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Hypocritical Freakout over Shari’ah, but Not Biblical Law

By Sarah Posner

…nstitution. As a law professor correctly noted in the article, “If we both sign a contract agreeing to be governed by German law, then Florida courts will interpret German law.” Such arrangements are also, notably, quite common in religious settings. Let’s take one example apropros to the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act: the Christian health care sharing ministries who lobbied for and received an exemption from the individual mandate in the…

Sarah Palin to Tour Israel, Christian-Style

By Anthea Butler

…gh diplomatic channels, but through a Christian tour operator. That choice signals to me that this trip, although guaranteed to get much press for her meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is not only about her political credentials but her religious stature. With Palin’s weekend visit to India and the Israel, speculation will continue as to whether she will be a candidate in 2012. Given that her schedule is beginning to fill in the next…

Exclusive: Religious Leaders for Immigration Equality for Gay and Lesbian Couples

By Sarah Posner

…a large number of religious leaders, organizations, and denominations, to sign on to a letter supporting the legislation. As I reported last year, UAFA would correct a glaring inequality in our current immigration law: there are 36,000 bi-national couples in the United States—same-sex couples in which one is a US citizen and the other faces possible deportation if a partner or spouse cannot sponsor them for citizenship—and about half of those cou…

Gay Marriage Measure Dies in Maryland

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…nd stood up and told their stories, got involved and built grassroots support to extend the freedom to marry to all loving and committed couples.” It’s frustrating to see the legislation die while there is a governor willing to sign it, of course, but the struggle in Maryland also shows that religious arguments—and big money threats to delegates’ job security—can still convince lawmakers to continue to treat some of their fellow citizens as second…

Citizen Speech in an Age of Data: Or, Why I’m Transcribing My Tweets Into Cuneiform

By Andrew Aghapour

…lter the way that we tweet, it does prompt us to reflect on the historical significance of this new form of communication. Futures of Futures On Saturday, November 7th, the Guggenheim held a summit to discuss its Åzone Futures Market. The online exhibition, which went live quietly in October, is an eerie online marketplace where users invest and trade in actual futures. Not stock futures, mind you: this is a marketplace for betting on the future o…