… the AAP report cautions that using the online sites becomes a risk to youths more often than most adults realize. Among the potential harms are cyberbullying, social anxiety, severe isolation, and now what doctors are identifying as Facebook depression. Youths who spend a lot of time on social media sites are at risk of... Continue Reading

Warren Smith, associate publisher at World Magazine, a Christian biweekly, said the lesson of the 2000 race for candidates seeking evangelical support in 2012 is simple: “If you want the socially conservative evangelical voter to turn out for you, you had better stand up for us,” he said. “Evangelicals aren’t interested in declaring a truce... Continue Reading

“Imposition of LGBT law and policies on our military would be enormously complicated and anything but simple,” she said… Amog the issues Donnelly wants addressed: sexual privacy violations; “zero tolerance” of dissent; impact of sexual misconduct on unit cohesion and trust in leadership; infringements on religious liberty for chaplains and people of faith; plans to... Continue Reading

A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say researchers. The study found a steady rise in those claiming no religious affiliation. The team’s mathematical model attempts to account for the interplay between the number of religious respondents and the social motives behind being one. The result,... Continue Reading

Atlanta, for the first time, has replaced Chicago as the metro area with the largest number of African-Americans after New York. The percentage of the nation’s black population living in the South has hit its highest point in half a century, according to census data released Thursday, as younger and more educated black residents move... Continue Reading

The Justice Department announcement came in response to two court cases previously filed by opponents of DOMA in 2009. In July 2010, a federal judge ruled in the plaintiff’s favor and Bush Administration Justice officials appealed — an appeal the Obama Administration plans to drop. Following a recent announcement that the Obama Administration will no... Continue Reading

“If you sign up for a little yoga class, you’re signing up for a little demon class,” the Rev. Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church told followers during a widely broadcast sermon. “Satan doesn’t care if you stretch as long as you go to hell.” Christians stand on mats at a church hall, stretching their... Continue Reading

The increased activity by this crop of conservatives has been driven in part by a huge fight in the state last year over gay marriage. Voters ousted three Supreme Court justices because of their role in a decision striking down a ban on same-sex marriage. Activists also were energized by huge GOP gains in the... Continue Reading

While many people abstain from alcohol during Lent, J. Wilson took the opposite approach. The Iowa newspaper editor vowed to consume only beer and water from Ash Wednesday until Easter. Wilson says he wants to connect with Franciscan monks — and he promises to consult a doctor. Wilson isn’t the only one making sacrifices this... Continue Reading

Nielsen said he will decide in a lawsuit against a local mosque, the Islamic Education Center of Tampa, whether the parties in the litigation properly followed the teachings of the Koran in obtaining an arbitration decision from an Islamic scholar. TAMPA – The question of what law applies in any Florida courtroom usually comes down... Continue Reading