News Tidbits

Indianapolis Star: Son had 36 bruises. Mom quoted the Bible as defense

Texas Observer: Signs of God: How a mayor’s campaign to keep a Jesus sign brought discord to a God-fearing East Texas town

KCRA 3: California: Carmichael faith-based hospital denies transgender man hysterectomy

New York Daily News: Queens Democratic candidate wants to erase same-sex couples from school textbooks

Gay Star News: 'Christian Warrior' threatens to kill LGBTI people in chilling Youtube video

Christian Today: Mars Hill racketeering case against Mark Driscoll and former elder dismissed

The Advocate: Clinic offering 'abortion reversal' could open next to New Orleans Planned Parenthood

CBC: Two private schools won't comply with Alberta LGBTQ policy, says pastor

NPR: Catholic Church Groups Fight Bills To Revive Old Sex Abuse Cases

NPR: Latest Religious Liberty Battle: Church-Affiliated Colleges And LGBT Students

News Tidbits

NPR: Clinton: Trump Is 'Taking Hate Groups Mainstream'

Politico: Trump campaign CEO once charged in domestic violence case

Mamba Online: Pastor Steven Anderson’s new secret plans for Johannesburg trip already crumbling

Associated Press: Candidates capitalize on the ever-powerful 'religious vote'

Pennlive: In Pennsylvania House, even prayer practices are proving to be controversial

Christian Today: Mark Driscoll hits out at polygamy and warns it could be legal within two decades

Reuters: 9th Circuit upholds California ban on sexual orientation therapy for minors

Outsports: Lesbian basketball coach sues Catholic school that fired her for marrying her wife

Miami New Times: Miamian Fired for Anointing Desks With Oily Crosses Wasn't Discriminated Against, Judge Rules

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Spiritually manipulated, sexually exploited: A psychiatrist used religion to ply patients for sex   (Trigger warning)

News Tidbits

Washington Blade: Activists protest Trump, Rubio outside Orlando anti-LGBT conference

Idaho Statesman: Faith healers: Change to Idaho law won’t change our beliefs

Palm Beach Post: Pastor mocks misogyny, challenges any woman to arm wrestle him

ABC News (Australia): Pope Francis 'doubts' sexual abuse case against Cardinal George Pell

Pink News: Archbishops condemn Vice President Joe Biden for officiating same-sex wedding

Religion News Service: Most churchgoers are hearing politics from the pulpit: report

New York Times: Mormons’ Distaste for Donald Trump Puts Utah Up for Grabs

Associated Press: Pastors Sue Illinois Over Gay Conversion Therapy Ban

Buzzfeed: Australian Senator Eric Abetz To Address Anti-Gay Group That Supports Conversion Therapy 

LGBTQ Nation: Due to gaffe, antigay hate group raises thousands of dollars for LGBTQ teen gala

KIRO 7: Controversial former Mars Hill pastor preaches at new home

News Tidbits

Texas Observer: Dallas LGBT Advocates Eye Ban on ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy

WCYB: Church sign causes uproar in wake of Orlando shooting

Hanover Evening Sun: Pastor harassed over sign supporting Muslims

NPR: Southern Baptists Split With Donald Trump On Refugee Resettlement

Washington Post: Southern Baptist Convention votes to condemn Confederate battle flag

The Memphis Commercial Appeal: Bellevue Baptist pastor Steve Gaines new president of Southern Baptist Convention

Reuters: Pope calls most Catholic marriages invalid

Associated Press: Liberty University textbook omits content on sexual orientation

Syracuse Post-Standard: Judge nixes 'buffer zone' keeping anti-gay protester away from CNY Pride Fest

Sydney Morning Herald: Australia: Scots College asks church for advice on same-sex parents

Religion News Service: Former Mars Hill Church elder moves to dismiss lawsuit against him

News Tidbits

Christian Today: Mark Driscoll denies racketeering, calls claims 'false and malicious'

Associated Press: Idaho pastor who spoke at Ted Cruz rally shot in the head

Pink News: Ted Cruz to rally with extremist who blamed Holocaust on gay people

The Globe and Mail: Canada’s largest Catholic archdiocese mobilizing against assisted-dying law  

Christian Science Monitor: 'Trump's evangelicals': Who are they?

