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New Report: Angels & Aliens in Texas Schools

By Mark A. Chancey

…ly religious in nature, sometimes openly promoting particular beliefs. The most successful courses typically had several characteristics in common. They recognized that no single religious tradition had a monopoly on the Bible, but that Protestants, Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Christians, and Jews all have very different collections they called by that name. Likewise, they taught students that different religious traditions approached the bi…

Jim Wallis’ Egregious “Memo to Nation’s Leaders” on Stupak

By Daniel Schultz

…all honesty that his piece yesterday in the Huffington Post was about the most egregious thing he’s published in a long, long while. It’s like a primer in all the ways Wallis’ approach to religion and politics is flawed. It’s so textbook, in fact, that I think I’ll dispense with a conventional review and just list all the howlers for you, in no particular order: A Commitment To “Compromise”: Those of us who have worked hard to find some common gr…

Let’s Get Lost: Mapping Religion in the 21st Century

By Spencer Dew

…ry ten years, publishing data in various forms, including maps displaying “most popular religion, by county.” A Washington Post article on the project, while taking no issue with the value of “religious participation,” does not mention that this measure “was lowest in California’s Alpine County (4.3 percent), Hawaii’s Kalawao County (3.3 percent) and Nevada’s Esmeralda County (3.1 percent). The latter two have incredibly small populations, so are…

RD News Round-Up—Nov. 4, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…ve director of Pastor John Hagee’s Christians United for Israel—one of the most prominent Christian Zionist organizations in the United States—taskes umbrage at Hubers’ comment: “To say we’re dehumanizing Israelis and Palestinians with our support for Israel dehumanizes us.” Christian and Jewish leaders in Southern California have formed an organization called Christians Concerned About Christian Zionism. They held a conference on the issue: “Chri…

Scott Walker Loves Jesus. That’s Nice

By Peter Laarman

…e Kohler was shipping the work to new non-union facilities in the South. Just last year the current magnate—yet another Herbert Kohler—pushed through a greatly weakened contract for the small number of Local 833 members still employed in Wisconsin. I say all this to make the point that American business and its “business-friendly” sock puppets like Gov. Scott Walker will stop at nothing—nothing—to roll back worker rights and worker security. So it…

Obama Caves on (Another) Contraception Exemption

By Patricia Miller

…his cumbersome procedure have the makings of a bureaucratic nightmare, but most insurers are incorporated separately in each state in which they operate and often under slightly different names… and I doubt most have a dedicated office to contact when religious conservatives make their own decisions about women’s access to contraception. Plus, it sets the dangerous precedent that religious objections to government mandates are so precious that the…

Pope and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Declare Shared View of Marriage & Family; Government & Muslim Officials Ramp Up Anti-LGBT Rhetoric in Indonesia; Australian Religious Leaders Ask Parliament to Act on Marriage Equality; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…nion on legalising same-sex marriage varies among people of faith. In fact most polls find that a majority favour change,” the letter reads. “Yet the negative case will be put by religious groups and leaders who claim to speak on behalf of people of faith generally, or religious institutions as a whole.” The letter from the religious leaders said a plebiscite campaign could harms LGBTI people and religious communities: “A volatile, public and poli…

Religious Leaders On Anti-Muslim Frenzy: “Silence Is Not An Option”

By Sarah Posner

…ders, including Mattson, spoke at the press briefing, which was one of the most highly attended press events relating to religion that I’ve seen — except for events hosted by religious right groups. Richard Cizik, president of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, speaking to evangelical Christians engaging in or promoting anti-Muslim bigotry, said, “Shame on you . . . as an evangelical I say you bring dishonor to the name of Jesus…

Catholic ‘Soul-Searching’ as Ireland Votes on Marriage; Churches, American Activists Join Kenyan Anti-Gay Group’s ‘Family’ Confab; Indian Mom Seeks Spouse For Gay Son; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ve about concerns around violence against LGBT people in Jamaica, claiming most violence against LGBT people is committed by other members of the LGBT community…. Dr. Carolyn Gomes of the CVC [Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition] points to the connections between many elected officials and the Christian right, saying that their placement ―in seats of high power‖ is essential to ―maintain[ing] the status quo.‖ The Jamaican Solicitor General…

Raelians’ “Clitoraid” Met With Suspicion in Burkina Faso

By Joseph Laycock

…sed to present the evidence of its alleged clone. Susan J. Palmer, the foremo*]}*st scholar on the Raelians, notes that the movement intentionally stirs up controversy both to gain media attention and to foster unity among its members by maintaining an identity as an embattled group. In this sense, Clitoraid is the direct result of the West’s fascination and horror with female circumcision. Western attitudes toward female circumcision have provided th…