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fromTruthout
1 hour ago

Faith Leaders Confront Christian Nationalism With Theological Resistance

Clergy play a vital role in resistance work against authoritarianism, using their presence and faith to support communities under threat.
US Elections
fromwww.mediaite.com
18 hours ago

Trump Drops New Bible Riffs Days After Bonkers Deleted Easter Lunch

Donald Trump marked Holy Week with videos featuring Bible recitations and reflections on the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
LGBT
fromJezebel
4 days ago

Far-Right Christian Group Gets the Supreme Court to Greenlight Gay Conversion Therapy

The Supreme Court ruled that Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors violates free speech, endangering LGBTQ+ youth's safety and wellbeing.
fromemptywheel
4 days ago

The Anti-American Right - emptywheel

Jefferson's words on equality are often seen as self-evident, yet they fail to encompass enslaved individuals, women, and other marginalized groups, revealing a significant contradiction.
Philosophy
US news
fromThe Washington Post
6 days ago

By invoking his faith in wartime, Hegseth breaks with history

U.S. military leaders are increasingly concerned about the rise of proselytizing Christian practices within the military under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
#christian-nationalism
fromTruthout
2 days ago
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Christian Nationalists in US Government Push Attacks on Iran as Holy War

fromJezebel
1 week ago
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How Many Horrifying Christian Nationalist Pastors Can Pete Hegseth Have?!

fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago
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Former Trump official admits that their goal is to impose their Christian values on other Americans - LGBTQ Nation

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fromTruthout
2 days ago

Christian Nationalists in US Government Push Attacks on Iran as Holy War

The rhetoric surrounding Easter reflects a shift towards a militant interpretation of Jesus among some Christian nationalists.
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fromJezebel
1 week ago

How Many Horrifying Christian Nationalist Pastors Can Pete Hegseth Have?!

Secretary of War Defense Pete Hegseth's pastor, Brooks Potteiger, expressed a desire for Texas state rep James Talarico to be 'crucified with Christ.'
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fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago

Former Trump official admits that their goal is to impose their Christian values on other Americans - LGBTQ Nation

A former Trump administration official advocates for Christians to impose biblical morality through legislation at all government levels.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

Christian Pastor Tells Trump, No One Has Paid the Price Like You Have'

Paula White stated, 'No one has paid the price like you have paid the price.' She emphasized that Trump faced betrayal and false accusations, similar to Jesus, and that his journey reflects a divine plan.
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Media industry
fromPoynter
1 week ago

A quarter of US radio stations are religious, and most listeners aren't tuning in for politics, study finds - Poynter

A quarter of U.S. radio stations focus on faith, with 62% of listeners tuning in for spiritually uplifting content.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
6 months ago

Mike Johnson eviscerated for lying about shutdown: "Where in the Bible" is lying ok? - LGBTQ Nation

House Speaker Mike Johnson is accused of lying about the reasons for the federal government shutdown, misleadingly linking it to health care for undocumented immigrants.
#donald-trump
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

Lay Hands on Him!' 6 Wildest Moments From Trump's Now-Deleted Easter Event With Evangelicals

The White House deleted video footage of an Easter event featuring President Trump and evangelical leaders, highlighting several controversial moments.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

A conservative Christian tore down a Pride flag in a public freakout. Now he's paying the price. - LGBTQ Nation

Tucker Kemp reached a pre-trial intervention agreement after attacking a Pride flag at Starbucks, requiring community service and anger management classes.
fromDefector
2 weeks ago

The New Evangelists | Defector

Seyfried's performance as Ann Lee lets the viewer in on the production of faith-particularly, an overt faith. Bearing witness to such performance leads to basic questions about people and the way that we live.
Film
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

Hegseth Holds Protestant-Only Religious Service at Pentagon

Pentagon held a Protestant-only Good Friday service, excluding Catholic Mass for the first time, causing frustration among employees.
#trump
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago
US politics

CNN's Kaitlan Collins and Guests Crack Up Over Trump's Jesus' Rant: Leave Religion Out of This'

