Scott Esk, a Republican Tea Party candidate, who is running for Oklahoma’s House of Representatives, was caught in the midst of a controversy after advocating the killing of homosexuals.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, sparked controversy earlier this month when he compared gay rights to the Holocaust during a radio broadcast for Washington Watch.
The organizers of a Bible-themed park in Sioux City have rejected a $140,000 grant from the state after receiving complaints from Freedom From Religion Foundation.
Going against the recent trend of accepting transgender people, Southern Baptists issued a statement on June 10 that asserts the creation of “two distinct and complementary sexes.”
At a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on The State of Religious Liberty in the United States, Christian activists failed to answer questions on the Bible’s support for slavery and their rationalization of discrimination against gay and lesbian people.
In an attempt to parody the popular exercise regimen CrossFit, comedy group The Kloons made a Cross Fit by Jesus video and posted it to their Facebook page but this seems to have disturbed many Christians.
Another annual report released by the Southern Baptists has revealed that their denomination is losing members and baptizing fewer people, an issue that was discussed at the organization’s annual meeting.