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How Do I Tell My Daughter I Don't Believe in God?

Sue Sanders, Salon. April 15, 2012.

There are chunks of society saying if you don’t believe in God you’re a bad person. Will Lizzie intuit that she’s bad if she doesn’t believe — or that her mother is?

Right-Wing Religion's War on America

Rob Boston, Church & State Magazine. April 9, 2012.

Many in America's Catholic leadership and on the evangelical right claim there's a war on religion. In fact, they are waging a war on individual liberties.

When Did the Catholic Church Endow Sperm With Inalienable Rights?

David Morris, On the Commons. March 15, 2012.

Most pro-life organizations more accurately should be labeled pro sperm.

Moyers: Why Religion Should Not Dictate Our Politics

Bill Moyers, BillMoyers.com. February 16, 2012.

Obama's contraception compromise is a rare practical solution to America's perennial church-state tensions.

Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified of Birth Control -- And Why We'll Still Be Fighting About it 100 Years From Now

Sara Robinson, AlterNet. February 15, 2012.

Conservative bishops and Congressmen are fighting a rear-guard action against one of the most revolutionary changes in human history.

5 Big Lies About the Phony 'War on Religion'

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. February 8, 2012.

Right-wingers claim Obama and Democrats across the country are waging a war on religion -- and of course, conservatives are the civilian casualties.

How an Eccentric Right-Wing Pizza Billionaire's Attempt to Build Catholic Law School Ended in Disaster

Mariah Blake, Washington Monthly. September 8, 2009.

Tom Monaghan, Domino's Pizza founder, took advice from God and Antonin Scalia on the creation of of a Catholic Law school in Florida. It hasn't gone very well.

Catholic Church Excommunicates Doctors Who Helped 9-Year-Old Rape Victim

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. March 5, 2009.

This is probably the most repugnant thing you'll read in a while.

Did You Know that Bobby Jindal Is an Exorcist? (Seriously)

tristero, Hullabaloo. February 25, 2009.

"Jindal narrated a bizarre story of a personal encounter with a demon, in which he participated in an exorcism with a group of college friends."

Men of the Cloth: The Vatican Isn't So Far From Fundamentalist Mormonism

Katha Pollitt, The Nation. April 26, 2008.

When it comes to keeping women in their place, polygamous Mormon fundamentalists and the Pope have a lot in common.

Catholics and Contraception

Kathryn Joyce, RH Reality Check. April 24, 2008.

The Catholic church's anti-contraception stance continues to harm women around the world, even while the majority of Catholics reject it.

Obama is the Best Candidate for Choice

Frances Kissling, Huffington Post. February 18, 2008.

As a woman who has spent her life fighting for choice, I believe that Obama's progressive vision is the one that truly embraces reproductive justice.

Reconciling Catholic Faith with LGBT Children

Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. October 29, 2007.

Catholic parents with LGBT children are working to make the Church more inclusive of their families.

Bill Donohue "Tempted" By Thought Of New Inquisition [VIDEO]

Bruce Wilson, May 20, 2007.

Bruce Wilson: Catholic League Head Downplays Inquisition's Atrocities, Yearns To Bring It Back... As Nonprofit Political Hit Squad ?

Oh NO Mr. Bill! - Catholic League Misses Blatant Anti-Catholicism

Bruce Wilson, April 11, 2007.

Bruce Wilson: Donohue Gets $300k a Year... For What?

Catholic Charities must carry contraceptives

Evan Derkacz, October 20, 2006.

If employees are of diverse faiths...