Trump linked DHS funding negotiations to the SAVE Act, urging Republicans to pass legislation for Jesus during an event in Memphis.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago
US Elections

It's biblical': Maga anxiety over Iran war on display at CPAC as Trump skips event

Trump's absence at CPAC highlighted concerns about the future of the Maga movement amid ongoing geopolitical issues.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

CNN's Kaitlan Collins and Guests Crack Up Over Trump's Jesus' Rant: Leave Religion Out of This'

Trump linked DHS funding negotiations to the SAVE Act, urging Republicans to pass legislation for Jesus during an event in Memphis.
US Elections
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

It's biblical': Maga anxiety over Iran war on display at CPAC as Trump skips event

Trump's absence at CPAC highlighted concerns about the future of the Maga movement amid ongoing geopolitical issues.
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fromThe Atlantic
2 days ago

The Intellectual Right Is Mad at the Mess It's Made

William F. Buckley Jr. confronted the John Birch Society to maintain conservatism's mainstream appeal, a challenge echoed by conservatives in subsequent decades.
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fromThe Atlantic
4 days ago

The Gen Z Christian Revival That Wasn't

A young group of Catholics meets weekly at St. Joseph's Church, showing a growing interest in faith among young professionals despite broader trends of religious decline.
SF politics
fromTruthout
4 weeks ago

New Extremist "Freedom Caucuses" Are Pushing State Governments Right Across US

The State Freedom Caucus Network has expanded to at least 15 state affiliates, providing organizational support and policy guidance to advance ultra-right-wing agendas across state legislatures.
US politics
fromThe Nation
3 weeks ago

Using Bigotry to Hide an Authoritarian, Christian Nationalist Agenda

Republican leaders evade condemning inflammatory anti-Muslim rhetoric from colleagues, instead deflecting to unsubstantiated concerns about Sharia law implementation in America.
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

A Notorious Trump Pastor Is Running for Congress

Jackson Lahmeyer has made headlines for his inflammatory comments, including labeling the LGBTQ+ community as 'sick' and calling Black Lives Matter a terrorist organization. His provocative style has garnered attention and positioned him within the MAGA movement.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Christian groups 'outraged' at Reform conference held in Church House

Church House has provided a veneer of spiritual legitimacy to Reform's anti-migrant and anti-Muslim politics, and their cynical scapegoating. As followers of Jesus, we must refuse to let the architecture of [the venue be used as a moral backdrop for policies that contradict the very heart of the Christian faith].
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Franklin Graham Tells Roaring CPAC Crowd To Get Trump Reelected' To Unconstitutional 3rd Term: I Love Him!'

Reverend Franklin Graham expressed strong support for Donald Trump, urging attendees to work for his re-election and emphasizing Trump's commitment to religious freedom.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

MAGA hate pastor says Mark Robinson "betrayed" him by lying about racist porn scandal - LGBTQ Nation

Pastor John Amanchukwu criticized Mark Robinson for lying about a porn scandal that impacted his political campaign.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Christian teacher wins right to refuse to read gay children's books in school - LGBTQ Nation

A Nashville public charter school teacher secured an accommodation to avoid reading a children's book about two gay fathers after enlisting a Christian nationalist legal group to threaten the school.
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago

The U.S. thinks God is on its side in Iran. Here's why that's a problem... - LGBTQ Nation

So, a Christian Nationalist regime with their Jesus on their side, allied with a Jewish Nationalist regime with their HaShemon their side, have gone after an Islamic Nationalist regime with their Allah on their side, while each Nationalist regime believes they have morality on their side. And religious wars continue to bring humanity to the brink!
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fromLGBTQ Nation
9 months ago

MAGA pastor begs Christians to stop calling people "gay" because it's "insulting" - LGBTQ Nation

Everett Piper argues against labeling individuals by their sexual orientation, equating such labels to animalistic instincts and suggesting support for conversion therapy.
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fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

The New Faces of Christian Nationalism

Mercy Culture megachurch in Fort Worth uses its political arm, For Liberty & Justice, to elect candidates committed to religiously infused far-right politics, exploiting the weakened Johnson Amendment restrictions on church political endorsements.
Social justice
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Can American Churches Lead a Protest Movement Under Trump?

