The LDS Church is moving into more parts of the country than any other religious group, making Mormonism the fastest-growing faith in more than half of U.S. states, according to a new study.
Richard Grenell, the openly gay foreign policy adviser to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, has resigned.
On the Twitters, the American Family Association's Bryan Fischer appeared to take some credit:
If my public comments about Romney's gay activist hire had anything to do with today's decision, I did the guv a big favor.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) May 1, 2012
Cardinal Sean Brady, the leader of Ireland’s 4 million Catholics, said he will not resign after a BBC documentary accused him of helping to cover up child abuse in the 1970s.
Ireland is expected to approve legislation giving humanists the same status as religions in conducting marriage ceremonies.
Some religious groups in Scotland want same-sex marriage legalized.
Yet another NYT column criticizes the Vatican's crackdown on American nuns. “To read the report here in New York is to feel that somewhere along the alleys and switchbacks of power in Rome, the actuality of life as lived by religious women in much of the United States was lost,” writes Jim Dwyer.
In a move that will give bishops more flexibility to remove ineffective pastors, the United Methodist Church voted to end guaranteed clergy appointments.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry says God forgives people for their “oops moments,” but American voters smiteth those who remembereth not thy federal agencies.
Osama bin Laden worried about al-Qaeda's intellectual purity and his own legacy in his latter years, WaPo reports.
The Dalai Lama laughed off China's insistence that Beijing will choose his successor. “In order to be involved in my reincarnation, firstly, they should accept Buddhism. Or religion,” HHDL joked.
Attorney Jonathan Turley asks if dating sites that promise to find “God's match for you” might find themselves set up with false advertising suits.Â
A French anti-discrimination group is suing Google for offering to search if celebrities are Jewish. Google says they're not doing anything special, it's just a “reflection of the search activity of all Web users.”
Delmon Young, a Detroit Tigers outfielder, was arrested in New York for allegedly attacking a group of men and making anti-Semitic remarks.
A sermon by NORTH Carolina pastor Sean Harris in which he says that parents should ridicule and beat their children if they are gay, is being excoriated on LGBT blogs. (I placed Harris in South Carolina earlier today until Word&Way showed me the light. Thanks, folks.)Â
It's prom season in America, or so they tell me, and even hijab-wearing Muslim girls are letting their hair down – without boys around, of course.Â
Tomorrow is the National Day of Prayer. Here is President Obama's proclamation. POTUS has also proclaimed May Jewish American Heritage Month.Â
The map at top left shows the distribution of religious groups in the U.S. For more details, see our article on the 2012 Religious Congregations and Membership Study.
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