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      As a Religious Studies Professor I Disagreed With the Hamline Firing — But Now I’ve Changed My Mind
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      Enjoy the Kosher Collard Greens, But Understand This: Hebrew Israelites Have Something to Say to the Rest of the Jewish Community
    • Pope Benedict’s 2006 Islamophobia Controversy Wasn’t an Isolated Incident — Islamophobia is an Integral Part of His Theological Legacy
      Pope Benedict’s 2006 Islamophobia Controversy Wasn’t an Isolated Incident — Islamophobia is an Integral Part of His Theological Legacy
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    • In Hamline Case, the ‘Free Expression vs. Religious Sensibilities’ Frame Obscures a Stark Reality About Higher Education
      In Hamline Case, the ‘Free Expression vs. Religious Sensibilities’ Frame Obscures a Stark Reality About Higher Education
    • GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
      GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
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      The Key to Understanding the Federalist Society Isn’t Originalism — It’s This 800-Year Old Tradition
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    • But What About the Parents? New York Times Falls Into the Anti-Trans ‘Parents’ Rights’ Trap
      But What About the Parents? New York Times Falls Into the Anti-Trans ‘Parents’ Rights’ Trap
    • No Longer Content With Right to Opt Out, Conservative Christians Asking Courts to Eliminate Rights for Others — And They’re Winning
      No Longer Content With Right to Opt Out, Conservative Christians Asking Courts to Eliminate Rights for Others — And They’re Winning
    • Broken Courts, Big Lies and Genocide Rehearsal: A Review of 2022—And What We Can Expect From 2023
      Broken Courts, Big Lies and Genocide Rehearsal: A Review of 2022—And What We Can Expect From 2023
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    • GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
      GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
    • The Key to Understanding the Federalist Society Isn’t Originalism — It’s This 800-Year Old Tradition
      The Key to Understanding the Federalist Society Isn’t Originalism — It’s This 800-Year Old Tradition
    • ‘Exporting Garbage to the Nations’: Conservative Christian Rifts Spreading Like Cracked Glass
      ‘Exporting Garbage to the Nations’: Conservative Christian Rifts Spreading Like Cracked Glass
  • Russia Invades Ukraine
    • Espionage Allegations Against Russian Church Raise Religious Freedom Issue in Ukraine
      Espionage Allegations Against Russian Church Raise Religious Freedom Issue in Ukraine
    • As Tensions Escalate in the Balkans, the West Could Hand Putin a Valuable Weapon
      As Tensions Escalate in the Balkans, the West Could Hand Putin a Valuable Weapon
    • Putin’s Violent Holy War Rhetoric Made it to the Christian Right Fringe — And There’s Reason to Believe it’ll Go Mainstream
      Putin’s Violent Holy War Rhetoric Made it to the Christian Right Fringe — And There’s Reason to Believe it’ll Go Mainstream
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Katie Toth

RD editorial assistant Katie Toth is a Canadian journalist and disability activist. She became involved in the struggle for accessible reproductive health care in Atlantic Canada when she began her undergraduate degree at the University of King's College, Halifax.

Guest BloggersSeptember 20, 2012

Atheist Schism?

By Katie Toth

“Atheism+” formed to address social justice problems in the atheist community, but it may have to reckon with religion. 

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Guest Bloggers, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 17, 2012

KS Republican Repeats Obama/PP Conspiracy Theory

By Katie Toth

Just another day at the Values Voters Summit.

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Guest BloggersAugust 23, 2012

Dan Savage and Brian Brown Did It 

By Katie Toth

At Dan Savage’s house.

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Election 2012, Guest BloggersAugust 21, 2012

Personhood USA says Romney would Permit “Death Penalty” for “Babies Conceived in Rape”

By Katie Toth

Says they hoped Ryan would have been “good influence.”

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Guest BloggersAugust 21, 2012

Republicans in Favor of Reproductive Rights

By Katie Toth

When they’re not asked to self-identify as pro-choice or pro-life.

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Guest BloggersAugust 11, 2012

Crowdfunding Joplin Mosque Project Blows Past Its Goals

By Katie Toth

But the arson, and the one that preceded it, are still unsolved crimes.

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Guest BloggersAugust 9, 2012

LifeSite Complains that Local Boy Scout Chapter is Not Homophobic Enough

By Katie Toth

But no word on the association’s failure to protect kids from abuse.

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Culture, Sexuality/GenderAugust 7, 2012

Christian Publishing v. the Vagina

By Katie Toth

After Baptist bookstore chain LifeWay refused to stock evangelical darling The Blind Side, some Christian authors are challenging what one calls the store’s “stranglehold” on Christian books. Is this the end of retailers’ control over industry standards?   

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Guest Bloggers, Sexuality/GenderAugust 6, 2012

Religious Leaders Accuse Conservatives of Misleading Public on Contraception

By Katie Toth

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice launches new campaign.

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Guest BloggersMay 11, 2012

Latest Misogyny Wasn’t First Shocking Comment from Hannity’s Preacher Pal

By Katie Toth

7 from the Reverend Lee Peterson collection.

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