report that is said to contain information about the influence of a gay network and financial mismanagement within the Vatican, and which may have triggered Pope Benedict's decision to resign. But in his statement, a spokesman for the...

In an astonishing turn of events, Tim Tebow has now cancelled his appearance at First Baptist Dallas; and in doing so he has officially placed the political religious right to the far margins of society.

Tebow's appearance was meant to be a pretty routine, if...

Pope Benedict has announced his plans to resign at the end of February and a Vatican spokesperson insists that there will be a new Pope selected by Easter.

The betting has already begun on who the next Pope will be, but it is worthwhile considering what a complex legacy...

"If you can't love yourself, how the hell you gonna love someone else? Can I get an amen in here?"

These words have provided the benediction for every episode of the hit series "RuPaul's Drag Race," which is entering it's fifth season today (Jan. 28) on LOGO....

UPDATE: Rev. Luis Leon, Episcopal Priest at St. John's Church in Washington, DC, Will Deliver Obama's Inauguration Benediction. May he bless all of us and our nation on January 21.

Dear President Obama,

Given what we face in the coming four years, you and America deserve...

UPDATE: Rev. Louie Giglio has withdrawn from the inauguration amid questions about an anti-gay sermon he gave in the mid-1990s. He gave this statement: "Clearly, speaking on this issue has not been in the range of my priorities in the past fifteen years. Instead, my aim has been...

Nothing gets people more riled up, on and offline, than a small church comprised largely of one family that calls itself the Westboro Baptist Church.

I first heard of the church when I saw The Laramie Project on stage about 12 years ago. The theatre...

It is easy to despair in our world where people say and do such horrific things, often in the name of religion. And there are serious challenges that face us in 2013 including inter-religious tension, racism, illness, hunger, misogyny, homophobia, environmental degradation and violence of all kinds.

And yet...

While religious beliefs and practices take place in the daily lives of ordinary people around the world, religion can also exercise a powerful influence on the people and events that shape our world, and is often 'the story behind the story.'

The following is a list of the top...

It started out as the most heartwarming story of the week. A NYPD cop caught in the act of buying socks and shoes for a homeless man he saw barefoot on a cold night.

"I had to help" Officer Larry DePrimo told CNN, "You could see the...

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President Obama gave an inspiring victory address last night. However it was the vision as the cameras panned over the listening crowd of faces that truly inspires the hope I feel for America and the world today.

People of all races, ages, and cultures stood side by side...