NPR: Pastor Max Lucado Baffled Over Evangelical Trump Supporters

Reuters: Foreign diplomats voicing alarm to U.S. officials about Trump

Yahoo News: Trump challenged over ties to mob-linked gambler with ugly past

News Tidbits

New Orleans Times-Picayune: Louisiana child law violates priest's religious freedom, judge rules

The Seattle Times: Racketeering suit claims Mark Driscoll misused Mars Hill donor dollars 

KRDO: Self-proclaimed Planned Parenthood gunman calls shooting 'righteous crusade'

New York Times: Evangelists Adapt to a New Era, Preaching the Gospel to Skeptics

Associated Press: Bill: Florida churches don't have to do same-sex weddings

Washington Blade: West Virginia Senate rejects religious freedom bill

The Advocate: Georgia Governor: 'License to Discriminate' Bill Isn't Christian

Pink News: Mormon leader claims Church has zero gay members

The Arizona Republic: Phoenix City Council votes to bring prayer back to meetings

Commentary Tidbits

Sydney Morning Herald: Child sexual abuse: Are churches covering up or opening up?

Bloomberg: Why it’s so hard to run an abortion clinic, and why so many are closing

Revolutionary Faith: Driscoll’s “Confessions”: The Gospel of Masculinity

Talking Points Memo: Are Evangelicals Supporting The Unrepentant Donald Trump?

Alternet: The Case Against 'Saving' Marriage

Friendly Atheist: This is the Disturbing Material Ohio Students Were Taught in a Faith-Based Sex-Ed Program

Commentary Tidbits

Daily Beast: Controversial Megachurch Pastor Mark Driscoll Finds a New Flock

I'm Dany Kelley: The Stories We Tell: Purity Culture Edition

Gawker: Donald Trump’s New Enemy, Pope Francis, Is Going to Have to Answer to ISIS 

The Tennessean: Fear, loathing drive anti-gay, transgender bills in Tennessee

Right Wing Watch: Cruz Campaign Quietly Admits 'It Was A Mistake' To Attend Radical 'Kill-The-Gays' Conference 

The New Civil Rights Movement: Facebook Executive To Headline Anti-LGBT Religious Conference

News Tidbits

Edge Media Network: 'Gay Conversion' Therapists Find Safe Haven in Israel 

Buzzfeed: New York Governor Announces Steps To Ban LGBT Conversion Therapy

Huffington Post: New York Bans Insurance Coverage Of LGBT 'Conversion Therapy' 

DNA Info: Homophobic Pastor's Harlem Church Up for Public Auction Over Unpaid Debts

CNN: At Ted Cruz event, Phil Robertson calls gay marriage 'evil' 

Georgia Voice: 'Pastor Protection Act’ passes in Georgia House

Pink News: God told me to only marry straight couples, Texas judge claims

Seattle Times: Former Mars Hill pastor to start new church in Phoenix

The Guardian: Northern Ireland 'gay cake' couple: 'We don't hate anyone. It's done out of love for God'

The Advocate: Italy: Gays Compared to Nazis at Massive Homophobic Rome Rally

Commentary Tidbits

Daniel Danger: I went to a Donald Trump rally and saw a man wearing a plastic bag as a shirt

CNN: When Donald Trump goes to Liberty University

Media Matters for America: The Media And Trump's Rally Thug

Sojourners: The Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Complicated History with the LGBT Community

Revolutionary Faith: Driscoll’s “Confessions”: Unqualified to Minister

Out From Under the Umbrella: Rotten Apples

Rosa Rubicondior: Is Fundamentalism An Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?

Commentary Tidbits

Rolling Stone: What the Hell Is Going on With Ben Carson?