Sustained social movements require church leadership, but shrinking congregations have weakened religious dissent and reduced long-term activist infrastructure.
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fromAdvocate.com
2 weeks ago

A pivotal moment: Jesus's warning should trouble Christian Trump supporters and Epstein defenders.

Jesus condemned those who harm vulnerable people and those in power who enable such harm through inaction or complicity.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

GOP Congressman calls trans people a "demonic evil" & asks supporters to pray for his protection - LGBTQ Nation

Rep. Bob Onder introduced legislation to increase liability for healthcare providers offering gender-affirming care and characterized transgender people as a 'demonic evil' and 'cult' on a podcast.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Catholics Condemn Ted Cruz For Endorsing Papist Cabal Conspiracy Theory: You Should be Embarrassed'

Senator Ted Cruz faced widespread backlash after endorsing an anti-Catholic conspiracy theory article claiming Catholics were orchestrating a takeover of the Republican Party.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
8 months ago

Church stands by call to execute gay people: "I will not apologize for preaching the Word of God." - LGBTQ Nation

An Indianapolis church leader endorsed a sermon that urged LGBTQ+ people to kill themselves and used violent, demeaning language; YouTube removed the video.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago

Donald Trump calls Dem. candidate an "insult to Jesus" for supporting trans people - LGBTQ Nation

Trump criticized Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico as 'whacked out' for supporting transgender people and referencing Talarico's statement that God is nonbinary.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
2 months ago

What is Christian Reconstructionism and why it matters in US politics

Society should be governed by biblical principles, including applying Old Testament civil penalties within modern legal and cultural systems.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

Christian conservative leader rages at Presbyterian Church for honoring "obscene" Renee Good - LGBTQ Nation

Bill Donohue publicly smeared Renee Nicole Good, mischaracterizing her actions and queer identity after she was fatally shot by an ICE agent.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
2 months ago

What 'hope' has represented in Christian history - and what it might mean now

The Vatican ended Holy Year 2025 “Pilgrims of Hope” amid global turbulence, while Christian tradition and ancient myths portray hope as enduring in humanity.
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fromLos Angeles Times
4 weeks ago

Commentary: For this Lent, may Christians repent of Trump and the warmongers he's unleashed

The Trump administration's militaristic approach to Iran conflicts with Christian teachings of meekness, while some Christian leaders support Trump despite contradictions with biblical principles.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

Conservative pastor says feminism is a "form of transgenderism" in hateful rant - LGBTQ Nation

Feminism equates to transgenderism; feminist women reject femininity, cause societal decline, weaken men, lower birthrates, and drive immigration.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Pete Hegseth Invited Pastor Who Suggested Slavery Actually Wasn't That Bad to Lead Prayer at Pentagon

There was horrific maltreatment on the one hand, and then there are other stories that are right out of Disney's Song of the South.
US politics
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Christ is king' becomes a loaded phrase in US political debates, especially on the right

The phrase 'Christ is king' has shifted from a religious affirmation to a politically charged statement sometimes paired with antisemitic rhetoric and anti-Zionist messaging on the right.
US Elections
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

Analyst says liberal is no longer a "4-letter word" as conservatives rapidly lose their edge - LGBTQ Nation

A record share of Americans now identify as liberal, driven mainly by Democrats, coinciding with stronger Democratic midterm prospects.
#immigration
fromAxios
1 month ago
US politics

Clergy say Jesus' teachings leave Christians no choice but to resist ICE

fromAxios
1 month ago
US politics

Clergy say Jesus' teachings leave Christians no choice but to resist ICE

#transgender-youth
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago
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The far right thinks kids are property, not people. This is the heart of the anti-trans moral panic. - LGBTQ Nation

fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago
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The far right thinks kids are property, not people. This is the heart of the anti-trans moral panic. - LGBTQ Nation

fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

MAGA Jesus Is Not the Real Jesus

What's striking is less that the federal government is using Bible verses in its promotional videos than that the agency doing the recruiting is Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The videos, set to music, include militaristic images. They show heavily armed agents in tactical gear, weapons drawn, donning masks, looking through night-vision goggles, zip-lining from helicopters, breaking down doors, and conducting nighttime raids.
US politics
LGBT
fromQueerty
2 months ago

