Religion

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  This Catholic church almost got away with burning a pride flag during mass

  A church in Chicago planned to burn a pride flag found after one of the services as a sacrilege - but someone found out first.

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  Ex-Scientologist comes out + shares horror stories about the Church’s LGBTQ treatment

  A woman who came out of the closet and simultaneously escaped the Church of Scientology is now telling all in a new memoir.

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  Politics may influence religion more than the other way around

  Why are Republicans more likely to become evangelicals than the other way around?

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  The Baptists cut ties with their DC churches for accepting lesbians

  DC Baptists was accused of "tacitly approving" of a church's "unbiblical actions."

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  Is Pope Francis pro-LGBTQ or not? The Church doesn’t know either.

  Pope Francis keeps sending contradictory messages on LGBT issues. It's driving both sides in the Church crazy.

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  Here’s some good news: The religious right is shrinking

  White evangelicals now represent only 13 percent of the U.S. population, and their numbers are declining.

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  This gay teen left a suicide note that will break your heart

  "Dear World, You make me feel ugly and dirty."

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  Here’s what actually drives Trump supporters. It may shock you.

  From the moment he stepped on the escalator at Trump Tower, pundits and analysts have been trying to understand what drove Donald Trump's unlikely political rise.

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  Religion can make gay youth more likely to commit suicide

  Youth who were questioning their sexuality were three times more likely to report recent suicidal thoughts if they were religious.

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  Conservatives are shocked — shocked! — that a college has sex education

  The University of Tennessee's "Sex Week" is drawing rightwing outrage... again.

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