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Nikki Haley: Churches Should Take Over Universal Pre-K Education

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…d Jane instead of Adam and Eve. On the issue of poverty, Haley, too, would look to the faith-based organizations to take over from the government. Statistics from the National Center for Children and Poverty shows that in South Carolina in 2008, 24 percent of children under age of 8 lived in poverty. That’s an annual income of $22,000 for family of four. Haley said again, that using “government dollars” to provide for the poor isn’t the best strat…

Hacking the Vatican

By Joseph Laycock

…ful. Do Italian hackers truly hold the Vatican responsible for events that look place 500 years ago? And if not, what really motivated this attack? In the late 1990s, religion scholars predicted the internet would have a “leveling effect” on religious institutions. Smaller religious movements such as Pagan groups are often able to thrive online despite their small size and lack of resources. Conversely, the internet has presented liabilities for w…

Talking Back to a Mormon Elder: Religion versus Reality

By Brent D. Beal

…u do when religion tells you that the world is a certain way, but then you look out your window and discover that reality, inconveniently, belies your religious constructions? I have some experience with Boyd K. Packer. I attended a BYU devotional in the early ’90s where he spoke at length about how homosexuality was “unnatural.” He asked at one point, rhetorically, why humans were the only species that exhibited these unnatural tendencies—and the…

A Queer New Year

By Peter Montgomery

…church, and the emergence of LGBT voices on campus at religious colleges. Look for all these stories—and some of the not-such-good-news we covered in 2012—to continue making waves in 2013. Civil Marriage and Uncivil Religion On New Year’s Day, same-sex couples in Maryland started getting legally married—joining those in Washington state and Maine, where voters had also given a thumbs-up in a remarkable set of November election victories. Pro-equa…

Muslims for Trump

By Haroon Moghul

…a country, and whether things will get much better or much worse, but the best way is to look at the people on the margins, the ones who don’t earn sympathy, who don’t have news networks looking out for them, candidates doubling down and amplifying their grievances, the right to parade around the country brandishing weapons while simultaneously insisting they are oppressed. As DJ Khaled might say, they don’t want you to look at the people in the…

America’s Racist God Meets Miss Celie: Darren Wilson Not Indicted

By Anthea Butler

…e agents of the god of white supremacy in America cannot be healed. We who look upon this madness however, must begin to comprehend the full scope of the underlying issue at hand: America has never simply been land of the free and home of the brave. It is also the home of many who are craven and weak, who cheat the justice system established by their predecessors in order to maintain their power. Blood is the atonement for their sins, and it must…

TV’s Favorite Family Dumps Religion

By Bron Taylor

…up easily. She doesn’t. “Don’t say that,” she responds angrily, with eyes looking heavenward, as though expecting retribution. “Look, I’m not going to church anymore. It’s not the end of the world. Let’s not make a big deal about it.” But just as he finishes his sentence, everything starts to shake. An earthquake. I’ll resist the temptation to explore theorists who suggest that the root of religious perception lies in fear of predators and natur…

LGBT Human Rights in UN Sustainable Development Negotiation; Swiss Bishop Says Speaking of ‘Family Diversity’ is ‘Attack on the Creator’; Canadian Food Bank’s Anti-Gay Dogma; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…zed the event… “Yes, there’s still ridicule on the streets and some people look at you and laugh, but it’s not as violent as it was and we will insist on living our lives. There is a certain change going on,” 26-year-old Nas Chin told The Associated Press after dancing at a secure pride event. Many Jamaicans consider homosexuality to be a perversion from abroad and a newspaper-commissioned poll has suggested there is overwhelming resistance to rep…

Reimagining Twentieth Century Harlem as a Jewish Mecca

By Jeffrey Gurock

…his latest book, Dr. Jeffrey Gurock of Yeshiva University takes a nuanced look at the story of Jewish Harlem and its intersection with black history. What inspired you to write The Jews of Harlem? Forty years ago, I wrote my first book, When Harlem Was Jewish, 1870-1930. My initial inspiration back then was to examine African American–Jewish relations in an urban neighborhood setting. However, as my research continued I discovered that there was…

Why Virginia Governor’s ‘God is Everywhere’ Statement isn’t a Simple Answer to Those Who Want to Worship Together

By Karen E. Park

…am’s recent statement on churches and Covid-19, one that deserves a closer look. He was responding to statements Governor Northam made at a press conference on Thursday, December 10 where he said: “This year, we need to think about what is truly the most important thing. Is it the worship? Or is it the building? For me, God is wherever you are. You don’t have to sit in the church pew for God to hear your prayers. So I call upon faith leaders to le…