News Tidbits

Reuters: Trump election prompts U.S. mothers to warn children about assault: poll

CNN: Controversial megachurch pastor Eddie Long dies at 63 

LGBTQ Nation: Al Franken confronts Trump nominee over conversion therapy donations

The Advocate: Ben Carson: LGBT People Don't Deserve "Extra Rights"

Washington Blade: Activists plan queer dance party outside Mike Pence’s house

Commentary Tidbits

News One: Eddie Long And The Black Church’s Legacy Of Child Sexual Abuse

BET: From Eddie Long to Kim Burrell: Why Millennials Need to Abandon the Church

Medium: Bishop Eddie Long Is Not the Only One Who’s Dead   (Trigger warning)

The Advocate: Gordon Klingenschmitt Exploits Abuse Allegations to Tar All LGBT People

Godless in Dixie: A Living Sacrifice No More

News Tidbits

Edge Boston: Southern Baptists Urge Continued Ban On Gay Scouts

Christian Post: Bishop Eddie Long Accused of Abusive Gay Relationship in First Lady Book

Washington Post: Vatican reaches out in Latin America

The Australian: Cardinal Peter Turkson links gays with abuse

Pink News: Australia: Christian youth camp appeals against discrimination ruling

The Independent: UK: Creationist sect among 100-plus faith applicants for free schools

News Tidbits

IOL News: Pope urges renewal at Vatican abuse summit

BBC News: US Catholics angry at contraception rule

Christian Science Monitor: Abortion, birth control becoming major campaign issues

Pink Paper: Miley Cyrus targeted by Christian bigots over same-sex marriage support

Vancouver Sun: Evangelical group targets schools

NPR: Controversial Komen Policy Official Resigns

CNN: Bishop Eddie Long apologizes to Jewish group after Torah ceremony

Ms. Magazine: South Dakota House Committee Strikes Down CPC False Advertising Bill

Behind the Mask: Uganda's "Kill the Gays" Bill Firmly Back on Parliament's Agenda

The Independent: Prominent Tory disowns 'religious right' and supports gay marriage

American Independent: Navigating anti-abortion online strategy

Politico: John Fleming links to Onion story on Facebook

News Tidbits

CNN: Bishop Eddie Long Crowned "King"

Washington Post: Vatican to Host Global Summit on Sexual Abuse

Christian Science Monitor: FCC: Chicago station can drop graphic anti-abortion ad during Superbowl

Edge Boston: Catholic Church Raised $750K for Minn. Marriage Amendment

The Advocate: Minister Calls Pro-Equality Starbucks “Hater of God”

Commentary Tidbits

Truth Wins Out: Newt Gingrich, Self-Victimization, and the Politics of Personal Responsibility

The Grio: Rick Santorum's controversial ally: Black preacher with history of extreme rhetoric

Your Black World: Eddie Long’s Little Boys Keep Speaking Out

Tom the Dancing Bug: Sex-Act Morality Flow Chart

Salon: The right’s latest target: Girl Scout cookies

Media Matters: Fox's Napolitano Compares Roe v. Wade To "The Philosophical Argument Underlying The Holocaust"

Jewish Press: Surviving Bullying, Silencing And Torment For Being Gay In The Frum Community

The Christian Left Blog: The Enemies Within: The 20 Most Dangerous Conservatives and Their Organizations
(Hat Tip to A Feather Afrift)

Commentary Tidbits

Godless in Italy: The cost of the Catholic church

Washington Post: Newt Gingrich, the savior of the religious right?

RH Reality Check: Concerned Women for America's Condescending Treatment of Our Female Troops

Dispatches from the Culture Wars: Freshwater Continues to Lie

Talk to Action: The Camp Pendleton Cross: The Facts vs. What the "Persecuted" Christians Are Saying

Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: What About the Gay Members of Eddie Long's Church?

I Kissed Reality Goodbye: Gender Roles and Abuse

Friendly Atheist: The Problems with Biblical Parenting and Discipline

Love, Joy, Feminism: Spanking, Fear, and Privileging Obedience
(Hat tip to Be the Change)

News Tidbits

New York Times: Anti-Abortion Groups Are Split on Legal Tactics

New York Times: Charismatic Church Leader Eddie Long, Dogged by Scandal, to Stop Preaching for Now

ABC News: HHS Under Fire for Denying Grant to Catholic Group

NPR: Catholic Groups Fight Contraceptive Rule, But Many Already Offer Coverage

CBS News: Kentucky church's ban on interracial couples voided

WMUR 9: Pastor In Willis Rape Trial Resigns From University

Roanoke Times: Ten Commandments lawsuit survives motion to dismiss

Homeland Security News Wire: Kentucky allowed to rely on God for homeland security

News Tidbits

Washington Post: Judge rejects appeal of Ohio teacher fired for allegedly preaching religious beliefs in class

Washington Post: Poll: Three in four pastors say Mormons aren’t Christian

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Eddie Long, New Birth seek to recoup settlement money

CNN: Straddling the line between church and politics in 2012 GOP race

Christian Science Monitor: Sex, race, and religion: Speed bumps along the campaign trail

Toronto Sun: School prayer 'slippery slope,' rally told

Edge Boston: Santorum: Race is Identity, Gay is Sexual Conduct

My Northwest: Gay Be Gone! Michele Bachmann's Ex-Lesbian Friend Can Pray your Gay Away

News Tidbits

Houston Chronicle: Marriage grant funded salaries, rent at Iowa Family Policy Center

American Independent: ‘The Response’: Step one in a conservative Christian voter mobilization drive

Iowa Independent: Catholic physicians don’t want birth control covered as preventative service

Edge Boston: Anti-Gay NY Town Clerk: Marriages with Animals Next?

