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Why Aqua Buddha Ad Failed to Harm Rand Paul

By Joanna Brooks

…was, to be sure, a risky strategy for a Democratic Senate candidate in the South: run a sorta-psychedelic television ad depicting your Tea-Party anointed opponent as a groovy turtleneck and corduroy jacket-wearing, idol-worshipping, bondage-indulging svengali. Jack Conway and his strategists hoped the now infamous Aqua Buddha ad would incur doubts among social conservatives about Rand Paul and change the game in Kentucky, where Paul now leads Conw…

The Fear is Real: A New View of Halloween “Hell Houses”

By Lucia Hulsether

…rticipants—a total of 25,000 every October—on a 90-minute walk through the South Georgia woods. We observed intensely violent renditions of standard end-times scenarios: the rapture of believers; an ensuing period of torture and tribulation for the faithless “left behind”; a climactic battle between Jesus and Satan; and a final judgment in which Jesus orders a teenage church-girl to be dragged by demons into hell for “knowing me only in your head,…

Mike Huckabee’s Army of Anti-Gay Zealots

By Sarah Posner

…AFA of Michigan, similar to another AFA effort in Iowa, where its Iowa for Freedom (headed by Huckabee’s 2008 Iowa state campaign chair, Bob Vander Plaats) is waging a campaign to oust state Supreme Court judges over their votes declaring the state’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional. Vander Plaats’ campaign, as well as the AFA’s “hate-filled comments,” prompted a denunciation by the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa. Earlier this year, back in Michigan…

Stephen Broden, Beck’s Black Robed Regiment In Action

By Sarah Posner

…tive rights are a conspiracy to commit “black genocide.” The film has been promoted by the Frederick Douglass Foundation, which describes itself as a a Christian organization. (It also supports Allen West, running for Congress in Florida, who writes for a south Florida biker magazine, in which he has written that “the upcoming election is the time to get rid of ‘Barry Obongo,’ and asks readers to imagine having sex with [Democratic Congresswoman D…

Obama To Skip Golden Temple: Part of A Larger Problem With Religion

By Hussein Rashid

…aid that he is not Muslim, but so what if he is. The Constitution promises freedom of religion, which means there is no requirement of religion, or even religiosity, in order to be president. After becoming president, rather than seizing the pulpit to educate people about religion, he is caving to political cowardice. Sikhism is a distinct religion from Islam, and the Golden Temple is one of the holiest sites in the religion. In one fell swoop, Ob…

Landmark OC Megachurch Declares Bankruptcy

By Joanna Brooks

…the money, youth (at least the white youth) and positivity have all moved south, away from the Cathedral and right into the heart of Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church territory. Nor has there been a successful transition from Schueller to a next generation of Cathedral leadership. In the last year, church revenues have dropped 30%, 140 employees have been laid off, and its opulent Easter pageant (which once drew hundreds of thousands) was cancelled…

Gospel and Soul Lose a King and Queen

By Anthea Butler

…lso was a licensed mortician, coupling two of the historic occupations for African American men in the early portion of the 20th century. Born into a family of female preachers, Burke’s grandmother started a church in West Philadelphia, Solomon’s Temple: The Church of God for All People, twelve years before his birth, because of a dream she had about him. His godfather was Sweet Daddy Grace. Accompanying that masterful voice was his majestic prese…

MRI Jesus, Bush’s Reading List, Ahmadinejad & the Pope…

By Michael J. Altman

…y that allegedly depicts Jesus during a sex act. See for yourself here. In South Carolina a woman claims Jesus is depicted in her MRI. Mixing scripture reading and prayer with exercise may be the best way to get the elderly to work. President George W. Bush is reading a new biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, according to Laura Bush. As the November elections get closer, more politicians are showing up at church. An Algerian court acquitted two Prot…

The Tea Party Religion

By Sarah Posner

…e flag and God), despite initial worries that the tea parties inadequately promoted the “life” issues. The problem with much of the reporting on a tea party-religious right alliance has focused on the turf battles between leaders, and disputes over whether to emphasize the social issues over economic ones at tea party events. Based on my own reporting, though, the absence of bloody fetus posters at tea party rallies says nothing about the interest…

Pastor Declares “Civil War” After Supreme Court Rejects DC Gay Marriage Case

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…, I dare say Jim Crow laws would still be on the books here in my state of South Carolina. There are simply some matters, like the rights of minorities, that cannot be put to a popular vote — though the rights of gays and lesbians seem to be put to the vote often these days. Not all religious folks were complaining about the ruling, however. Rev. Rob Hardies, one of the co-chairs of DC Clergy United for Marriage Equality, said he was “delighted” w…