Surveys have long shown women lead more active lives of faith than men, and that millennials are less interested than earlier generations. One in three now claim no religious identity.
Seven years ago I set aside a platter of cynicism to caucus in my community for the candidate who eventually became the nation’s first black President.
The back-to-back controversies raise the question: Can Obama — or any president — walk the tightrope of religious rhetoric in today’s political crosswinds?
I was honored this week to represent the atheist/freethinker/humanist position on a panel discussion on “Religious, Spiritual, Neither” held at Fairchild Air Force Base to help their base leaders and staff better understand the varied beliefs of those under their command.
It’s not news that free speech can offend.
But in the wake of the recent killings by Islamist extremists at a satirical magazine in Paris, editors around the world have had to make a choice