Pink News: Rick Santorum accepts “decision” to be gay, but “disagrees vehemently” on equality

The Advocate: Facebook Oversharing Teacher Tells Students to Get Out If They Don't Like "God's Truth"

The Advocate: Megachurch Pastor: Not Against Gays, Just Against Gay Sex

NPR: The Evangelicals Engaged In Spiritual Warfare

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Eddie Long accusers break silence on relationships with embattled bishop

Bay Windows: MIT grad student remembers "ex-gay" therapy

San Diego Gay and Lesbian News: Expat Ugandans organize to fight "Kill The Gays" bill

Minnesota Public Radio: Same-sex marriage supporters, foes stake out ground at Minnesota state fair

News Tidbits

Maryland Morning: Summer of Mercy 2.0

Washington Post: Nebraska doctor who performs late-in-pregnancy abortions in Maryland talks about future of clinic, security concerns

Edge Boston: Conservative Christian University: There’s Nothing ’Ex’ About ’Ex-Gays’

Christianity Today: Willow Creek Splits with Exodus International

Mother Jones: God's Own Warden

On Top Magazine: Chick-Fil-A, Anthony Munoz, Jim Breech Support Anti-Gay Group

My Fox Atlanta: Bishop Eddie Long Had Fifth Accuser in Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit

Christian Science Monitor: Norway massacre likely to ramp up monitoring of right-wing groups

Christian Science Monitor: Norway massacre: Breivik manifesto attempts to woo India's Hindu nationalists

Edge Boston: Anti-Gay Group Ready to Try for Marriage Ban Vote if Maryland Grants Equality

Texas Independent: Federal suit over The Response heats up, with request for restraining order against Perry

Minnesota Independent: In Iowa, Bachmann offers ‘testimony of faith’

Florida Independent: Florida Catholic Conference echoes U.S. Bishops’ support for ‘Respect for Rights of Conscience Act’

Commentary Tidbits

New York Times: Our Fantasy Nation?

Talking Points Memo: New Jersey GOPer Premieres Anti-Abortion Suspense Flick This Weekend

CNN: No, Bishop Long, we cannot ignore the past

Salon: Rick Perry to America: Pray to Jesus, or else!

Media Matters: Buchanan: Evangelicals Would Support "Romney, Who's A Mormon" Over "Barack Hussein Obama, Who's An African American Of The Left"

The Wall of Separation: The Christian Coalition On Steroids: Ralph Reed’s New Group Seeks To Corrupt Religion

News Tidbits

Beliefnet: Gingrich Woos Skeptical Evangelical Voters

Kansas City Business Journal: Pancakes and prayers: IHOP name prompts another suit

NewsOne: Eddie Long’s Church Is Collapsing, Says Source 

365 Gay: Anti-gay Bernice King leaving Eddie Long’s megachurch

365 Gay: Tempers flare at Rhode Island civil union hearing

Der Spiegel: German Catholic Doctors Offer Homeopathic 'Gay Treatment'

Michigan Messenger: Michigan prayer group pushes views of extremists

American Independent: Though no ‘traditional values’ centers, YCT lauds legislation on student fee advisory committees

Pink Paper: Gay safe sex campaign re-instated in Australia after Christian complaints

News Tidbits

Wisconsin State Journal: Marshfield man charged with coming to Madison to kill abortion provider

American Independent: Minnesota Family Council removes claims gays engage in pedophilia, bestiality from website

CNN: Bishop Eddie Long settles with accusers

Michigan Messenger: Pastor wins First Amendment suit against Dearborn

Roanoke Times: Ten Commandments Debate Returns to Giles County School Board

Washington Post: Dutch blasphemy law likely to stay as Christian fundamentalist takes Senate balance of power

Pink News: US Sheriff’s department ‘paid evangelicals to turn lesbian straight’

Pink News: Christian ‘gay cure’ therapist guilty of malpractice

Pink News: Illinois Catholic groups stop foster care services over gay parents

Commentary Tidbits

Huffington Post: 42 Nobel Laureates Work to Replace Creationism With Science in Louisiana 

SPLC Hatewatch: Businessman at Center of Lesbian Custody Case Hawked Hate Pub Subscriber Lists

Right Wing Watch: The Religious Right's Fact-Free Climate Change Misinformation Campaign

Cynthia Tucker at Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Eddie Long: homophobe, narcissist, con artist

