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Bobby Jindal Warns That Secularism Will Destroy Religious Freedom

Remember when Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal warned Republicans about being the “stupid party“? As we’ve know by now, that seems to have been more of a “do as I say” moment since Jindal’s own actions haven’t lived up to the rebranding he was going for.

On Tuesday, Jindal and conservative talk show host Steve Deace were discussing whether or not the political climate had progressed to a point where it was“too late” for America. Based on their experience at the Iowa “Pastors and Pews” event, th...

Paleo Cookbook for New Moms Indefinitely Delayed After Health Officials Point Out the Recipes Could Kill Babies

The Paleo diet is one that’s high in protein, meat, and fiber… and light on carbs. There’s plenty of reason to criticize it, but the latest one is pretty damning.

Australian author Pete Evans is a proponent of that diet and he was going to release his latest book, Bubba Yum Yum: The Paleo Way, this Friday. It’s a Paleo cookbook for new mothers and their babies.

Just one problem: The recipes could kill them.

Thankfully, health officials forced the publishers to delay release of the book (for an u...

Southern Baptists Urge Millennials to Marry Early to Avoid Premarital Sex

Marrying later in life has been identified as one of the factors contributing to an ongoing decrease in divorce rates. But, according to Southern Baptist leadership, people should actually be marrying younger rather than older.

NPR’s Blake Farmer reports,

Leaders of the country’s largest Protestant denomination have a message for millennials: get married already.

The Nashville-based Southern Baptist Convention and its nearly 16 million members continue to resist societal trends like gay marriage...

Why Did Rep. Justin Harris Abandon the Little Girls He’d Adopted? Easy: They Were Possessed By Demons

More details areemerging about Arkansas Rep. Justin Harris and his botched adoption of two young girls.

Last week, we learned that Harris and his wife Marsha gave the siblings, fourand sixyears old,away (the euphemism used was “rehomed”) to another couple, Eric and Stacey Francis. Eric Francis promptly raped the six-year-old and is now serving a 40-year prison term.

But what possessed State Representative Harris, who is also the owner of a Christian preschool, to get rid of the girls after they...

Christian Hypocrites Denounce “Day of Silence” While Remaining Silent About Pro-Life Version of the Event

More than a dozen leaders of conservative Christian groups have issued a call for parents to keep their children at home during next month’s “Day of Silence” (a student-run initiative during which volunteers don’t speak, all on behalf of the members of the LGBT community who have been forced to be silent about their sexual identities).

Many of the signers are familiar to readers of this site, like Laurie Higgins (of the Illinois Family Institute),Matt Barber, Dr. Michael Brown, Peter LaBarbera...

Pastor John Hagee Attempts to Convince Skeptics of Biblical Prophecy

Do you believe all the biblical prophecies?

Of course you don’t.

But you totally will after Pastor John Hagee explains everything to you skeptics:

He sounds like he’s reading the (debunked) chain letter about the coincidences between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy… It’s just a lot of rhetorical flourishes that don’t ultimately “prove” anything. If you wanted to play the same game between any two historical figures, I’m sure you could find several “incredible” coincidences, too, and it would...

“Anti-Gang Pastor” Shaun Harrison Arrested For Drug-Dealing and Shooting 17-Year-Old Student In the Head

Quite the God-works-in-mysterious-waystransformation:

Pastor Shaun O. Harrison Sr. was the dean of students at English High School in Boston. He made a name for himself in the community as the antigang pastor and his nickname was “Rev,” according to aBoston Globe story.

But:

Police say a 17-year-old boy shot in the back of the head pointed to “Rev.” as his assailant. Prosecutors say the pastor was leading a double life.

Harrison tried to dealdrugs to his victim, prosecutors allege:

While he was wo...

Hundreds of Catholic School Teachers and Students Push Back Against “Morality Clauses”

In the debate about whether “morality clauses” should govern the private lives of Catholic school teachers and students, San Francisco is the next battleground.

And while Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone (below) is firmly in favor of an anti-LGBT, anti-choice morality clause in San Francisco Catholic schools, area officials, teachers, and students aren’t having it.

Cordileone has included his “morality clause” in a new version of the school handbook and proposed changes to labor contracts for te...

Pro-Life Journalist Argues That Contraception, Which He Says Led to Gay Marriage and Divorce, Will Destroy Us

If you are like me, and you run across an article entitled “Contraception gave us divorce and gay ‘marriage’ and will destroy us: here’s how“… you have to click.

Like the apple in the Garden of Eden, it’s just too tempting to walk away from; and, also like the apple, you inevitably regret it afterward.

Granted, it’s not a “damning mankind” level of regret. On the other hand, the article — alas — is actually real (and really bad). It’s from the anti-abortion site, Life Site News, and provides a...

Judge Dismisses American Atheists’ Lawsuit Against Ten Commandments Monument on Oklahoma Capitol Grounds

Oklahoma officials decided to put a Ten Commandments monument on Capitol grounds in 2012 and the decision has been coming back to bite them ever since.

Ten Commandments monument in Oklahoma (via James Nimmo)

Last year, the Satanic Temple made worldwide headlines when it requested its own monument on the property:

A Hindu group made a similar request.

And then, the week before Christmas, the Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission in charge of giving the green lights to monuments, declared a mora...