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Evangelicals Want Immigration Reform. Why Won’t Republicans Listen?

By Sarah Posner

…n politicians routinely run away from being labeled supporters of amnesty. Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who in 2013 sponsored a bill that included a path to citizenship, now he says he’s “learned” from that effort. In 2013, the Evangelical Immigration Table strongly supported Rubio’s effort, bringing activists to Washington to lobby members of Congress and launching a “92 Days of Prayer and Action to Pass Immigration Reform.” At the time, PRRI fou…

Corporate Personhood Was a Radical Notion… In the 11th Century

By Austin Dacey

…unrecognizable. Amanda Porterfield, a professor of religion and history at Florida State University, observes at The Immanent Frame that although Americans are profoundly divided “over the extent to which corporate bodies should be free to govern themselves, these bodies are so essential to the organization of our social world that few people seriously argue that they should not exist, or not enjoy some degree of freedom.” Americans often look to…

After Early Christian Opposition, Iceland Gets First Pagan Temple in Nearly 1000 Years

By Joseph Laycock

…which authorized public prayers before government events, Chaz Stevens of Florida offered to open a town council meeting with a prayer to Satan. In response, conservative pastor Mark D. Boykin asserted that the first amendment applies only to religions “like Christianity” and not “malevolent and evil” religions. Boykin added that Satanism is “the spirit of Charles Manson, Jeffery Dahmer, the Columbine murders.” Much as early opponents of the Ásat…

Republican Jewish Coalition Calls Obama Out for “Donors” Mention

By Evan Derkacz

…nors [was] the backbone of Cuba’s exiled elite.” A meeting with the former Florida governor, brother and son of presidents, and likely 2016 presidential hopeful? That’s donor power. Then, from 2010, there’s the widely disseminated report from Public Campaign described, quite directly by the Huffington Post as one that “raises the question of whether hard-line Cuban Americans will succeed in stifling further changes in U.S.-Cuba relations through t…

Global Precap: 5 Religion and LGBT Stories to Look For in 2015

By Peter Montgomery

…during 2014, and it looks as if same-sex couples in at least some parts of Florida will be able to marry early in January. It also seems that 2015 could be the year in which the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of state marriage bans; on January 9, the Court will be considering whether to hear appeals in cases coming out of five states. Marriage equality came to Scotland at the end of 2014, joining England and Wales; marriage equa…

Christian Inmate Suing Indiana to Recognize Religion

By Daniel Silliman

…s Hollis Phelps and Ryne Beddard pointed out here on RD (in reference to a Florida minister arrested for feeding the hungry according to his religious beliefs), the religious right’s religious freedom arguments have been treated far more credibly. Glenn claims that in addition to taking his religious items away, the fact the IDOC doesn’t list Eastern Orthodoxy in its religious handbook has meant no chaplains and no religious services are provided….

His Own Received Him Not: Jimmy Carter, First Evangelical President

By Randall Balmer

…us segregationist, George C. Wallace of Alabama, by beating Wallace in the Florida Democratic primary. I don’t think that Carter has ever received sufficient credit for that. I’d been batting about the idea for a biography of Carter for several decades, but I always found reasons to delay, in part because I didn’t have an angle on the project. I did research at the Carter Center and the presidential libraries of Reagan and Ford. I also did archiva…

Christianity’s Concussion Crisis: Where Football and Faith Collide

By Sean O'Neil

…all ten of the church’s locations, including satellite campuses in Miami, Florida and London, England (an international market for the NFL where the league annually hosts multiple regular season game.) The professional stars were only one part of an immersive football experience and in the fourth and final week of the series, Young interviewed ten-year-old Max, who had just begun to play tackle football. The transition from the non-contact realm…

South Park Meets the Sacraments at Class for New Catholics

By Zachary Leja

…hat. But she never finished her confirmation. The bishop at her diocese in Florida made it difficult for her to get confirmed before because of her busy schedule and—she thinks—because of her gender. “To be Catholic—or to be a part of any religion today—is counter-cultural.” While she wasn’t confirmed during the Easter Vigil this weekend at Fordham University Church like Damien and Justin, she’ll go through another ceremony with others finishing u…

Religious Freedom Battle Is Far From Over: Here’s What to Look for in 2019

By Patrick Hornbeck

…s and administrative regulations sought religious exemptions in increasing numbers. The Little Sisters of the Poor, the owners of the Hobby Lobby chain, various Christian colleges and universities, and wedding florists, photographers, and cake-bakers have all advanced such claims. It’s clear that this issue is here to stay. The year that just ended saw the opening of new fronts in the legal battles over religious freedom. In 2018, the Supreme Cour…