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What comes to mind when you think “wedding”? You probably see images of women in white dresses, men in black tuxedoes, and matching bridesmaids and groomsmen. But weddings can come in all shapes and sizes.
We often hear religious people complain about religious oppression if same-sex marriage becomes legal in their community, but what of religious oppression when it is banned? As the U.S. state of Maryland’s General Assembly was mulling legalizing same-sex mar
The New York State Assembly—the lower house of the New York State Legislature—is being presented with a bill that would change the domestic relations law so as to permit Universal Life Church ministers to solemnize weddings in New York State. The purpose o
In the acclaimed HBO series Big Love, one of the characters has a thing or two to say about free ordination online, and it wasn't so flattering. But online ordination is not so different from traditional ordination.
In the United States, many fundamentalist Christians support teaching creationism side-by-side with evolution in public schools in order to provide a balance of perspectives. But is that fair?
You may think it odd that a person should describe his or her religion as Jedi, but a man who was arrested in the U.S. state of Florida listed his religion as “redneck”.
As Britons in England and Wales prepare to complete their 2011 national census forms online, some of them are questioning the usefulness of the census altogether.
One Indiana church has launched a new advertising campaign focusing on sex with the hope of gaining new, young proselytes, using provocative tactics in order to lure back young people to church and religion.
How will religion affect women in post-revolutionary Egypt? Will the interim military government set up a theocracy based on Sharia law, or a secular civil government that upholds the principle of sex equality?
A Christian astronomer who sued the University of Kentucky for religious discrimination spoke with the Associated Press recently about his motivation for carrying out the lawsuit.
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