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Why Has the Critique of Hypocrisy Run Out of Steam?

By Christopher Douglas

…critique of hypocrisy appears to have run out of steam in the era of Trump-supporting white evangelicals: the target is not the audience. Douglass’s criticism of the hypocrisy of Christian slaveholders, after all, probably almost never convinced those Christian slavers to give up their ways and manumit their slaves. But his critique of them wasn’t for them. Rather, while his Narrative had as its target those he saw as Christian hypocrites, his aud…

Gay Republicans Question Conservative Credentials

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…simply because the law may help or harm the community you advocate for. Christopher Barron, chairman of GOProud’s board, fired back, questioning FRC’s own dedication to conservative principles: “Tony Perkins and his cronies at the Family Research Council aren’t for limited government. They support policies, like the federalization of marriage and family laws, which would represent one of the greatest usurpation of state’s rights in the history of…

Why the Culture Wars Aren’t on their Way Out, Despite Rise of “Nones”

By Sarah Posner

…owed that while 32% of Americans aged 50 to 64 are white evangelicals, only 13% of those aged 18 to 29 are. The PRRI survey found similar trends: while white evangelicals make up 30% of those 65 and older, they make up only 9% of 18- to 29-year-olds. Back to Pew: The Pew survey also found there are now as many “nones” as there are white evangelicals—each makes up 19% of the US population. But the generational trends are traveling even more starkly…

Cardinal Dolan Not So “Charitable,” says Young Gay Catholic

By Peter Montgomery

…ved by LGBT nonprofits or Catholics. Polls suggest that Catholics are more supportive of LGBT equality than the general public—has that been your experience? Absolutely. Throughout my life I have encountered welcoming and affirming Catholics. I have priests, nuns, deacons, and women lay leaders who support me, and I am very grateful for them. Could you talk about your identity as a gay Catholic? “Always Our Children” [a pastoral letter from the bi…

Left, Behind on Obama’s Warren Strategy

By Nick Street

…ama to enact his agenda over the next few months—if not by winning him the support of conservatives, then at least by diminishing their resistance to change. In times like these it’s important to keep an eye on the big picture. No cause of suffering is independent of any other, and if we’re not willing to support a president who appears to see this, we’ll have only ourselves to blame should our short-sightedness hinder his efforts to make a saner…

Why Trump’s Evangelicals Won’t Care About Those Budget Cuts

By Julie Ingersoll

…for the poor, the elderly, and the sick in favor of tax cuts, evangelical support for President Trump remains strong. This, despite what most people see as the obvious Christian obligation for charity, is not economic justice. The degree to which Trump seems an unlikely evangelical standard bearer has been widely explored. (See Sarah Posner and Christopher Stroop for insightful analyses.) Certainly the “alt right” and authoritarian threads are im…

Anglican Communion Gets Anti-Gay Secretary General; Black Gay Christians Challenge Conservative Evangelicals in Africa; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ay reggae album. Featuring rainbow stripes on the cover, the album includes 13 catchy tracks, variously in support of same-sex marriage and adoption rights for gay couples, as well as attacks on homophobic bullying and the now-defunct US anti-gay military policy, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. The songs also feature direct swipes at the anti-gay prejudices of reggae singer Beenie Man and of the former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding. Majah P’s follow…

Istanbul ‘Haven of Sorts’ For LGBT Syrians and Iraqis; Cayman Islands Affirm Marriage Ban with ‘Holy Bible Evidence’; No Room for LGBTs in Malaysia’s ‘Islam-Based’ Human Rights Policy; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…nd 6 indicating exclusively homosexual, 72 percent described themselves as completely heterosexual, 4 percent chose completely homosexual and 19 percent placed themselves somewhere else on the scale. Younger people were less likely to place themselves at one end or the other; 43 percent of 18-24 year-olds placed themselves somewhere between 1 and 5, with 46 percent saying they are completely heterosexual and another 6 percent saying they are compl…

Israel Under Bush: The Islamophobia Years

By Joel Schalit

…t he was a critic of America’s policies in the Middle East, especially its support of Israel. But to extrapolate that Khalidi was somehow a subversive, on par with radical Islamists, was even more ludicrous than using Barack Obama’s middle name, Hussein, to discredit his candidacy. A progressive intellectual well-liked by many of his Jewish colleagues, Khalidi is not only an independent thinker, but also holds the respect of fairly conservative Zi…

GOP Presidential Candidates’ Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy

By Paul Wallace

…d Michele Bachmann are candid about their hostility toward evolution. Both support Creationism 2.0, also known as intelligent design. “I support intelligent design,” Bachmann told reporters earlier this year. “There is reasonable doubt on both sides.” And Perry, in a 2010 interview, said, “I am a firm believer in intelligent design as a matter of faith and intellect, and I believe it should be presented in schools alongside the theories of evoluti…