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“8,” a play about the constitutionality of marriage and California’s Proposition 8, will take the stage at The Bing Crosby Theater.

Law enforcement authorities don't know why suspected gunman Wade Michael Page burst into a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., on Sunday and opened fire, killing six before he was shot dead by the police.But many American Sikhs say they do know this: Their community has been targeted by a growing number of hate crimes since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The New York-based Sikh Coalition reports more than 700 such incidents since 2001. The question is: Why?

As I grow upward in years I start to consider the prospect of starting a family. I am beginning to think about parenting techniques, spanking, potty training, sex and religion.

The Public Religion Research Institute survey found about one in 20 Americans followed a religious leader on Twitter or Facebook. A similar number belonged to a religious or spiritual Facebook group.

What isn’t there an app for, nowadays? Tony Jones  — author, blogger, and “theologian-in-residence” at Solomon’s Porch in Minneapolis — has developed an iPhone app called "Ordain Thyself."

Yesterday we posted a story about the Atheist billboards that have sprung up around Spokane, and apparently Atheist billboards are a huge deal. The story spread like wildfire across the web. In fact, SpokaneFAVS had record traffic because of this story.