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    • What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
      What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
    • A Christian Nationalist by Any Other Name… Is Still a Christian Nationalist
      A Christian Nationalist by Any Other Name… Is Still a Christian Nationalist
    • In Repudiation of its Devastating Doctrine of Discovery, Vatican Masks the History and Responsibility of Catholic Church
      In Repudiation of its Devastating Doctrine of Discovery, Vatican Masks the History and Responsibility of Catholic Church
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    • Blaming Young People For the Fall of <em>Roe</em> is Like Holding Firefighters Accountable for Arson
      Blaming Young People For the Fall of Roe is Like Holding Firefighters Accountable for Arson
    • What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
      What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
    • New Data Strongly Suggest a Correlation Between Disaffiliation and Christianity’s Association with the U.S. Right
      New Data Strongly Suggest a Correlation Between Disaffiliation and Christianity’s Association with the U.S. Right
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    • Blaming Young People For the Fall of <em>Roe</em> is Like Holding Firefighters Accountable for Arson
      Blaming Young People For the Fall of Roe is Like Holding Firefighters Accountable for Arson
    • Exactly 30 Years Before Illinois AG’s Devastating Sexual Abuse Report, a Plan for Prevention was Implemented, Then Scrapped
      Exactly 30 Years Before Illinois AG’s Devastating Sexual Abuse Report, a Plan for Prevention was Implemented, Then Scrapped
    • Dalai Lama’s ‘Suck My Tongue’ Controversy Reveals Centuries-Old Christian Distortion of Tibetan Buddhism
      Dalai Lama’s ‘Suck My Tongue’ Controversy Reveals Centuries-Old Christian Distortion of Tibetan Buddhism
  • Christian Nationalism
    • What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
      What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
    • A Christian Nationalist by Any Other Name… Is Still a Christian Nationalist
      A Christian Nationalist by Any Other Name… Is Still a Christian Nationalist
    • New Data Strongly Suggest a Correlation Between Disaffiliation and Christianity’s Association with the U.S. Right
      New Data Strongly Suggest a Correlation Between Disaffiliation and Christianity’s Association with the U.S. Right
  • Russia Invades Ukraine
    • 2023 CPAC Lived Down to Expectations, But Don’t Buy the Narrative: The GOP is Not as Divided as You Might Think
      2023 CPAC Lived Down to Expectations, But Don’t Buy the Narrative: The GOP is Not as Divided as You Might Think
    • 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
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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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