The Mormon Church, famous for imposing strict rules of conduct based on gender, released a new policy plan to its employees on Wednesday, which states that women who give birth will now be eligible for six weeks of paid maternity leave. All parents will also be able to take advantage of one week of paid leave to bond…
On December 24, 2016, a 16-year-old named Reagan tweeted something no teen had ever tweeted before (probably): she had decorated an entire bible for her boyfriend, using excellent teen handwriting and brightly colored illustrations. The tweet begat faves; the faves begat retweets. The faves and retweets begat a bunch…
If we’re being polite, it is inexplicable that Donald Trump—an ongoing Jezebel writing exercise that recently brought our reporter Anna Merlan to the lexical xenith of “superfood made of finely-ground clown wigs”—is a candidate so consistently favored by evangelical Christians. The ongoing connection between a…
Some Starbucks’ customers are outraged over the coffee chain’s new holiday cups, just because they lack a Christmas-themed design. In the past, the company released cups depicting images of snowflakes, reindeer, white doves and ornaments. This year, the cups are plain red — and people are really pissed.
A new Pew study on how Americans view and feel about various religious groups in the US has produced some pretty illuminating data.
An eight-year-old girl's grandparents removed her from her Christian elementary school in Virginia after administrators said her hair was too short and her clothes too boyish, explaining that her overall appearance was not in keeping with the school's "biblical standards."
This morning, TIME announced that this year's Prom Queen Of News is none other than Pope Francis. The pontiff is the perfect choice for 2013's Person of the Year — he changed the Church from a mouthpiece for intolerance into one of love and acceptance. Except not really for women. He's still pretty meh about women.…
At an appearance on Liberty University's campus yesterday, My BFF Sarah Palin proclaimed that Christmas is under attack by "angry atheists" who are "trying to abort Christ from Christmas." Tis the season for whackadoodlery. Fa LOL LOL LOL LOL. LOL LOL LOL LOL.
Costco has apologized to customers after a box of Bibles labeled "Fiction" made it to store shelves in LA. As one might imagine, this offended people who do not believe the Bible to be fiction, and amused people who do not believe the Bible to be true. Now I understand why the "religion/philosophy" category must exist…
A Kentucky high school runner recently cut her season short when she opted not to run in regionals. She wasn't injured, or sick, or tending to a family emergency. No, she dropped out of the race because she was assigned the number 666 and thought that if she ran wearing that number, it would threaten her relationship…
The new issue of Vanity Fair features a story called "The Secret Gay Life of the Vatican: Inside a Hidden Netherworld of the Catholic Church." While the full piece is not online, there's an excerpt on the VF website with two really great quotes.
We already know that ric-rac n' hot glue purveyor Hobby Lobby is totally not down with its female employees using birth control because Jesus Is Watching You Fuck. But here's another reason to not buy your crafting supplies there: they're also not wild about Jews. Hobby Lobby: basically, your anti-Semitic,…
After analyzing the feeds of just under 2 million tweets from 16,000 Twitter users, social scientists have determined that Christians on the social network platform exhibit more happiness and optimism than atheists.
Just to clarify, not her impure thoughts — her male teammates' thoughts — and not even any impure thoughts that have been articulated, and what the hell IS an impure thought, anyway? Nuzzling at the 7th grade dance and making home in time to watch Vampire Diaries?
Picture The Bachelor, but if your grandma was supervising all the dates. Yikes. Also, YES. The Game Show Network, you know, the channel you watch when you're home sick from work and actually not faking it, might just become a channel you will watch when you actually feel like being entertained. This has happened…
You may remember the delightful Generations Radio duo Kevin Swanson and Dave Buehner as the super-conservative wackadoos who hated and wanted to eat the Muppets. Now, they want you to know that giving your daughter the gift of upper schooling will launch her esteemed future in "selfish, narcissistic, family-destroying…
Our legal system can sometimes seem like a lurching, inefficient machine that only works after a few well-placed blows from a wrench and some irrational pleading, but it's our legal system and we're stuck with it even when shit like this happens: a federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a law that bans…
At the end of last week, when meteorologists were first dusting off their storm hysteria gear in anticipation of THE PERFECT FRANKENSANDY STORMICANE, I thought, I wonder how much time will elapse before some nut blames the storm on abortion, gays, or gaybortion? Thankfully, I didn't have to wait until the full scope…
Pakistani Christians pray for the recovery of 15-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, at St. Oswald's Church in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
