For Christian evangelicals, brainwashing children is perpetually a primary endeavor, as several news stories in recent weeks reiterated. One article posted Monday in Hemant Mehta’s Friendly Atheist blog—“No, a Mother Isn’t in Jail Right Now Because She Baptized Her Daughter”—updates a continuing story showing how desperately impatient believers are to indoctrinate the innocent, even when legally prohibited.

Divorce used to be effectively illegal in the United States and could be again in a heartbeat if reactionary Christians gained the same political power that Republicans now hold, along with a death-grip on the Supreme Court. How? The lack of divorce in the Philippines offers insight. The Philippines’ Legislature is again considering a bill […]