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“Mitt Romney Style”—A Virtually Religion Free 2012 Contest?

By Joanna Brooks

…rmer Mormon, and a low class Los Angeles Times advertisement feature for a website selling faux LDS temple garments. Could it be that as fewer Americans report religious affiliation and Protestants lose their American majority, the idea that an elected official may believe and practice differently than you matters less? Indeed, the Hartford Courant / Religion News Service reports that the “God gap” between religious and non-religious voters has s…

Rough Week for Scientology

By Joseph Laycock

…eem to be what motivates all of Scientology’s critics. Project Chanology’s website, for example, features a video in which a gang of picketers scream homophobic epithets at a lone Scientologist. It is upsetting to watch and recalls nineteenth-century intolerance toward Catholics, Mormons, and other religious outsiders. Even public critics of Scientology have suggested that these tactics are likely to backfire, creating sympathy rather than outrage…

Dear #MeToo Christians: Time to Take a Long Look in the Mirror

By J. Dana Trent

…too. But, Harvey Weinstein doesn’t have a public statement of faith on his website professing his outright misogyny—or his virtuousness. We do. While I applaud and respect famous evangelical Christian women for coming forward in #MeToo, it’s also an opportune time to examine the log in our own eyes. Any woman associated with the Southern Baptist Convention—through her church membership or organizations who support her “ministry”—and who benefit pr…

Alabama’s Yoga Ban Is Part of the Christian Right’s War on Pluralism

By Manisha Sunil

…t need to be taught to small children in public schools.’” And yet, on its website, the organization includes in its mission statement: “An ethical, moral and responsible lifestyle based on biblical standards is an attainable goal that will benefit the entire state.” There are several issues here to unpack. Undoubtedly, Hinduism is at the historical crux of yogic practice. At the same time, yoga has become a global phenomenon that in many ways tra…

Gay Republicans Ask for Social Issue Cease-Fire

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…, GOProud, like most fiscally conservative voters, are, according to their website, concerned with cutting capital gains and corporate tax rates, free-market health care reform, and privatizing Social Security. Oh, they want “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repealed as well—but that may be deemphasized as they seek support on these other matters. GOProud’s letter is at once bold and insulting. Bold because they have walked into the lion’s den and asked kin…

Lynn Blasts White House Meetings with Bible Society President

By Sarah Posner

…ho are literally rewriting American history. An essay on the Bible Society website by the ministry’s former president Paul G. Irwin is riddled with faulty history, including a phony quotation by James Madison lauding the Ten Commandments as the basis of government. (Madison never said that.) Lynn points out that requests by civil liberties groups like Americans United and its allies in the Coalition Against Religious Discrimination to fix constitu…

Lila Rose and the Right Resurrect Malicious Child Predator Myth Putting LGBTQ People in Even Greater Danger

By R.L. Stollar

In January the far-right website Townhall began publishing a four-part series on a so-called “Suburban LGBTQ Pedophile Ring.” The series, written by Townhall fact-checker Mia Cathell, claims to reveal “disturbing new details” about adoptive parents William and Zachary Zulock. Cathell, whose “fact-checking” includes titles such as “Is Kwanzaa a Fake Holiday?” (her answer: yes), describes the Zulocks as an “affluent LGBTQ-activist couple” who are a…

In a Disturbing Trend, Far-Right Candidates are Getting Crucial Support from Militia Groups and Churches

By Chrissy Stroop

…is State Representative Chris Miller, with Oakland Christian Church, whose website lists him as an elder. As for Mary Miller, her house.gov profile states, “In her spare time, Mary teaches Sunday School and Vacation Bible School.” When I wrote about the Millers, she was being widely criticized for declaring, at a pro-Trump rally the day before the insurrection, that “Hitler was right” about the importance of indoctrinating youth. Meanwhile, Chris…

The Theological Roots of Akin’s ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment

By Sarah Posner

…om the denomination’s flagship Covenant Theological Seminary. His campaign website notes, “Although most of his classmates went on to become pastors or missionaries, Todd took a different path. For several years he studied the founding of America and the principles which made this country great. His love of country and conviction that leaders must stand on principle led him to run for State Representative in 1988.” On abortion, the PCA is absoluti…

Tell It All, Sister! NJ Female PCUSA Pastor Gets Married—To Another Woman!

By David Gillespie

…regation as Pastor for several years. According to her bio on the church’s website, McNeill is a North Carolina native, a 1982 graduate of Wake Forest University and received her Master of Divinity from Princeton Seminary. She was ordained in 1989, served once as moderator of the body before which she stands and was once a commissioner to the denomination’s General Assembly. Her announcement, as reported by The Presbyterian Outlook on Wednesday, N…