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These Men Want to Make Rape Legal

February 4th, 2016

Rape is a great teaching tool. Women have too much power and autonomy in our culture. Women are valued insofar as they are beautiful and subservient to men. These are the views of a group called Return of Kings.

Political & Religious Controversy 152 Comments

What's the Difference Between Sunni and Shia Islam?

January 4th, 2016

Tensions in the Muslim world have risen even further in the wake of a mass execution of 47 men by the Saudi Arabian government, among whom was a prominent Shiite cleric named Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.

Political & Religious Controversy 186 Comments

Homophobic Hate Leads to Death of Swedish Man

December 31st, 2015

Discrimination is nothing new. People can be discriminated against because of their race, gender, age, religion, or sexual orientation. It can be a very difficult thing to deal with discrimination from someone simply because of who you are. Unfortunately, t

LGBTQ & Human Rights 47 Comments

Are We at War Against Islam?

December 7th, 2015

Fourteen years ago the world embarked in a “War on Terror”… a war that continues indefinitely to this day.Why, and who, are we fighting? Are we actually at war with Islam?

Political & Religious Controversy 196 Comments

Muslim Boy Who Built Homemade Clock Resembling Bomb Demands $15 Million

November 24th, 2015

Ahmed Mohamed, the boy who made a clock at home and wound up being arrested and questioned for it is now demanding $15 million from the city of Irving and its school district.

Political & Religious Controversy 108 Comments

Does the Religion of US Presidents Matter?

September 24th, 2015

This weekend, candidate Ben Carson appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" and stated that someone of the Muslim faith shouldn't be president. Does the faith of the president actually matter?

Political & Religious Controversy 80 Comments

Understanding the Islamic State: What is ISIS?

August 3rd, 2015

It's impossible to watch, listen to, or read the news today without finding at least one reference to the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, a terrorist organization.

Political & Religious Controversy 18 Comments

Call to Rewrite Religion

February 3rd, 2015

ISIS's attempt to drag us all back to the dark ages is based on their harmful use of their holy book. Is the Westboro Baptist Church any different? Using faith to justify hate is never okay.

Political & Religious Controversy 439 Comments

ULC: Review of a Decade

January 12th, 2015

Where We’ve Been For the past decade, the ULC Monastery has worked tirelessly to secure your rights as a minister. We have lobbied and even threatened litigation against states and clerks of the court that have refused to recognize our legal standing. Becaus

Progressive Spirituality 10 Comments

Free Speech, Reform, and the Paris Murders

January 12th, 2015

How should Universal Life Church ministers respond when people are murdered for insulting the religious sensibilities of radical jihadist terrorists? Should they stand on the side of free speech, or religious tolerance?

Political & Religious Controversy 80 Comments

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