Seattle Pi: Mark Driscoll, ex-Mars Hill pastor, to speak at conference: ‘The Most Excellent Way to Lead’

The Inquisitr: Family Research Council: Josh Duggar's Former Employer Addresses P0rn Addiction 

Right Wing Watch: Cruz Touts Endorsement Of Radical Anti-Choice Activist Troy Newman

Salon: Stephen Colbert just nailed the GOP’s Christian hypocrisy on Syrian refugees with one Bible verse 

The Life and Times of Bruce Gerencser: “Taking Her Myself” A New Trend in Quiverfull Courtship & Betrothal

News Tidbits

Washington Post: How the Planned Parenthood videos set off a renewed wave of activism on abortion

USA Today: Family planning budgets in crisis before Planned Parenthood controversy

Associated Press: Lottery starts for regional rail passes for papal visit

Huffington Post: An Ex-Gay State Senator Is Running For Governor In Missouri

WWLP 22 News: Massachusetts lawmakers hearing arguments for and against "conversion therapy"

San Diego Gay and Lesbian News: 'Ex-gay' Nevada woman needs crowd funding for her straight make-over

Seattle Pi: Mark Driscoll moves to Arizona: Will new church rise from the ashes of Mars Hill?

Christian Today: Mark Driscoll publicly apologizes to fellow pastor Joel Osteen for 'sin' against him 

Pink News: Christians vow to put up 1,000 anti-gay billboards across America

Commentary Tidbits

Christian Today: Protesting Mark Driscoll at the 02: Lone campaigner on why she took a stand

Vice: Why I'm Never Going Back to the Mormon Church

We Were Going to Be Queens: Mormonism makes family relationships difficult

Monsters and Critics: The Duggars Are Still Delusional

News*com*au: Aussie behind bizarre and ‘scary’ life-size replica of Noah’s Ark

Right Wing Watch: World Congress Of Families Feigns Ignorance About Supporting Anti-LGBT Extremism

Huffington Post: Exposing the Global Coalition of Organisations That Support Anti-Gay Laws Around the World

Inquisitr: Ex-Believers Accuse Jehovah’s Witness Leadership Of Covering Up Sexual Abuse

Washington Post: Living with the Amish is actually no romance novel, one woman explains

Wall of Separation: Arkansas Law Attacking LGBT Protections Goes Into Effect

News Tidbits

WITF: Pennsylvania: 'Death to Islam' signs at West York Bar draw attention 

WBIR: East Tennessee hardware store puts up 'No Gays Allowed' sign

Sydney Morning Herald: Hillsong conference shows interview with controversial U.S. pastor Mark Driscoll

In Touch Weekly: Duggars Facing Lawsuit From Nonfamily Molestation Victim

Christian Science Monitor: What do same-sex opponents do now? New plans start to bubble

Associated Press: Roy Moore on gay marriage ruling: 'Christians are going to be persecuted'

The Clarion-Ledger: Mississippi: Grenada Circuit Clerk resigns over same-sex marriage

Lexington Herald-Leader: Several Kentucky county clerks defy same-sex marriage ruling, refuse to issue marriage licenses

Arkansas Online: Cleburne County clerk will resign over same-sex marriage licenses

WFAA 8: Texas: Clerk won't issue same-sex marriage license

Al Jazeera America: Archbishop's resignation could signal change for church

Commentary Tidbits

Center for New Community: Blurring Borders: Collusion Between Anti-Immigrant Groups and Immigration Enforcement Agents

SPLC Hatewatch: Extremist Highlights from the 2015 Western Conservative Summit

Washington Post: 81 things that Mike Huckabee has denounced

Warren Throckmorton: Hillsong’s Brian Houston Interviewed Mark and Grace Driscoll After All

Religion News Service: After gay marriage, expect conservative amnesia

Raw Story: Captive virgins, polygamy and sex slaves: What marriage would look like if we actually followed the Bible

Think Progress: Texas’ Attorney General Is Confused About How Religious Liberty Works

No Longer Quivering: When Christians Eat Their Own Wounded: Bill Gothard’s New Website

Huffington Post: An Evangelical Minister Explains Marriage to Rick Santorum, Dr. Moore and Mike Huckabee

News Tidbits

CNN: Catholic archdiocese in Minnesota charged in priest sex abuse

ABC News (Australia): Controversial pastor Mark Driscoll who likened women to 'penis homes' no longer attending Hillsong Australian conference

New Jersey Online: Gay man testifies that conversion therapist blamed his mom for his sexuality

Associated Press: Head of group sued over 'gay conversion' therapy testifies

New York Times: Some Evangelicals Take New Look at Bible’s Stance on Gays

Religion News Service: Duggars open up to Fox-TV’s Megyn Kelly on family sex scandal

