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Evolution Challenged in ‘Textbook’ Case: As Goes Texas, So Goes the Nation

By Lauri Lebo

…systems,” he said. “I never pursued that strategy.” He said the reason for change is the National Academy of Science’s revision of its definition of science as “the use of evidence to construct testable explanations and predictions of natural phenomena as well as the knowledge generated through this process.” As McLeroy also wrote, on March 25 in the Austin-American Statesman, the change from the previous definition from “natural explanation” to “…

Impossible Possibilities: Obama and Power

By Jonathan L. Walton

…if anything, the historical record proves that position and power tend to change the officeholder more than the other way around. Maybe this explains why King repeatedly refused invitations to run for public office; and, unfortunately, it will ultimately explain why, despite President-Elect Obama’s undeniable intelligence and virtuous temperament, he is destined to disappoint those of us with justice-oriented expectations. And so it is, I cling t…

Some Christian and Muslim Leaders Urging ‘No’ Vote in Australian Mail Ballot on Marriage Equality; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ay rights lobby group, Kaleidoscope Human Rights Foundation, hopes the law change will have a domino effect on other Pacific countries. “There are still far too many countries in the world that treat consensual homosexual conduct as a crime and we’re starting to see that change.” “The Pacific is a bit at the forefront with making those law reforms,” said Professor Gerber. “Vanuatu and Fiji were one of the first to decriminalise, but more recently…

The Conservative Christian Case for Separation of Church and State

By Jimi Jobin

…f the 19th century, from Women’s Suffrage to Child Labor Laws. But we stir change by stinging the national conscience, by being a prophetic witness for biblical values and obedience to Christ from the pulpit, not by taking the dangerous short cut of merely electing somebody to make a sweeping change in our favor. Pastors are here to bring the optimism of a better world, a Kingdom of God where it can be on Earth as it is in Heaven. We aren’t here t…

After Her Remarks Pope JPII Was Never the Same — Controversial, Beloved Sr Theresa Kane’s Effect on the Catholic Church Endures

By Mary E. Hunt

…s Theresa’s story as part of the larger movements for ecclesial and social change in American Catholicism in her welcome, detailed, and comprehensive book, To Speak the Truth in Love: A Biography of Theresa Kane, RSM. I highly recommend it for the history of Theresa, the Mercy Sisters, and the American Catholic scene of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Disillusioned Catholics are moving on Theresa Kane was enormously consequential. She spok…

Beloved Immortals: Science, Miracles and ‘Jellyfish Time’

By Beatrice Marovich

…living organisms, there will be no crime. No murder. No suicide. Spiritual change is needed,” he tells Rich. The revelation of the jellyfish’s secret is contingent upon our moral transformation. I don’t share his confidence that the secret to eternal life will be mediated to us through the body of a jellyfish; to be frank, I’m not really convinced that the secrets of eternal life will be mediated to us at all. In that sense, Kobuta and I peer into…

Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation

By Frederick Clarkson and André Gagné

…rding the NAR, he wrote in his 2008 book, Dominion! How Kingdom Action Can Change the World, “the term reformation denotes… that we are now witnessing the most radical change in the way of doing church since the Protestant Reformation.” It’s also important to note that for Wagner, the term “new” distinguished the NAR from what he called “old wineskin denominations that include the word apostolic in their names.” When asked about the inspiration be…

Anti-Trans Bus Tour Is Not Very Welcome In Spanish Cities; Gay Rights As A Weapon In Nationalist War On Muslims; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e latest version back from the government, some if not all of our approved changes are missing. Now we want to go to the public for a vote on four constitutional amendments, so that the necessary changes will be fixed beyond cabinet or judicial reach. Specifically the amendments are: (1) sex defined as male and female only. (2) Marriage as between one man and one woman only. (3) Protection of religious freedom in church education, (4) Limits on LG…

Will “Religious Freedom” Be the Issue That Finally Unites the Religious Right?

By Eric C. Miller

…. But LDS leaders argued that whatever reforms Vatican II made could never change the fact that it was the Catholic Church’s apostasy from true Christianity that had ultimately led to the need for Joseph Smith’s restoration of the true church. Evangelicals were far more critical of Vatican II’s reforms. In keeping with their longstanding attacks on Catholicism, evangelicals largely saw Vatican II as part of the Catholic Church’s plans to monopoliz…

Jesus Loves You, But You’ll Burn in Hell

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ounds lovely, but what they want is the “behavior” of gays and lesbians to change. It’s a kinder, gentler Fred Phelps—whose church, by the way, gave the book a hateful review after the authors went to spread their love to Fred’s in Topeka, Kansas. The offensiveness of this “friendship evangelism” cannot be overstated. Let me outline what I find most offensive. First, gay and lesbian people are lumped in with porn stars. I agree with them that the…