An Oregon couple has been indicted on criminal charges for deliberately withholding medical care from their child who has serious eye problem. The parents felt prayer was sufficient.

Relatedly, many Christians are praying for Christopher Hitchens, who was recently diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Hitchens told an interviewer that he’s “touched by the thought.”

Religion blogger Michael Spencer predicts the coming evangelical collapse.

Horrifying: Russian Satanists found guilty of killing and eating four teenagers in a forest.

An Italian newspaper has hidden camera footage of three Catholic priests at a gay night party.

Someone was kind enough to compile a thorough timeline of the LDS Church’s involvement in anti-gay marriage politics.

My friend Zach argues that his fellow Mormons should have a more expansive view of the U.S. Constitution.

A journalist is arrested in Maldives on the suspicion that he’s an atheist and homosexual.

Sunstone, an independent Mormon magazine, has a fantastic two-part series on Glenn Beck called “Rough Stone Roaring.”

For the curious, you can listen to an audio recording of the LDS temple endowment ceremony.

Dr. Kenneth Howell of the University of Illinois was dismissed for discussing a natural law argument against homosexuality in a Catholic studies course. The school’s atheist club has come to his defense.

Augusta State University grad student Jennifer Keeton may face a similar fate. She claims she was told to alter her religious beliefs about homosexuality or be expelled.

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The Guardian reports that thousands of British girls will undergo genital mutilation this summer despite tough laws.