If By “American” and “Religious” You Mean “Republican” and “Conservative Christian,” Then Yes…
Last month, RD’s Diane Winston commented on the overhyping of a recent Pew survey suggesting that Americans have a…
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Visit From Conservative Sex Educator Divides a Town
In the late culture war era, communities are sometimes riven by fierce and needless debates….
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Evangelical Disability Activist Condemns Brittany Maynard’s “Death-With-Dignity Agenda”
Brittany Maynard was on the cover of People magazine this week under the banner, “My Decision…
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What 19th-Century Marriage Controversies Can Tell Us About The Fight Over Gay Marriage
The Supreme Court declined to hear five same-sex marriage cases on Monday, thus opening the…
Read MoreRejecting the Binary: Why Left v. Right Doesn’t Work
It is easy to say that the “religious right” opposes the “secular left,” but what…
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What Does Proper Christian Womanhood Have to do with the Ray Rice Story?
In 1882, the state of Maryland adopted an “Act to inflict Corporal Punishment upon Persons…
Read MoreNever Mind the Libertarians, Here’s the ‘Pragmatist Moment’
By the third paragraph of Robert Draper’s recent New York Times Magazine cover story, “Has the ‘Libertarian Moment’…
Read MoreThe Irony in the “Religious Liberty” Argument
The nine most terrifying words in the English language, are ‘I’m from the government,…
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How Conservative Christian Women Came to Claim “True” Feminism
An interview with Leslie Dorrough Smith on her new book, “Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America.”
Read MoreAl Mohler Wishes We Could Have Death Penalty Under Perfect Conditions…
Following last week’s botched execution in Oklahoma, religious leaders began to weigh in on the moral quality…
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