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Anne Rice: A Christian no longer

Anne Rice has agreed to terms with the video book company Vook on a multimedia edition of “The Master of Rampling Gate.” (Associated Press)
Anne Rice has agreed to terms with the video book company Vook on a multimedia edition of “The Master of Rampling Gate.” (Associated Press)

NEW YORK – Anne Rice has had a religious conversion: She's no longer a Christian.

"In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control," the author wrote Wednesday on her Facebook page. "In the name of ... Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen."

Rice, 68, is best known for "Interview With a Vampire" and other gothic novels. Raised as a Catholic, she had rejected the church early in her life but renewed her faith in recent years and in 2008 released the memoir "Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession." AP More here.

Honestly.  Does it seem like Rice uses her spirituality to sell books?

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