- Christians More Supportive of Torture than Non-Religious Americans http://religiondispatches.org/christians-more-supportive-of-torture-than-non-religious-americans/ 29 comments politics
- Religion in American culture. U.S. Religious Landscape Survey. http://religions.pewforum.org/ 5 comments reddit.com
- How American religious conservatives fought LGBT rights in Ukraine https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2020/10/16/how-american-religious-conservatives-fought-lgbt-rights-in-ukraine/ 7 comments europes
- How American religious conservatives fought LGBT rights in Ukraine https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2020/10/16/how-american-religious-conservatives-fought-lgbt-rights-in-ukraine/ 6 comments europe
- More And More Americans Aren’t Religious. Why Are Democrats Ignoring These Voters? https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/more-and-more-americans-arent-religious-why-are-democrats-ignoring-these-voters/ 19 comments politics
- How the Trump Administration Used Religious Freedom Day to Threaten American Ideals https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/how-the-trump-administration-used-religious-freedom-day-to-threaten-american-ideals/ 4 comments politics
- Believe it or not - Americans are becoming less religious http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestylemolt/idusn2521944020080225 135 comments reddit.com
- Biden rescinds most of rule allowing religious interference in health care - Americans United https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/biden-rescinds-most-of-rule-allowing-religious-interference-in-health-care/ 87 comments upliftingnews
- U.S. may allow more Native Americans religious use of eagle feathers https://www.upi.com/top_news/us/2019/07/15/us-may-allow-more-native-americans-religious-use-of-eagle-feathers/9611563204672/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter 4 comments politics
- If Americans are so passionate about such a relic of the nineteenth century as the ethno-religious state, then by all means let us give New York to the Jews; Palestine was never ours to give away. http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/06/voices.php#more 7 comments politics
- Un-American: The first line of the first amendment protects religious freedom. McCain's "spiritual advisor" says America was founded to destroy Islam. You can judge a person by the company they keep. http://www.progressivemediausa.org/2008/05/08/mccains-spiritual-advisors-are-un-american/ 5 comments politics
- "The United States is the most religious nation in the developed world ... Americans are also the most religiously ignorant people in the Western world." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/01/ar2007030102073.html?referrer=reddit 18 comments reddit.com
- American Muslim women opting for religious prenups before marriage http://spotback.com/story/3749277/american_muslim_women_opting_for_religious_prenups_before_marriage 2 comments reddit.com
- Just 27% of Americans think President Donald Trump is a religious man, poll finds https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/10/poll-trump-religion-faith/5332728002/ 36 comments politics
- Most American Religious Groups Support Same-sex Marriage, Oppose Religiously Based Service Refusals http://www.prri.org/spotlight/religious-americans-same-sex-marriage-service-refusals/ 6 comments politics
- Americans United Says ‘Religious Liberty’ Does Not Justify Performing Harmful ‘Reparative’ Therapy On Minors https://www.au.org/media/press-releases/americans-united-says-religious-liberty-does-not-justify-performing-harmful 4 comments politics
- American Religious Fanatics Praise Uganda for Making Homosexuality Illegal http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/41238_american_religious_fanatics_praise_uganda_for_making_homosexuality_illegal 3 comments worldnews
- US Govt Sued for Funding Religious Groups That Deny Central American Refugees Abortion http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/us-govt-funds-religious-groups-that-deny-refugees-abortion-20160625-0007.html 23 comments worldnews
- Chronic elevation of stress hormones in young American blacks is eased by religious participation http://www.patheos.com/blogs/epiphenom/2016/01/religion-linked-to-reduced-levels-of-stress-hormones-in-young-american-blacks.html 8 comments science
- Tucker Carlson Is Actually A Late-Comer To The American Right’s Love Affair With Viktor Orbán | The far-right’s ties to Orbán date back at least a decade, and were cultivated by top strategists and lobbyists in the Republican Party, as well as leading figures on the religious right. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/tucker-carlson-actually-late-comer-american-rights-love-affair-viktor-orban 7 comments politics
- White-only religious groups aren't new to America. Trump's helped reinvigorate them. | White-only churches are making more space for white Americans who have lost faith in democracy and replaced it with Trump. https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/white-only-religious-groups-aren-t-new-america-trump-s-n1251624 16 comments politics
- Obama May Veto the Defense Bill, Again - "Included in the House version of the NDAA is an amendment offered by Rep. Russell, that applies decades-old religious exemptions from Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) to federal grants and contracts." http://dailysignal.com/2016/10/28/obama-may-veto-the-defense-bill-again/ 16 comments politics
- What I learned about Trumpism from reading 50 Breitbart articles about immigration - "Immigration is a threat to the literal safety of Americans, and, more importantly, the national and religious identity of white, Christian Americans." http://www.vox.com/2016/8/29/12587888/trumpism-reading-breitbart-immigration 337 comments politics
