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Megachurch Pastor: We’re “American Al Qaeda” for Opposing Homosexuality

By Tom Bartlett

…ly they’re often on the same well-thumbed page. I wrote about Chandler for Texas Monthly, explaining how the quick-witted, 30-something Dallas megachurch pastor had become a star in that movement, and how he had coped, publicly and courageously, with a cancer diagnosis. What I didn’t mention was our discussion about gay rights. On the day I visited his church, he preached on the pitfalls of pornography and the dangers of illicit desire, but there…

Mormon Leaks: Boring Meetings with Interesting Implications

By Mary Barker

…, 25-year-old Charles Whitman went on a killing spree at the University of Texas. In a suicide note left behind, Whitman asked that an autopsy be conducted on his body as he was convinced that something biological accounted for his actions. The autopsy found a tumor on his brain that was suspected of preventing him from controlling his emotions and behavior. Whitman’s is just one of many cases in which a compromised brain has seemed to result in a…

Indie Catholicism is Real: Married Clergy, LGBT Ordination, and Sacramental Justice for All

By Julie Byrne

…the Roman church requires sacramental marriage to be performed in a Roman sanctuary. Or a funeral for a favorite uncle who married a man. Roman parishioners who run into these roadblocks might hear about independent Catholic priests by word of mouth or just find them on Google. Even if they are back in their Roman parish the next weekend—and they usually are—still there has been that contact and interchange with independent Catholicism at a criti…

Who Speaks for “The Jewish Community” on Hagel?

By Sarah Posner

…I’m back at Bloggingheads, and this week I spoke with the University of Texas-Arlington’s Brent Sasley, about why hawkish Jewish groups have dominated the conversation around the Chuck Hagel nomination—and why they are not as influential among Jews as cable news bookers seem to think:…

White Christian Nostalgia Strikes Back

By Daniel Schultz

…their northern counterparts. In the lightest of them—Arizona, New Mexico, Texas(!), and Florida—Democrats did much better than anticipated this year. That’s of course due to the rising presence of black and Hispanic voters in those states. But those same voters are significantly more religious than their white counterparts, which means that if by some miracle the Democrats win back the White House in 2020, we might be talking about the Rage of Br…

Why Feminism’s Big Tent Isn’t Big Enough for the Anti-Abortion Movement

By Patricia Miller

…ts” is one of a handful of organizations like Feminists for Life and the Susan B. Anthony list that have in recent years sought to claim the mantle of feminism for the anti-abortion movement. These groups aren’t looking to join the feminist movement, however, but in the words of New Wave Feminists are “looking to take feminism back from those who have corrupted it.” Anti-abortion feminists assert that the original feminists, Susan B. Anthony and E…

Why it (Still) Makes Little Sense to Call ISIS Islamic

By Haroon Moghul

…y department at Bayyinah, an Islamic institute of higher learning based in Texas, confirmed this to me in an extensive conversation on Islam, slavery and sexual consent. “Rape is violence,” Suleiman made clear, “and Islamic scholars have even classified it as muharabah, as war against the community,” the maximal (hadd) punishment for which, he noted, was more severe than adultery. Indeed, it qualified as a capital crime, indicating that the crime…

In Marriage Decision, An Ode to Love and Four Provocations

By Sarah Posner

…marriages between couples of different races, and, of course, Lawrence v. Texas, which in 2003 struck down anti-sodomy laws, and United States v. Windsor, which invalidated the Defense of Marriage Act ten years later. Kennedy answered conservative claims that marriage equality would undermine the institution of marriage, arguing that “far from seeking to devalue marriage, the petitioners seek it for themselves because of their respect—and need—fo…

If it’s Really About “Religious Freedom,” Why Mention Just One Belief?

By Sunnivie Brydum

…rs do not? It’s a question I posed in my original response, and one that Desanctis did not address in her reply. Desanctis contends that without FADA, “a subset of religious Americans can be punished by the federal government for their religious beliefs.” But there are already, in fact, numerous instances wherein a subset of religious Americans are punished or restricted by the federal government due to their beliefs—for polygamy, marrying a minor…

How Far Will White Christians Go to Maintain Power? An Interview with Robert Jones

By Peter Laarman

…f course, but even in evangelical strongholds like Texas and Georgia their numbers are dropping, and they know it. Falling in line behind Trump’s Big Lie while attempting to restrict voting is really about trying to protect something that they feel like they own, which is the country. And we are seeing some clear signs that they may be willing to use whatever means necessary to protect that ownership. Yes, because now it’s definitely not just abou…