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ACLU and Thomas More Law Center Rush to Terry Jones Defense

By Lauri Lebo

…en publicity by going to Dearborn, Michigan to protest outside the Islamic Center for America. But following a hearing Friday in Wayne County, Jones was arrested and put in jail for refusing to post a $1 “peace bond.” The judge issued the bond requirement to keep Jones from inciting a riot, I guess, by outraged Muslims. What’s most disturbing about the case was that Jones was locked up, not because he was suspected of committing a crime, but becau…

Freedom of Religion Means Freedom for All

By Lauri Lebo

…ich it fails to back up with any actual facts—just as other critics of the center have failed to do. In response to calls for an investigation of the center’s financial ties, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo dismissed the critics, saying no evidence exists of criminal activity. Then he unloaded with a beautiful and concise explanation of why these appeals are so threatening not only to the rights of Muslims, but to all of us. “If there is a…

Does the Multifaith Model Work?

By Jas Chana

…ution facilities on the fourth floor. The next day, the fifth floor of the Center offers NYU’s weekly Shabbat service. Finally, Sunday mornings, a Roman Catholic priest offers Holy Communion in the chapel on the ground floor. Such a smorgasbord of organized religion is a tangible manifestation of the modern religious pluralistic ideal of “multifaith,” a term NYU has purposely adopted because of its emphasis on multiplicity. Where traditional “inte…

The Collapse of the American Jewish Center

By Sarah Posner

…r the two-state solution.” Without a viable political solution that is the centerpiece of J Street’s political agenda, he said, frustrated supporters of an end to the occupation will be drawn further to the left. The center, said Magid, “hasn’t done any creative thinking in the last six or seven years.” The Demise of Liberal Zionism? Waxman has called this spring’s collapse of Kerry’s peace initiative “a bitter blow for liberal Zionists,” who now…

Pence Amendment not Just About Abortion, but About Thwarting Contraception

By Sarah Posner

…d Center promotes the most recent issue of its quarterly journal, which is centered on the theme of what the Center contends are the horrific societal effects of family planning and contraception. From the press release: “How timely is it that the most recent issue of The Family in America: A Journal of Public Policy would highlight the harm and exploitation of women and children under Title X programs,” commented Larry Jacobs, vice-president of T…

Behind a Recent Stunt in Idaho Lies a Dangerous Theocratic Movement

By Chrissy Stroop

…on as exhibiting “all of the passion and religious fervor of a good Sunday service.” McIntosh’s choice of words is neither accidental nor unique. Abbott, who posted video of the event via Facebook Live, has taken to calling such spectacles “political sermons,” and she sees the threat posed by Idaho’s far-right radicals as theocratic at its core, an assessment essentially in agreement with analysis by the Southern Poverty Law Center. While he didn’…

A More Perfect Union

By Rev. Irene Monroe

…include the answer in his new book, In the Eye of the Storm: Swept to the Center by God: But why not just make it a “private” service—a solution offered by some in the Anglican Communion? But “private blessing” is an oxymoron. Although our service will be by invitation only, and out of sight of the press, our understanding of marriage is that the couple make their vows public, in the presence of the gathered community, seeking the community’s pra…

Former Employees: Racism & Abuse in Leading Religious Right Org.

By Sarah Posner

…ard citation to Wildmon described One News Now as a “respected online news service.”) And those views were extreme, even by Martin’s standards of conservative evangelicalism. He said that the director of the news service, Fred Jackson, had a “hateful, hateful attitude” that “carried over” into stories. Martin described editorial meetings in which “liberals were accused of hating their kids,” while Chad Groening, who covers immigration, described g…

No Buddhists in Washington?

By Danny Fisher

…ted States. Consider the Insight Meditation Society, the San Francisco Zen Center, and Shambhala Mountain Center, each of which attract thousands of visitors every year for programs of contemplative practice and study. Consider Maitri Compassionate Care in San Francisco, a very early North American AIDS hospice established by the late Issan Dorsey of the Hartford Street Zen Center. Consider the Prison Dharma Network and the National Prison Hospice…

As Culture War Rages, What’s the Status of LGBT Rights on Catholic Campuses?

By Jamie L. Manson

…esources, and the following year, the university formed the LGBTQ Resource Center. By fashioning their centers as programs that serve a pastoral need, DePaul and Georgetown appear to have minimized opposition from bishops. Though these two schools are the only Catholic universities with centers dedicated to LGBTQ issues, according to New Ways Ministries, more than 100 Catholic institutions of higher education have some kind of association dedicate…