- A majority of highly religious Americans consider gene editing, synthetic blood and brain chips to be meddling with nature http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/07/26/u-s-public-wary-of-biomedical-technologies-to-enhance-human-abilities/ps_2016-07-26_human-enhancement-survey_0-02/ 26 comments science
- Donald Trump and the Future of the Republican Party - "The White American Middle, the pillar of GOP support, is an anxious mess throwing its lot behind a charismatic demagogue promising to solve all their problems with walls, deportations, trade wars, and religious bans." http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/donald-trump-is-the-future-of-the-republican-party/486872/ 36 comments politics
- Religious belief in America has hit an all time low. Prayer rates have decreased fivefold since the early 1980s and many Americans think the bible is is an "ancient book of fables, legends, history, and moral precepts recorded by men" http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113413210/religious-belief-us-032116/ 1182 comments science
- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says the idea of religious neutrality is not grounded in the country's constitutional traditions and that God has been good to the U.S. exactly because Americans honor him http://bigstory.ap.org/article/275ecd74694f4fcb8faba72f4ed33ec7/scalia-dismisses-concept-religious-neutrality-speech 151 comments politics
- Middle Easterners See Religious and Ethnic Hatred as Top Global Threat; Europeans and Americans Focus on Inequality as Greatest Danger http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/10/16/middle-easterners-see-religious-and-ethnic-hatred-as-top-global-threat/ 3 comments worldnews
- Poll Reveals 'Pervasive' Science Ignorance Among Americans: Research highlights connection between political and religious affiliations and scientific beliefs https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/22-1 34 comments politics
- New GOP same as the old GOP: Iowa summit to feature Republican leaders and Religious Right stalwarts -- "Last year, the organization hosted a debate...and tried to get Republican candidates to pledge to fight legal pornography and agree that African-American families were better off under slavery" http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/new-gop-same-old-gop-iowa-summit-feature-republican-leaders-and-religious-right-stalwarts 8 comments politics
- Gay marriage is not just a social revolution but a cosmological one, the American acceptance of gay marriage is directly related to the number of Americans falling away from religious affiliation http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/sex-after-christianity/ 10 comments politics
- Religion and Child Health: Religious Affiliation, Importance, and Attendance and Health Status among American Youth: "analysis revealed a generally positive and statistically significant association between religion and health, especially for the psychological health of children ages 12–15" http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10834-012-9312-5 3 comments science
- Young 'Nones' Set To Transform The Political Landscape: " 1 in 5 Americans now identifies as "religiously unaffiliated," a group that includes those who say they have no particular religion, as well as atheists and agnostics." http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/10/09/162582670/young-nones-set-to-transform-the-political-landscape 6 comments politics
- TIL that Wikileaks exposed Afghans who were anti-Taliban, which put them on a hit list; exposed the location of previously unknown American troops; revealed a secret effort into tackling a fanatical religious country; and made known sting operations geared towards limiting illegal arms trade. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_War_documents_leak#Informants_named 18 comments reddit.com
- Religious Bigot Franklin Graham Calls Islam 'Evil' - Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of Rev. Billy Graham, called Islam “wicked” and “evil” on Sunday during a televised town hall-style discussion about American’s feelings about the religion. http://www.politico.com/blogs/politicolive/1010/rev_franklin_graham_islam_evil.html 3 comments politics
- Pew Forum on Religious Life asks 3,412 Americans 32 questions about the Bible, Christianity, and other world religions. Result? Atheists and Agnostics score higher than any religious group. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/us/28religion.html 86 comments worldnews
- "What if a voice in your head, claiming to be God, tells you to hijack a large commercial jet and fly it into a skyscraper?. ...similar sorts of religious or mystical precepts ...have become embedded in certain areas of American Christian evangelical culture." http://www.talk2action.org/story/2007/4/24/104632/578 4 comments politics
- Hey you know that mandate to buy insurance? Check out who is exempt --->Exemptions: American Indians, people with religious objections and people who can show financial hardship. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/19/us/politics/1119-plan-comparison.html?ref=politics#tab=0 60 comments politics
- Praying for Election Day miracles - Religious Americans turn to a higher power on the candidates' behalf http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27488710/ 5 comments politics
- "“J.F.K.’s speech was to reassure Americans that he wasn’t a religious fanatic,” ... “Mitt’s was to tell evangelical Christians, ‘I’m a religious fanatic just like you.’”" http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/opinion/09dowd.html?ei=5087&em=&en=c4a7818e4e27d0a8&ex=1197349200&pagewanted=print 67 comments politics