America's creepiest homophobes just joined forces to overturn gay marriage & it immediately backfired on them - Queerty

A coalition of prominent anti-LGBT groups launched a campaign to overturn Obergefell but is met with scorn rather than expected conservative enthusiasm.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

I'm a gay Black southern man who never felt safe in church. Here's why I still became a pastor. - LGBTQ Nation

A same-gender-loving Black cisgender man reluctantly embraced pastoral calling while grappling with exclusion, doubt, and faith, informing pastoral care and faith deconstruction work.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
11 months ago

Donald Trump says America should "forget about" the separation of church and state - LGBTQ Nation

President Trump created a Department of Justice religious liberty commission by executive order and questioned the separation of church and state.
fromJezebel
2 months ago

Anti-Abortion Extremists, Including Those Trump Pardoned, Are Remobilizing to Harass Clinics

Two days after his second inauguration, one of Donald Trump's first actions of his second presidency was to pardon nearly two dozen anti-abortion extremists, who had violently and illegally barricaded reproductive rights clinics, in some cases injuring staff and patients in the process, and in others, stealing aborted embryos and fetal tissue. At the time, Center for Reproductive Rights President Nancy Northrup told Jezebel the pardons were a "get-out-of-jail-free card inviting anti-abortion extremists to step up their attacks on reproductive health clinics with impunity."
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fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Trump's special election security advisor blames the Devil for church Pride displays - LGBTQ Nation

Clay Parikh, a special government employee, promotes election conspiracy theories, expresses deep distrust of U.S. institutions, and advances anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.
US politics
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Should Progressive Organizers Lean More on the Church?

Churches have historically provided moral authority, infrastructure, and community essential for sustained protest, and those roles are difficult to replicate in digital-era dissent.
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Conservative group leader calls MAGA a "rotting carcass" that has already lost the culture war - LGBTQ Nation

the rotting carcass of the MAGA era, its shrieking insecurities, its pathetic resentments, its festering hatreds, and that distinct, metallic tang of panic rising in the back of its throat behind the soft wattle.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
6 months ago

No, I won't be shedding any tears for Charlie Kirk - LGBTQ Nation

Charlie Kirk believed that gay people should be stoned to death, that the 1964 Civil Rights Act was a "huge mistake," that we should legally be allowed to whip foreigners in the U.S., that Muslims only move here to destroy the country, that American Jews encourage anti-whiteness, that men should physically attack transgender people, that all women should submit to their husbands, and that Black professionals "steal" their jobs from more qualified white people.
US politics
fromHuffPost
3 months ago

Former MAGA Christians Disillusioned By The Movement Say 'Leaving Costs Nearly Everything'

For many Americans raised in conservative Christian environments, faith once felt like a matter of personal conviction and community - not overt political allegiance. But over the past decade, the boundary between belief and ideology has blurred. As religious leaders increasingly endorse candidates from the pulpit and worship music shares space with patriotic anthems, congregations have since fractured over public health measures, immigration, race, and the policing of cultural "morality."
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Unacceptable': Conservatives Revolt Over Trump Urging GOP to Be Flexible' on Taxpayer-Funded Abortions

House Republicans were urged to show flexibility on the Hyde Amendment, potentially allowing federal funds to flow into health-care accounts or direct payments.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

Conservatives are boycotting Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show & organizing a Christian alternative - LGBTQ Nation

One Million Moms is urging supporters to boycott Bad Bunny's 2026 Super Bowl Halftime performance and promote Turning Point USA's alternative All-American Halftime Show.
fromThe American Conservative
2 months ago

Heritage in the Arena

"It is not the critic who counts," President Theodore Roosevelt once said. "The credit belongs to the man who is in the arena." The Heritage Foundation has been in the arena for many years, fighting many battles, so it's no surprise that it has attracted many critics as well. And while Heritage cannot claim perfection, this much is certain: We have stayed true to our mission despite the critics;
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