The Third Party Publicity Stunt
Social conservatives claim they will bolt the GOP over gay marriage.
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Why Atheists Should Fight For Establishment of State Religion
The debate over the “Defense of Religion Act” in North Carolina played out with the predictability of a sitcom. I offer this modest proposal, then, to remind both sides that if this is a war, then they have fought to a stalemate, and it is time for some new tactics, by which I mean: the history of religion in America demonstrates that the winner of the culture war will be the side that does the opposite of everything they are doing now.
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Marriage Equality: Race, Family Values, and the 99%
According to the US Census, families are becoming less nuclear, headed up by more single parents, childless couples, and LGBT couples with children. Yet family diversity is still only a revelation in the mainstream media, which continues to promote the model of nuclear familyhood, even if it is provisionally represented by elite white gay The Kids Are All Right-style yuppie throwbacks with photogenic children.
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Undercover-ed Religion: 13 Stories That Went Missing in 2012
An RD holiday sampler of stories & viewpoints we would have liked to read in 2012.
New Report: Young People Leaving Church for Science
Have you ever left a church because of science?
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Insurance Coverage for Abortion in Health Care Reform Threatened
At the first anniversary of health care reform legislation, an unprecedented attack is spreading across the nation to restrict or even ban insurance coverage of abortion for millions of women.
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Newsweek’s Strange Faces of the Christian Right List
Magazine appears unaware of what “right” means.
Read MoreTea Party 2.0, Ready For Post-Election Launch
Religious right leaders scramble to frame Tea Party victories and consolidate the Tea Party energy for the “pro-family agenda.”
Read MoreWill Beck Help Romney Win Evangelical Voters?
Wait and see.
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A Legal Document with Soul: Will the US Ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?
Only two governments have not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Somalia and the US. President Obama supports ratification, as does Hillary Clinton. On the opposing side? Christian Right Home Schoolers and believers in “American Exceptionalism.” Ironies abound.
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