The Advocate: Arkansas Lawmaker's Tirade: Reschedule Pride Because It's 'Offensive to Christians'

Gay Star News: Russian Church breaks ties with Protestants of Scotland and France over same-sex marriage

News Tidbits

TMZ: TLC Yanks 19 Kids and Counting From TV Schedule

Buzzfeed: Democratic House Freshman Aims To Ban LGBT Conversion Therapy As “Fraud”

The Advocate: Oregon’s Bisexual Gov. Bans Conversion Therapy

Reuters: Chastened Catholic Church leaders take back seat in Irish gay marriage referendum

The Guardian: Senior Vatican official offered bribe to child sex abuse victim, inquiry told

Time: Ted Cruz Courts Conservative Pastors at Private Gathering

Christian Today: Demonstrators plan Mark Driscoll protests at Sydney Hillsong Church

Washington Post: Another Christian college faces backlash for student-athlete policy on LGBT issues

Raw Story: Four of six homeschooled brothers plead guilty to molesting their sister while ‘anti-school’ parents did nothing

WNEM 5: Mother of gay son speaks out about Midland pastor who resigned following 'sin'

Gay Star News: Swiss Catholic Bishop apologizes for saying prayer can ‘cure’ gay people

News Tidbits

LGBT Weekly: LDS Church, Utah governor support anti-LGBT World Congress of Families upcoming conference

Politico: Influential evangelicals to try to rally behind one GOP candidate at meeting

Washington Post: Eyeing gay marriage case, evangelicals and Catholics rally around battling poverty

LGBTQ Nation: U.S congresswoman demands FTC investigation of ‘gay conversion therapy’ practices

Texas Observer: Texas Churches Make Infamous Anti-LGBT Hate Groups List

Huffington Post: Arizona Pastor Steven Anderson Claims Anti-Gay Businesses Are 'Destroying America' By 'Being Too Nice' To LGBT Customers

Huffington Post: People Who Are Anti-Abortion Are Also Sexist, Worrying Study Finds

Colorado Independent: Tony Perkins: Obama’s ‘weapons of sexual radicalism’ hamper Christian anti-poverty efforts

Seattle Pi: Mark Driscoll returns: Ex-Mars Hill pastor gets standing ovation at Mill Creek Church

Commentary Tidbits

Spiritual Sounding Board: Open Air Preacher Tony Miano’s Insensitive Tweets after Nepal Earthquake Disaster 

Strange Bedfellows: Ex-Mars Hill pastor Mark Driscoll is back on evangelical lecture circuit 

Religion Dispatches: No, Climate Change Deniers Aren’t Modern Day Galileos

Friendly Atheist: Disturbing Flyers at Wisconsin High School Tell Boys to “Protect Her Character” on Prom Night

The Washington Post: Republicans again appeal to theocracy

Edge Media Network: Duggar's Latest Money Beg For Anti-Gay Law

Huffington Post: Meet The People Trying To Seize The 'Last, Best Opportunity' To Stop Gay Marriage 

Alternet: 'I Don’t Believe This Anymore': What It's Like to Leave Behind Abusive, Right-Wing Religion

News Tidbits

Al Jazeera America: Southern Baptists grapple with racist history

Seattle Pi: Mark Driscoll Ministries arrives in time for Easter 

Texas Observer: House Votes to Defund HIV Prevention to Pay for Abstinence Education

9 News: Rep. Klingenschmitt gets support, no more 9NEWS interviews

KOAA 5: Focus on the Family speaks out in support of Religious Freedom Restoration Acts

The Daily Signal: Christian Groups Call for Boycott of Company That Opposes Indiana’s Religious Freedom Law

New Orleans Times-Picayune: Louisiana legislator will introduce bill to enhance 'religious freedom'

New York Times: Bills on ‘Religious Freedom’ Upset Capitols in Arkansas and Indiana

 NPR: What The 2016 Hopefuls Are Saying About Indiana's 'Religious Freedom' Law

Gay Star News: Australia: Christian group asks for right to discriminate against same-sex parents

Washington Post: Robert H. Schuller, ‘Hour of Power’ televangelist, dies at 88