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Sarah Posner

Sarah Posner, author of God’s Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters, covers politics and religion. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Atlantic, The American Prospect, The Nation, Salon, and other publications. Follow her on Twitter. RSS feed Email

OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJuly 14, 2014

Hobby Lobby Does Not Compel Anti-LGBT Religious Exemption, Legal Scholars Tell Obama

By Sarah Posner

Over 50 legal scholars have signed a letter organized by the Columbia Law School Center for Gender…

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Israel-Palestine, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJuly 9, 2014

The Ghosts and Illusions of the Occupation

By Sarah Posner

On Monday, as I watched the press conference held by the family of Tariq Abu…

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RD Blog, Sarah Posner, Sexuality/GenderJuly 8, 2014

ACLU, LGBT Rights Groups Drop ENDA Support Over Religious Exemption

By Sarah Posner

The American Civil Liberties Union, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Lambda Legal,  the National…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah Posner, Sexuality/GenderJuly 8, 2014

100 Religious Leaders to Obama: No Religious Exemption in ENDA Executive Order

By Sarah Posner

One hundred religious leaders from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and interfaith organizations have signed a letter…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJuly 8, 2014

Did the Pope Embrace the Prosperity Gospel?

By Sarah Posner

Late last month, Pope Francis met with charismatic Christian and Pentecostal leaders at the Vatican,…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJuly 3, 2014

Many Religious Leaders Oppose Religious Exemption in Anti-Discrimination Order

By Sarah Posner

The Atlantic’s Molly Ball describes the letter from religious leaders to President Obama, requesting an…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJuly 2, 2014

Religious Leaders Press Obama for Exemption from Executive Order Barring Discrimination

By Sarah Posner

Just one day after the Supreme Court’s decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 14…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJuly 2, 2014

Hobby Lobby, Bill Gothard, and the Submission of Women

By Sarah Posner

Mother Jones’ David Corn and Molly Redden report on the relationship between the Green family, owners…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJune 30, 2014

The Roberts Court’s “Special Solicitude” for Corporations

By Sarah Posner

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), five men on the Supreme Court told us this…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJune 26, 2014

Your Uterus Is “An Important Subject” About Which Your Fellow Citizens “Wish To Converse”

By Sarah Posner

Today the Supreme Court invalidated a Massachusetts law that required protesters at abortion clinics to…

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