8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (229+ words) Reading the Politico article, you'd think the church is engaged in a slow-motion excommunication or ostracization of Lee. But the church does not make public rebukes of politicians. It's generally politically neutral and only rarely speaks about specific legislation. And…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (605+ words) Mainline Protestantism, once a primary cultural and political pillar of American life, is in freefall. Traditional Protestant denominations " Episcopalians, Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans and others " now account for less than 11 percent of the population, down 40 percent since 2007, according to the Pew…...