• New Ohio Bill 425 On Religion to Prohibit Penalizing or Rewarding Student's Faith Expression: A Benefit or a Detriment?

  Student religious expression is being explored from various perspectives in America's Midwest. Conversations about holding scriptural belief and Darwinian evolution concepts as equally valid within a scientific classroom continues on the University of Cincinnati campus. House Bill 425, known as the Ohio Student Religious Liberties Act of 2016, passed the Ohio Legislature last week, drawing many responses, from campus ministers to anthropology professors to the campus' Secular Student Alliance.

  

• Dr. Seuss: March 2 Would Have been Author's Seussational 112th Birthday

  Green eggs and hammy birthday to Theodor Seuss Geisel, known as the popular author Dr. Seuss, who was born in 1904 and died in 1991 at age 87. He published more than 45 children's books during his lifetime, including "The Cat in the Hat," "The Grinch" and "The Lorax." Think of how many millions of children have learned to rhyme with Seuss all the time! Additionally, many people thought Theodor Seuss Geisel's stories contained subtle messages of Christian doctrine.

  

• Joey Feek's Body Asleep for Days, Rory Talks of God's Grace, 'One Last Kiss,' Family Goodbyes

  Terminally ill country music singer Joey Feek of Joey+Rory can chalk up another milestone of living through a Leap Year on Feb. 29, however her husband Rory said on Monday that Joey has been asleep for days and their hospice nurse indicates the body of the 40-year-old courageous cancer battler is shutting down.

  

• Religious Literacy in Today's World: New Harvard Divinity Free Online Course Launches March 1

  "World Religions Through Their Scriptures," Harvard Divinity School's newest online course, launches March 1, with a goals of opening dialogues and changing the world. Religious literacy, in modern terms, now requires acknowledging that faith communities are internally diverse and always evolving, said Diane Moore, lead organizer of the online course and director of Harvard Divinity School's Religious Literacy Project.

  

• Religion In 2016 Presidential Super Tuesday Race Cites Opposite Logic in New Pew Poll

  A new, comprehensive study on religion in the presidential race was released Thursday by the Pew Research Center. Pew polling traditionally confirmed Americans prefer candidates who are people of faith; half of Americans say they would be less likely to vote for a non-believer. Only 5 percent of Republicans in the new poll said Trump was "very religious," compared to 47 percent for Ben Carson, 30 percent for Ted Cruz, and 20 percent for Marco Rubio. But while Trump is seen by Republicans as the