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Catholic Sex Teaching is No Laughing Matter

By Marian Ronan

…inhuman and degrading punishment.” And there is some possibility that the latest version of the bill does not include the capital punishment provision, though Peter Montgomery’s sources indicate that it does. As Timothy Kincaid notes on Box Turtle Bulletin, however, none of this means that the Vatican opposes criminalizing homosexuality, only “cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment” for same; indeed, it opposed an earlier European Union move to…

Is Sam Harris Really a White Supremacist?, Part Two

By Andrew Aghapour and Michael Schulson

…e Muslims as individuals, but as monolithic… Not only did Harris write his latest book with someone who identifies as a Muslim, he’s actively praised Muslim reformers like Malala Yousafzai, and supported the work of moderate Muslims who want to reform the extremist views within the faith. While we’re glad to hear that some of Sam’s best friends are Muslim, we don’t see how that makes his arguments any more or less bigoted. Our case is that, no mat…

How Do Christians, Atheists Compare on Muslim Tolerance?

By Darren E. Sherkat

…spected terrorists. The response of these self-professed Christians to the latest attack is remarkably different from that of Democratic presidential candidate and secular Jew, Bernie Sanders, who condemned Trump in particular for using this tragic event to spark Islamophobia. Tolerance is a hallmark of Western democracies. A core tenet of democratic societies is the freedom of religious and political expression, and even the most obnoxious and ri…

Why is the Pope Popular Among Nones?

By Kaya Oakes

…, Pope Francis is more popular than ever in America. Pew Research Center’s latest analysis reveals that seven in ten Americans hold a favorable view of him, while 11% have no opinion. Where these numbers begin to get interesting is in religious breakdown. American Catholics appear to be very fond of the pope, with 87% expressing a favorable view of him, but among white evangelicals his ratings are not so high—only 53% favor the pope, whereas white…

Why an Orthodox Anti-Gay Declaration is Actually Good for the Gays

By Jay Michaelson

…abbis urging zero tolerance for homosexuality in Orthodox communities, and promoting reparative therapy (newly rebranded as “gender affirming therapy”!) as the only “kosher” option for Jews “struggling with same-sex attraction.” It’s crucial to understand that this declaration does not represent the views of all, or even most, Orthodox Jews or Orthodox rabbis. It must be understood in the context of last summer’s Statement of Principles, now signe…

Moving Day: A Note from the Publisher

By Diane Winston

…ll continue to make RD your daily destination for provocative takes on the latest religion news. As Diane Winston writes below, keep reading!, and don’t forget to sign up for RD’s daily newsletter—and to follow us on Facebook and Twitter. After three and one-half years at USC, Religion Dispatches is moving on! We’ve enjoyed hosting the website, and the Knight Program in Media and Religion has benefited from the collaboration. We’re very proud of…

Beck Fuels End-Times Hysteria Over Egypt

By Anthea Butler

…ites every end-time theme; fire, riots, Islam, Israel, you name it. Beck’s latest assertion is that the Egyptian uprising will result in a Muslim Caliphate. Ridiculous, yes, but it is the dog whistle that calls together conspiracy theorists, rapture-watchers and end-times purveyors. His constant refrain that this is our “Archduke Ferdinand” moment no doubt will sear a vision of an impending World War III into the minds of his listeners, and his bl…

Scholars Upset With ‘1619 Project’ Must Abandon Vision of ‘America the Righteous’

By Peter Laarman

…g the words “slave” and “slavery,” from the Constitution. In my view, this latest book is a pitifully strained attempt to redeem the Framers despite what Wilentz acknowledges are monumental concessions made to the slavers by Northern and Upper South delegates to the 1787 drafting conclave. Wilentz thinks it’s great news that the Federal Convention stopped short of openly endorsing slavery. He dismisses the direct testimony of many participants tha…

Obama to Cave on Bush Tax Cuts: Letter to the Washingtonians, Chapter 1

By Daniel Schultz

…or the middle-class without keeping those for the wealthiest. To mark this latest capitulation framed as a compromise, a letter to the Washingtonians… To the moderate political classes, religious leaders, and activists who are tempted after the Republican gains in the 2010 midterms to call for more compromise, civility, and government sensitivity to the plight of “the least of these”: Late in the year 2000, I stayed up late into the night watching…

Vive La Liberté

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…1968, and Athens in 2008 is an instructive one. It may help to explain the latest firebombing of the French Institute in Athens on Friday. The graffiti left by the youth who did it, written in French, makes it “Spark in Athens, fire in Paris. Insurrection is coming,” read one. “France, Greece, uprising everywhere,” read another. Now, in one way, European students may bear the marks of these memories, the violent legacy of activism and protest, mor…