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Catholic Church Campaigns Against Gay US Ambassador; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…United States for appointing an openly gay and married ambassador was not particularly new information. From day one, the cardinal has made his disapproval clear. However, after arriving in Santo Domingo, I was shocked to see the extent of the cardinal’s campaign against Ambassador Wally Brewster and his husband Robert Satawake. During my visit, the front pages of every newspaper were filled with an unbelievable campaign of hate by the Catholic Ch…

Exclusive: Why Did Chicago Public Schools Just Quietly Drop Transcendental Meditation?

By Aryeh Siegel

…n-profit called Cheetah House, which is affiliated with Brown University, Harvard, and a number of other prestigious institutions, exists to provide “information and resources about meditation-related difficulties to meditators-in-distress.” And this is a major part of the mission of a proponent of meditation. In addition, while the UK’s National Health Service notes that meditation can be very helpful in many cases, “The serious, long-lasting nat…

Leading UK Evangelical Comes Out for Gay Acceptance

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…studies show that suicide rates among gay people, especially young people, are comparatively high. Church leaders sometimes use this data to argue that homosexuality is unhealthy when tragically it’s anti-gay stigma, propped up by Church attitudes, which, all too often, drives these statistics.” For that, I applaud Chalke. Recognizing the deep psychological, spiritual, and physical harm that has been done to LGBT people by the church’s condemnatio…

New Poll Shows: White Evangelicals Are Still Dancing With the One That Brung ‘Em

By Anita Little

…tion global gag rule, and set in motion the dismantling of the Affordable Care Act. The Marist-McClatchy poll also broke out white evangelical registered voters for multiple categories and found that 70 percent of them either strongly agree or agree that “President Trump is a good leader for the nation,” and that 60 percent of them believe Trump’s work is uniting the country. In addition, a majority of white evangelicals agree with how he’s handli…

Palin Goes ‘Hopey-Changey,’ But Don’t Call it Political

By Julie Ingersoll

…o had introduced Palin, saying “elections matter!”) had easily won his primary two days earlier though he may face a more serious challenge in November from Deborah Gianoulis, a popular former local newscaster. Palin offered her endorsement of Thrasher saying: The name Thrasher, you know what that means to us in Alaska? To us the criteria for whether a guy or girl is cool or not is can they ride a (snow) machine? So, often they’ll say can they cli…

From Organized Religion to Organizing Religion: Brian D. McLaren Wants Christians to Be Better

By Peter Laarman

…he point in my review that some of the theological insights you bring to bear are powerful but not really new. Can you describe the theological work you tap into for the benefit of a wide audience? I worked hard to make the same point you make. Eco-feminist theologians, liberation theologians, the social gospel movement, mimetic theorists, and others have been making this case for many, many decades. My sense is that their combined efforts are now…

Festivus, Atheist Santa, and the Invention of Blasphemy

By Anita Little

…for Festivus, the recent proliferation of anti-holiday cards (the Virgin Mary slept around!) and an atheist billboard featuring an anti-church Santa, one could argue Christmas has become a nationwide exercise in tipping over sacred cows. I recently spoke via Skype with S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, longtime RD contributor, about how the supposedly “blasphemous” has become the everyday and how new narratives of the Christmas season are changing how we…

Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Heretic: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Jihadis?

By Haroon Moghul

…As we proceed, feel free to remind yourself, as often as necessary, that Harvard’s Belfer Center has appointed Ayaan Hirsi Ali a Fellow in ‘The Future of Diplomacy Project.’ Such peacemaking potential is found in her breakdown of the world’s Muslims into three categories: ‘Medina Muslims,’ who are the neighbors you don’t want; ‘Mecca Muslims,’ the delusional neighbors you’re statistically more likely to have; and ‘the Modifier Muslims,’ who, up u…

Who (or What) are Sarah Palin’s Prayer Warriors?

By Sarah Posner

…; again, at the time, I wrote that the concept and practice of “spiritual warfare” takes many forms. In the charismatic-Pentecostal world in which Palin was saved and attended church, there are a lot of “leaders” who show up to guest preach or to speak at conferences; just because somebody is in the audience or had hands laid on them by a preacher or said something nice about an evangelist doesn’t mean they believe everything that the person preac…

Your Uterus Is “An Important Subject” About Which Your Fellow Citizens “Wish To Converse”

By Sarah Posner

…rights of women seeking abortions by enforcing other laws – especially regarding harassment – outside abortion clinics.” Today’s decision is limited to the 2007 Massachusetts law, and may not invalidate every buffer zone law currently on the books or that could be enacted in the future. The ruling leaves in place a 2000 decision upholding a Colorado law that imposed a 100 foot buffer zone outside all health care facilities, barring people from co…