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State-sponsored persecution of Baha'is in Iran inspire two new bills in Congress.

Republicans will take full control of Capitol Hill when the 114th Congress is sworn in on Tuesday (Jan. 6), but even with a political shift, there will be little change in the overall religious makeup of Congress, according to a new analysis from the Pew Research Center.

(RNS) More than half of lawmakers received F's on church-state issues in a report card issued by the Secular Coalition of America.

The Preamble to the Constitution provides one way of answering this question as to the moral duty of Congress to the American people.

The 12th anniversary of 9/11 is upon us and our country is on the brink of taking military action against Syria. It makes me wonder if the powers that be (Obama, Kerry, Congress) ever think about responding to evil in the world without using violence.

In the spring, my small group bible study completed a DVD study called “Jesus, Bombs & Ice Cream.”

This map of the religious affiliations of Washington State's Congressional representatives was compiled on Google's Fusion Tables by Andrew T. Gibson, an online editor of Columbia Faith & Values.