Mother Jones: The GOP’s Favorite Fringe Historian

Bold Faith Type: Trump’s Uneven Courtship of the Religious Right

Pam’s House Blend: An Open Letter to Bryan Fischer

Friendly Atheist: Reporters Witness a Christian Pastor Molesting Women at Demon-Banishing Service    (Trigger warning)

News Tidbits

New York Times: Pastor Is Accused of Helping to Kidnap Girl at Center of Lesbian Custody Fight

Kathryn Joyce at the Nation: The Evangelical Adoption Crusade

Connecticut Post: Judge: Agreement is near in Bishop Eddie Long case

Minnesota Independent: During abortion hearing, Cornish calls pastor, ACLU ‘disgusting’

Florida Independent: Jeb Bush endorses Hogan for Jacksonville mayor, despite abortion clinic bomb ‘joke’

Florida Independent: Even the KKK deplores Terry Jones

Commentary Tidbits -- Easter Edition

Happy Easter to all my readers!

Politicus USA: An Easter Lesson from a Small Church that Defied the Agenda of Hate

Talk to Action: Extreme Over Easter: AFA Declares War on Ohio Town's Spring Egg Hunt

Daily Kos: The War on Easter?

Religion Dispatches: Eddie Long Off the Cross in Time for Easter?

News Tidbits

The Advocate: Liberty Counsel Joins DOMA Fight

The Advocate: Eddie Long Talks

USA Today: Controversy looms again for National Prayer Breakfast

Hollywood Patch: Church Banner Supporting Marriage Equality Vandalized

Beliefnet: After Controversy, Christian University Changes Gay Policy

Edge Boston: 'Ex-Gay’ Organizations Have Spread Worldwide 

Time: Controversial Chicken: Chick-fil-A's Gay Rights Rumble

The Vancouver Sun: Pastor claims censorship after TV show cancelled due to anti-gay remarks

Pocono Record: Cop who refused order to disperse anti-gay and anti-abortion protesters appeals

The Baltimore Sun: Judge rules Baltimore pregnancy center ordinance unconstitutional

Mail Online: In public he rails against immorality as the voice of Christian Britain but in private he is a wife beater, says his former partner

The Indy Channel: Chick-Fil-A Banned from Campus Over Anti-Gay Connection

The Christian Post: Pastors, LGBT Groups React to Osteen's Remarks on Sin

Ms. Magazine: Anti-Abortion Rights Groups Seeks to Discredit Planned Parenthood 

The Bismarck Tribune: North Dakota: Questions raised over abstinence sex education bill

News Tidbits

Lexington Herald-Leader: Tennessee, Kentucky have different approach to biblical parks

St. Louis Today: Military chaplains are faith mismatch for personnel they serve 

The Baltimore Sun: Clergy take lessons on demonic possession, exorcism

ABC News (Australia): Pope says sex education an 'attack on religious freedom'

Providence Journal: Catholic Bishop Tobin lashes out at Rhode Island leaders for pushing gay marriage

Los Angeles Times: Some right-wing groups to skip GOP event

Orlando Sentinel: Florida Bar asks state Supreme Court to discipline Orlando lawyer for conduct in Rifqa Bary case

The American Prospect: Republican Minority Opens Investigation of Prosperity Televangelists

Minnesota Independent: Rep. Gruenhagen brings controversial views to Health and Human Services Committee

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Motions Fly in Bishop Eddie Long Case

Boston.com: Shift in mission for religious firebrand Scott Lively

Entertainment Weekly: Controversial Pastor Ted Haggard Lands TLC Reality Project

The Advocate: Arrested Birther Attended Rally with LaBarbera

Ms. Magazine: Boehner Announces Anti-Abortion Agenda

Commentary Tidbits

Talk to Action: The Rise of Charismatic Dominionism

Freak Out Nation: Sergeant Suspended For ‘Obama Prayer’ Which Calls For President’s Death

Religion Dispatches: Pope Warns of “Christianophobia”

Jews on First: Denver Jews Force Federation to Withdraw Invitation to Rev. John Hagee

New York Times: An Evangelical Backlash Against Environmentalism

Daily Kos: The coming war on women  

Huffington Post: A Gay Tempest in the Tea Party

Huffington Post: Bishop Eddie Long Agrees to Mediation

RH Reality Check: Rep. Steve King: All Life Is Sacred . . . Except for The Woman's Life That Is

Think Progress: RNC Candidates: Marriage Is "Foundational in Our Lives," but Gay People Should be Excluded

The Reaction: Craziest Republical of the Day: Allen West 

Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: Sign of the Apocalypse: Fox News makes fun of religious right over CPAC controversy

Good As You: Gay's Radical Drive to be Treated Like Equals Forced Conservatives to Tell Us Why We're Not

Joe.My.God: Spain: Pope Blesses Anti-Gay Rally

Box Turtle Bulletin: Founder of Courage, Catholic ex-gay group, has died

The National Center for Science Education: A teacher punished over evolution?

(Hat tip to Lauri Lebo at Religion Dispatches for the last link)