By John Breslin, Special to Religica Violence against transgender people, particularly African-Americans, is partly fueled by some religious leaders and communities, the architects of a new social media campaign highlighting the issue believe. The campaign, organized by transgender individuals of faith, was launched Tuesday, with Twitter users encouraged to share the hashtag, #transphobiaisasin. Rhetoric and […]
Read MoreBy John Breslin, Special to Religica Thirty states have signed on to a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the justices to overturn a lower court’s ruling that a war memorial in the shape of a cross violates the constitution’s separation of church and state. At the center of the controversy is the […]
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