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Obama Caves on (Another) Contraception Exemption

By Patricia Miller

…llowed to handle the basic tasks of public administration in a manner that comports with common sense.” Now the employers who object to the contraception mandate will need to send a letter stating their objections to the Department of Health and Human Services, which will then be responsible for figuring out who the non-profit’s insurer is and notifying it of its responsibility to arrange and pay for contraception coverage for female employees of…

Dieting, Sex, Jesus: The Body as Moral Battleground

By Lynne Gerber

…ex-gay is very different than simply passing as straight; it’s a far more complicated combination of recognition and denial. In terms of evangelical culture, I think, from the perspective of outsiders, the biggest misconception is that it’s so different from mainstream American culture. The crossover between evangelical and secular self-help culture—whether it’s T. D. Jakes’ gigs on The Dr. Phil Show or Dr. Oz speaking at Saddleback church rally…

Morality and Marriage Vigilantes and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Penal Code is a fair balance between conservative public opinion and an uncompromising international community on the protection of minorities.” Russia: Muslim ‘morality’ vigilante pushing for purge of LGBT teachers Timur Bulatov, a self-described pious Muslim is waging a campaign to out LGBT teachers and get them fired, according to BBC: He wages his “morality” campaign from St Petersburg. On vKontakte he claims to head a movement called “First…

Two Women and a Mosque: A Convert Community Grows in Panama City

By Aliyya Swaby

…ama Mosque is more inclusive of converts now than before, she doesn’t feel completely welcome in the Indian community. Her husband’s family has trouble accepting her and even tried to delay the couple’s marriage. A common perception exists of converts as less knowledgeable or authentic Muslims than those in the immigrant communities. My father struggled with this when teaching at mosques in New York. Although he had studied Arabic and Islamic fund…

Rick Warren Busts a Gut Over Cultural Revolution

By Rob Shryock

…ng funny without offending someone these days in our PC society etc.” The number of supportive and sometimes racist posts outnumber those who advice caution. I can’t suspect such hideous posts are all from Saddleback membership. I’m sure quite a number are. It’s as disturbing as it is disgusting. Warren commented on Tsang’s article, “Thanks so much for teaching us! It was removed instantly.” However, Warren did not get around to posting a form…

‘Cult’ Is an Inaccurate, Unhelpful and Dangerous Label for Followers of Trump, QAnon, and 1/6

By Catherine Wessinger

…Anon movement to three different historical episodes in entirely different communal contexts: the Salem Witch Trials in 1692-1693, the Oneida Perfectionist community, and Jonestown. As a scholar of the varieties of millennialism, I suggest that analysis of the QAnon movement and its relation to the January 6 insurrection is better understood as being a continuation of a Euro-American Nativist Millennial Movement, which has existed since the twenti…

The Harlot Shall Be Burned with Fire: Biblical Literalism in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

By Sarah Sentilles

…tion, counts as rape. During the second, which is even more brutal, the discomfort in the theater was palpable. I was uncomfortable, not only because I was terrified by watching someone raped, but because it was unclear what I was supposed to make of the violence. It was unclear what kind of gaze the camera was asking me to assume. Yes, Dragon Tattoo makes it clear that rape is wrong. The film also makes it clear that Lisbeth resists, fiercely, as…

3 Reasons Catholic Bishops Are Holding Their Tongues on GOP Health Care Debacle

By Patricia Miller

…Conference of Catholic Bishops, who personally went to the White House to complain to Obama. A special committee was formed. Legislators were lobbied. Lay Catholics were called on to protest. A scorching letter was read aloud by bishops at masses across the country. And threats were made about the Catholic vote in 2012. But now, even as the clearly deceptive and immoral Trump administration plunges further into chaos and the Republican Party uses…

‘Heretics’ or ‘Atheists’? A Response

By Rachel Ozanne

…p to the Christian faith. Simply identifying as an atheist at first felt uncomfortable to me for a number of reasons. All of my family members remained Christian, so it was easier for me to tell them that I was “searching,” or at least agnostic, rather than atheist. Additionally, I wasn’t sure that the label applied to me. Finally, now, as a historian of religion, when I introduce myself to strangers, they inevitably ask me about my religious comm…

Transgender and Christian: Finding Identity

By Jori Lewis

…id of how people might react. “If more trans-people were involved in faith communities, then faith communities would normalize the experience,” she said. Walker used to run workshops at the LGBT center in New York City and she once, years and years ago, tried to start a spirituality group. The first week, two people showed up. The next week, there was only one other person. Eventually she gave up. But, these days, she’s more hopeful. Maybe in five…