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Yet Another Survey Shows ‘Nones’ Growth at Record Levels

By Elizabeth Drescher

…invited to share their own perspectives on religion, spirituality, meaning-making, and self-realization in my Nones Beyond the Numbers narrative survey.* *The survey results will contribute to three intertwined research projects I am currently conducting on the meaning-making practices of Nones. The first, sponsored in part through the Social Science Research Council’s “New Directions in the Study of Prayer” initiative, will explore the plurali…

The Brutality of Life for Syrian LGBTs; Saving the Anglican Church by Dissolving It; Backlash to Hindu Gay Wedding Ceremony in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…rst constitution as a federal republic following the dissolution of the 239-year-old monarchy by a parliamentary vote in 2008. It contains several articles that enshrine protections and rights for LGBT people. The constitution includes explicit protections for “gender and sexual minorities” and replaces “male and female” and “son and daughter” with gender-neutral language. Argentina: Buenos Aires becoming mecca for gay wedding tourism At the Globa…

How the Politics of the 1890s Explain the GOP’s Health Care Woes

By Patricia Miller

…Party never fully articulated an alternative, beyond phrases like ‘patient-centered’ or ‘market-based.’… And then, when the moment came, when Republicans finally had full control of government, it took barely two months for them to admit they hadn’t really thought it through. What the Republicans were successful at, says Schmitt, was winning on the issue of repealing the ACA: …if the goal was to win election after election, and virtually wipe out…

Life Imitates Satire Imitates Life: Rep. King Revives Manchurian Candidate

By The Editors

…mitates Satire Imitates Life. In this clip, from the Manchurian Candidate a Joseph McCarthy stand-in uses his own investigative tool to determine how many crypto-commies there really are… Rep. Peter King (R-NY), minus 45 years from Religion Dispatches on Vimeo….

Are Conservative Churches Really Winning by Being More Orthodox?

By Daniel Schultz

…line Protestant denominations that would take issue with being labeled less-than-orthodox. And even relatively conservative Catholics like the newly-minted Pope Francis would agree that the “Christian moral code” involves a commitment to peace and social justice, which Eberstadt seems to ignore in favor of questions of sexual morality. (To be fair, Simon didn’t ask her about such issues.) But the heart of Eberstadt’s argument is demographics, and…

More Thoughts on Media Coverage of Liberal Religion

By Sarah Posner

…han the Republican base, and includes a far more significant (and growing) number of unaffiliated voters, avowed secularists (who are both non-believers and religious people) and religious minorities. And because more of those people like the Establishment Clause and would shudder at religiously-directed public policy. Given that the Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath had the support of a variety of faith traditions, it’s a good question to ask why i…

In a Powerful Statement Black Presidents and Deans Say: No More Stolen Black Lives!

By Pamela R. Lightsey

…isconduct, to include clarity about “excessive force.” ○ A moratorium on no-knock warrants for drug-related arrests. ○ An end to “broken-windows” policing. ○ The implementation of swift and strong fines against persons who make emergency calls to police departments based upon false allegations against Black citizens. ○ State and local level public policy initiatives that ensure police review boards comprise citizens representing its diverse neighb…

Fusion Politics: A Way Forward for Bernie Sanders?

By Daniel Schultz

…losure: I used to be very active at Daily Kos and formerly ran its religion-and-politics spinoff Street Prophets, but I have not been involved in years.) I have long been suspicious of moral revivals in liberal politics. They have a way of petering out, or dissolving into mushy platitudes—and too often the prophets who lead them are unable to satisfy the hopes and dreams loaded on them by idealistic supporters. Moral Mondays seems to have lasted l…

Too Late for Apologies: Three Steps the U.S. Bishops Should Take to Prevent Another Sexual Abuse Scandal

By Grant Gallicho

…ngs claimed that because an alleged act of abuse was committed against a 17-year-old in 1995, the allegation should be thrown out. At the time of the alleged abuse, the canonist argued, canon law held that the age of majority was sixteen. But review boards were not established to serve a canon-law function. Their role is simply to determine whether there is good reason to believe an alleged act of abuse took place against a minor. What if the Nati…

The Only Common Denominator of American Conservatism is Anti-Blackness

By Yannick Marshall

…d nothing more. They, it’s believed, have long renounced the apartheid, pro-slavery and ethno-state dreams of earlier generations, but see no need to throw the baby out with the bath water. The fact that anti-Black white nationalist organizing during Reconstruction “was necessarily secret since open opposition of any kind would be considered rebellion,” however, should mean that no declaration of a ‘coming to Jesus’ moment on race by today’s conse…