Commentary Tidbits

Homeschoolers Anonymous: What Do “Certificates of Purity” Communicate to Sexual Assault Survivors?

Barrier Breaker: Christians, Quit Waiting to Take Advantage of Tragedies in Our Lives to Convert Us

The Flawless Project: I Will Not Be Thankful for Crumbs from the Church’s Table

No Longer Quivering: The Not-So-Ridiculous Reasons People Leave Church

Friendly Atheist: All 17 Candidates for a North Carolina School Board Want Illegal Prayers at Meetings

Religion News Service: Are conservatives at high-stakes Vatican summit overplaying their hand?

Washington Post: Why Pope Francis’s fight in Rome is about more than sex and marriage

CNN: The real story behind those Planned Parenthood videos

Raw Story: Internet troll impersonates evangelist Joel Osteen on his own Facebook page and the results are hilarious

News Tidbits

Gallup: Most Americans Say Religion Is Losing Influence in U.S.

BBC News: Michele Bachmann will not seek re-election to Congress

WBRC Fox 6: Pastor says Boy Scouts can no longer meet at his church

NBC 10 Philadelphia: Faith-Healing Churches Linked to 2 Dozen Child Deaths

The Tennessean: Hillsboro High sex talk from group is questioned

Pennlive: Defending success and fame: Joel Osteen says he is keeping the faith

Pink News: Catholics told to fast and pray ahead of Supreme Court equal marriage rulings

Gay Star News: Christians who refused to work with gays lose final court case

New York Times: Gay Marriage Protested in France

New Straits Times: Evangelicals protest gay marriage in Brazil

Radio Free Europe: Orthodox Churches Fight Back As Eastern Europe Pushes To Modernize, Secularize

The Herald: Zimbabwe: President Mugabe saluted for stance against homosexuality

News Tidbits

Christian Post: Sen. Rob Portman Invited to Join Ex-Gay Support Group

Raw Story: Pastor to rabbi, imam: U.S. is a ‘Christian nation’ but we ‘let’ you worship

Huffington Post: Obama Easter Service Pastor, Luis León, Criticized For Remarks Against Religious Right

Washington Post: Full 10th Circuit Court to hear Hobby Lobby appeal challenging morning-after pill requirement

CNN: Joel Osteen dismisses The Bible controversy

News Tidbits

Huffington Post: Joel Osteen Says Being Straight Is 'Not A Choice,' But Maintains Being Gay Is A Sin

Bikyamasr: After Australia, Hindus ask Vatican for White Paper on global child sex abuse

Pink News: Pope: Same-sex marriage threatens the future of human nature and society

On Top Magazine: Bishop Peter Sartain Claims Gay Marriage Would Harm Society 'Beyond Repair'

BBC News: Ex-gay survivor's tales of exorcism in middle England

New York Times: An Evangelical Is Back From Exile, Lifting Romney

The Advocate: Chick-fil-A President Assures Mike Huckabee: Nothing Has Changed

Washington Blade: Black pastor against same-sex marriage admits NOM connection

Commentary Tidbits

Think Progress: Conservative Groups Accuse Dan Savage Of ‘Bullying’ After He Highlights Their Hypocrisy

Wall of Separation: Presidential Opt-Out: Obama Skips Dobsons’ Religious Right Prayer Rally

Right Wing Watch: Engle Tells Robertson that Prayer Defeated the 'Homosexual Agenda' in California

Salon: Joel Osteen Worships Himself

News Tidbits

El País: Abortion a bigger problem than joblessness, says archbishop

Buzzfeed: Bishop Romney Pressured Single Mother To Give Up Baby, Book Says

American Independent: Priests for Life releases ‘four-pronged attack’ on abortion rights

New York Times: Boys’ School Affiliated With Catholic Group Draws Conservatives in Washington

Sunshine State News: Coalition Demands Hillsborough Schools Cut Off 'Hamas Entity'

Chicago Tribune: Gay marriage a threat to humanity's future: Pope

The Advocate: Osteen: Being Gay’s a Sin, But We Can Go to Heaven

Christian Science Monitor: On the front lines of sexual assault in the military: Army chaplains

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

WDBJ 7: Ten Commandments Goes Back Up in Giles County Schools

Minnesota Independent: At Christian Book-Signing, Pawlenty Says He's "Seriously Considering" 2012 Bid

Beliefnet: Court Says Religious Knowledge Test Improper in Asylum Case

Politico: DeMint Joins CPAC Boycott

The Daily Texan: Conservative Christians divorce more, study says

NPR: Southern Baptist Leader Leaves Mosque Coalition

Pink News: Christian hotel owners to appeal ruling

Ms. Magazine: 38th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

New York Times: Across Country, Lawmakers Push Abortion Curbs

CNN: Pastor Joel Osteen: Homosexuality is "a sin"

Sioux City Journal: Free Bibles provided for women in crisis

Pink Paper: Anglican leaders to boycott meeting because of gay-friendly US church

Google News: Hawaii Senate ends daily chamber prayers

(Hat tip to Godless Girl for the last article)