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    • Who’s ‘Really’ Jewish: the Sefardi Floridian, the Ashkenazi Californian, or the New York Jew By Choice? ‘Authenticity’ is a Trap
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      The End of Roe Comes Courtesy of the Catholic Church — But From ‘The Dorothy Day Abortion Fund’ to ‘St. Vincent de Paul Vasectomy Clinic,’ Here Are Some Ideas for Catholics Looking to Make a Difference
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      ‘We Believe That God Has a Special Plan for Every Single Life’: Oklahoma’s Strict, Punitive, and Total Abortion Ban is Just the Beginning
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      ‘Pregnant Women’ or ‘People Who Can Get Pregnant’: How Do We Balance Recognition of Anti-Abortion Misogyny with the Erasure of Transmasculine People?
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Mary E. Hunt

Mary E. Hunt, Ph.D., is a feminist theologian who is co-founder and co-director of the Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER) in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. A Roman Catholic active in the women-church movement, she lectures and writes on theology and ethics with particular attention to liberation issues.

Archive, Christian Nationalism, OMFG, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sex/Gender/JusticeMay 10, 2022

The End of Roe Comes Courtesy of the Catholic Church — But From ‘The Dorothy Day Abortion Fund’ to ‘St. Vincent de Paul Vasectomy Clinic,’ Here Are Some Ideas for Catholics Looking to Make a Difference

By Mary E. Hunt

No matter how Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is decided finally, restrictions unto bans…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Politics/Law, Sex/Gender/JusticeDecember 23, 2021

‘Theological Porn’: The Most Egregious Religious Idea of 2021 is a Tie

By Mary E. Hunt

Competition was keen, but the award for the Most Egregious Religious Idea of 2021 resulted…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Sex/Gender/JusticeNovember 1, 2021

Synod or Sin Oddly: Vatican Encourages Catholics to ‘Walk Together’ as Long as the Hierarchy Leads the Way and Decides the Route

By Mary E. Hunt

The “Synod on Synodality” which Pope Francis launched with minimal fanfare this month is the…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Religious Liberty, Sex/Gender/JusticeMay 11, 2021

Bishops’ Attempt to Deny Communion to Biden Will Backfire Even More Spectacularly Than Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage

By Mary E. Hunt

If only President Joe Biden didn’t carry a rosary or quote the popular Catholic hymn…

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Archive, Sex/Gender/JusticeApril 16, 2021

Catholics Across the Globe Reject Vatican’s LGBTQ Cruelty — Others Blame the Sock

By Mary E. Hunt

Not since Thomas doubted the resurrection of Jesus (John 20) has a Catholic dubium caused…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Sex/Gender/JusticeMarch 16, 2021

The Vatican ‘Doubts’ Same-Sex Love, But More Doubt The Vatican

By Mary E. Hunt

Beware the Ides of March, the day Julius Caesar went to his reward in 44…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Politics/Law, Sex/Gender/Justice, Sexuality/GenderOctober 30, 2020

Pope Francis Praised for ‘Civil Unions’ Comment, But Justice Begins at Home—In the Vatican

By Mary E. Hunt

Theology, “the queen of the sciences” as it’s been known since the Middle Ages, is…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Sex/Gender/JusticeSeptember 3, 2020

Catholic Bishops’ Theological Mistakes on Abortion Come at a High Price

By Mary E. Hunt

The facts do not seem to be in dispute: a man from Vitória, Espírito Santo,…

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Archive, History/Theology, Politics/Law, Sex/Gender/JusticeNovember 6, 2019

What Does the Catholic Church’s Patriarchal Structure Have to Do with the Failure of the Amazon Synod?

By Mary E. Hunt

Feminist liberationists have long claimed that discrimination against women is the model for favoring the power of elites over the rest with negative consequences worldwide. The Amazonian Synod only reinforced the claim. The mistakes were breathtakingly obvious and relatively easy to fix.

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History/Theology, Sex/Gender/JusticeJune 25, 2019

Vatican’s ‘Dumbed Down Version of an Old Argument’ on Gender Can’t Stop Changes in Catholicism

By Mary E. Hunt

The past two popes insist, against mounting evidence, that the gender binary, male and female, is given in nature and blessed by God. God, a male after all, created them Male and Female. The Genesis account inconveniently leaves out the detail about the blue and pink blankets and onesies.

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