Failed presidential candidate Mike Huckabee blamed the recent mass shootings on people who 'are utterly disconnected from any sense of identity with their Creator and with his love for them and his love for the people that they hate.'

FRC Action, the political arm of the Family Research Council, has been touring the country in "values" buses, trying to motivate voters to support embattled GOP candidates. Many tour stops have been in churches - which, under the provisions of the Johnson Amendment, can’t endorse or oppose political candidates.

​​​​​​​Religion writers and communications professionals – including yours truly – descended on Columbus, Ohio, last week for the annual conference of the Religion News Association (RNA). From beginning to end, many of the discussions centered around religious freedom and church-state separation.