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Child Rape, Penn State and the Catholic Church: Is Religion Especially Bad?

By Greta Christina / AlterNet

The child rape scandal at Penn State raises inevitable comparisons with the Catholic Church. Does religion make these kinds of abuses worse?

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Right-Wing End-Times Theology and the Politics of the Antichrist Smear

By Sarah Posner / Comment Is Free

Will Libya's Revolution Bring About Sharia Law?

By Karlos Zurutuza / IPS News

Topless Ukrainian Activist Detained in Vatican After Protesting Under Pope's Balcony

By Brian Whitmore / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Beating Babies in the Name of Jesus? The Shady World of Right-Wing 'Discipline' Guides

By Frank Schaeffer / AlterNet

50 Reasons to Boycott the Catholic Church

A Year in Jail for Not Believing in God? How Kentucky Is Persecuting Atheists

What If Religious Fanaticism Killed Someone You Love?

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Why Is Atheism a Bigger Obstacle to Political Office Than Mormonism?

Adam Lee / AlterNet

Guns in Church? A Wisconsin Pastor Begs Congregants Not to Pack Heat on Sunday Morning After Concealed Carry Law Passes

Daniel Schultz / Comment Is Free

Of Religious Intolerance, House Music and Jobs to Kentucky

alguien / Daily Kos

Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann Kowtowing to Christian Extremists -- What Kind of America Do These Radicals Want?

Joseph L. Conn / Church & State

Should We Worry About Mitt Romney's Mormon Faith?

Joe Conason / AlterNet

Did Egypt's Women Win the Revolution Only to Lose Out?

Erin Banco / AlterNet

Bishops Are Behind the 'Let Women Die' Act and the Push Against Birth Control--Even As They're Under Fire for Sex Abuse Scandals

Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

Racist Arizona Immigration Law Earns It First Lawsuit -- And It's From a Pastor

Valeria Fernandez / New America Media

It's 2011 -- Why Is God Still Involved In American Politics?

Amanda Marcotte / AlterNet

Is Atheist Money Too Controversial for the American Cancer Society?

Greta Christina / AlterNet

Values Voter Bigotry Fest Erupts In War of Words Over Romney's Faith

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

Conservatives Want America to be a "Christian Nation" -- Here's What That Would Actually Look Like

Adam Lee / AlterNet

5 Signs That America Is Moving Away from Religion

Tana Ganeva / AlterNet

How Conservative Politicians Wait for God to Fix the Economy, With Frightening Results

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

Is Anti-Gay Group "Focus on the Family" Dying as Donations Drop? A Look Back at 7 of Their Strangest and Most Appalling Moves

Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

10 Signs God Is Furious With the Right

Paul Rosenberg / AlterNet

Has American-Style Conservatism Become a Religion?

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

10 Myths Many Religious People Hold About Atheists, Debunked

Amanda Marcotte / AlterNet

Why the Anti-Science Creationist Movement Is So Dangerous

Adam Lee / AlterNet

Progressive Religious Believers' Big Hypocrisy: Cherry-Picking the Parts of Religion they Like and Ditching the Rest

Greta Christina / AlterNet

Inside the Christian Right Dominionist Movement That's Undermining Democracy

Chip Berlet / Public Eye

Atheism U? A New Elite University Focuses on Spreading Humanism

Jessica Weisberg / Religion Dispatches

5 Reasons Progressives Should Treat Ron Paul with Extreme Caution -- 'Cuddly' Libertarian Has Some Very Dark Politics

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice

Alia Malek, Adama Bah / Voice of Witness

Believers Think We Need Religion to Behave Like Good, Moral People -- Here's Why They're Wrong

Adam Lee / AlterNet

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