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Christianity Required? Christmas Parade With Mandatory Christian Pledge Ignites Outrage

October 31st, 2024

A small town Christmas parade made national news after parade participants were required to sign a Christian "statement of faith," which included anti-LGBTQ sentiment, just to participate in the Christmas festivities.

Political & Religious Controversy 60 Comments

The Secret Religious History of Halloween's Top Monsters

October 25th, 2024

Creatures like skeletons, witches, and zombies have become so closely tied to the Halloween holiday that we don’t think twice about them. But did you know many of these creepy figures have hidden religious connections?

ULC Minister Training & Education 63 Comments

Is Voodoo Coming to a Town Near You?

October 24th, 2024

What is Voodoo? The Haitian faith is losing stigma but still widely misunderstood in the United States, owing to pop culture misconceptions like zombies and Voodoo dolls.

Pagan & Wiccan 25 Comments

Over Half of Christians Admit to Watching Porn, Study Shows

October 23rd, 2024

Is there any shame in watching porn if you’re a churchgoer? Decades of mainstream Christian teachings would lead one to assume the answer is yes, but according to a new study, times might be changing.

Christian 124 Comments

"Satanic Santa" in New Horror Flick Scares up Religious Protests

October 18th, 2024

The number one movie at the box office, Terrifier 3, is also the subject of protests by some Christian groups, who object to the film's over the top violence, blasphemous religious imagery, and murderous "Satanic Santa".

Political & Religious Controversy 78 Comments

Controversial Statue of Mary Giving Birth to Jesus Beheaded

October 17th, 2024

A shocking statue depicting the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus was beheaded while on display at an exhibit examining the role of women in the Catholic faith, prompting dialogue on how far controversial art should go.

Political & Religious Controversy 143 Comments

University Adds Trigger Warning for "Christian Faith" to Classic Literature

October 17th, 2024

A university in the UK received widespread mockery online after students taking a class on Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century book 'The Canterbury Tales' were given a trigger warning for "expressions of Christian faith."

Political & Religious Controversy 102 Comments

Seventh-day Adventists Sue For Right to Discriminate in Hiring

October 11th, 2024

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is suing the state of Maryland, arguing that they should be allowed to legally discriminate against everyone from the LGBTQ+ community to remarried people to porn viewers in employment.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 88 Comments

Megachurch Pastor: Don't Give to the Poor, Give to Me

October 11th, 2024

Megachurch Pastor Keion Henderson of Lighthouse Church & Ministries is making headlines for a resurfaced sermon in which he claims that churchgoers should tithe money to him and his church instead of giving charitably.

Political & Religious Controversy 61 Comments

Meet 2024's Hottest Religion: Transphobia?

October 10th, 2024

Move aside Abrahamic faiths, there's a new religion in town. 3,000 individuals listed their religion as 'believer in biology' in the 2022 Scottish census in a campaigned organized by an anti-transgender feminist group.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 147 Comments

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