In the midst of heated debates about female pastors and the morality of in vitro fertilization, the national Southern Baptist Convention recently passed a religious liberty resolution that — in terms ...

The word “notwithstanding” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the ongoing public debate over whether West Virginia’s religious freedom act applies to school vaccination laws. Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s ...

Utah has enacted new laws to allow greater inclusion of religion in public school history and civics instruction, part of a broader GOP-led movement to highlight faith’s historical role. Supporters ...

The message of religious gender justice activists around the world is simple but powerful: nondiscrimination, equality, and ...

(The Conversation) — Conversations on religious freedom are key to democracy, but they are missing from the discourse this election year, writes a scholar who studies the role of religion in politics.

Dear Editor:I found Mr. Marolt’s column (Aspen Times, March 25) shortsighted and wrong. If he were a person with the mental capabilities of seeing the big picture with impartiality (a quality we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A health worker prepares a dose of the measles vaccine Feb. 27 at a health center in Lubbock, Texas. The debate over vaccines is ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His nation is still feeling the reverberations today. The ...

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